Leeds weather in June

In June, Leeds sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 71 mm of rain across 12.2 wet days and about 16.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 24 min at the start of June to 16 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Leeds's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Leeds's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
10°
10th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
16 h 48 min
3:42 AM – 8:31 PM
Cloud cover
74%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Leeds is city in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 12.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
972/km²
people per km²
Founded
1086

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical June day in Leeds reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C warmer than May and about 2°C cooler than July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How June really feels in Leeds

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

June sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Leeds weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6012.71.87.80.6
Feb / 5411.22.19.40.9
Mar / 5311.31.511.51.8
Apr12° / 5811.90.513.72.9
May15° / 5611.6015.64.2
Jun18° / 10°7112.2016.75.2
Jul20° / 12°6712.5016.35.8
Aug19° / 12°7212014.65.7
Sep17° / 10°6010.2012.55.1
Oct13° / 6412.1010.23.4
Nov / 6412.80.48.31.8
Dec / 6712.71.47.30.8

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22773
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52674
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Leeds gets around 71 mm of rain over 12.2 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
142
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19550
29550
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59460
69460
79370
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2781163
2880173
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Wind in June

Winds average 14 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 24 min at the start of June to 16 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 3:51 AM to 3:46 AM, and sunset from 8:17 PM to 8:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.43:518:17
216.53:508:18
316.53:498:19
416.53:488:20
516.63:478:21
616.63:478:22
716.63:468:23
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.5 kWh/m² to a high of 4.79 kWh/m² in May across the year — June's 4.78 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Leeds?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.2
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
1.6
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Leeds for sightseeing.

What to pack for Leeds in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Leeds sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Leeds in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Leeds peaks around August 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Leeds in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Leeds is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Leeds's WHO annual average of 12.3 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1216 µg/m³Nov 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun12Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug11Good
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Leeds?

Leeds sits at 53.8°N, 1.5°W, 50 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Chapel Allerton, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Leeds

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Leeds.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Leeds has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 734 m.

The land around Leeds is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (31%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
94 m
16 km
272 m
80 km
734 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
June weather nearby: Chapel Allerton 4.0 km · Morley 7.0 km · Pudsey 7.0 km · Horsforth 8.0 km · Lofthouse 8.0 km · Batley 12 km · Yeadon 12 km · Kippax 12 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Leeds (53.7965°, -1.5478°, elevation 50 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).