Peterhead weather in June

In June, Peterhead sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 57 mm of rain across 11.8 wet days and about 17.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 12 min at the start of June to 17 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Peterhead's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Peterhead's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 57 mm; 11.8 wet days
Daylight: 17 h 42 min; 3:17 AM – 8:57 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 12th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Peterhead is town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical June day in Peterhead reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C warmer than May and about 2°C cooler than July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	9
2	12	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	13	9
6	13	9
7	13	9
8	13	10
9	13	10
10	13	10
11	13	10
12	13	10
13	13	10
14	13	10
15	13	10
16	13	10
17	14	10
18	14	10
19	14	10
20	14	10
21	14	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	14	11
27	14	11
28	14	11
29	14	11
30	15	11

How June really feels in Peterhead

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Peterhead weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 4°	64	14.8	1.1	7	0.8
Feb	7° / 4°	55	12.3	1.8	9	0.7
Mar	8° / 4°	56	13.6	1.5	11.4	1.1
Apr	9° / 6°	48	11.8	0.3	13.9	1.7
May	11° / 8°	46	11.2	0	16.2	2.6
Jun	13° / 10°	57	11.8	0	17.6	3.5
Jul	16° / 12°	60	12.1	0	17	4.4
Aug	16° / 12°	67	12.9	0	15	4.5
Sep	14° / 11°	60	11.9	0	12.5	3.9
Oct	12° / 9°	87	15.9	0	10	2.7
Nov	10° / 7°	80	16.1	0.3	7.7	1.7
Dec	8° / 5°	70	14.9	1.1	6.4	1.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in June, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24
Cloudier (%)	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Peterhead gets around 57 mm of rain over 11.8 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 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40

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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	94
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6

Wind in June

Winds average 19 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 12 min at the start of June to 17 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 3:29 AM to 3:21 AM, and sunset from 8:41 PM to 9:00 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	17.2	17.2	17.3	17.3	17.4	17.4	17.4	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.6	17.6	17.6	17.6	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.7
Sunrise (AM)	3:29	3:27	3:26	3:25	3:24	3:23	3:22	3:21	3:21	3:20	3:19	3:19	3:18	3:18	3:18	3:17	3:17	3:17	3:17	3:17	3:17	3:17	3:17	3:18	3:18	3:18	3:19	3:19	3:20	3:21
Sunset (PM)	8:41	8:42	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:48	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:54	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:57	8:58	8:59	8:59	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:01	9:01	9:01	9:01	9:00	9:00	9:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	17.2	3:29	8:41
2	17.2	3:27	8:42
3	17.3	3:26	8:44
4	17.3	3:25	8:45
5	17.4	3:24	8:46
6	17.4	3:23	8:48
7	17.4	3:22	8:49
8	17.5	3:21	8:50
9	17.5	3:21	8:51
10	17.5	3:20	8:52
11	17.6	3:19	8:53
12	17.6	3:19	8:54
13	17.6	3:18	8:55
14	17.6	3:18	8:56
15	17.7	3:18	8:57
16	17.7	3:17	8:57
17	17.7	3:17	8:58
18	17.7	3:17	8:59
19	17.7	3:17	8:59
20	17.7	3:17	9:00
21	17.7	3:17	9:00
22	17.7	3:17	9:00
23	17.7	3:17	9:00
24	17.7	3:18	9:01
25	17.7	3:18	9:01
26	17.7	3:18	9:01
27	17.7	3:19	9:01
28	17.7	3:19	9:00
29	17.7	3:20	9:00
30	17.7	3:21	9:00

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.44 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 5.44 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Peterhead?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Peterhead.

What to pack for Peterhead in June

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

In June, Peterhead sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Peterhead in June

The nearest coast averages about 11°C in June — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near 7°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	7	7	7	7	9	11	13	13	13	12	11	9
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	7	Bracing
Apr	7	Bracing
May	9	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	11	Bracing
Dec	9	Bracing

UV index in Peterhead 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 Peterhead peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	5	5	5	4	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	High
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Peterhead?

Peterhead sits at 57.5°N, 1.8°W, 11 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Aberdeen, 44 km away.

Topography around Peterhead

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Peterhead has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 704 m.

The land around Peterhead is covered by water (57%) within 3 km, water (59%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and water (48%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

water 57%

16 km

157 m

water 59%

80 km

704 m

water 48%

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← May Peterhead year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Aberdeen 44 km · Nigg 47 km · Elgin 93 km · Arbroath 115 km · Dundee 136 km · Saint Andrews 144 km · Inverness 146 km · Perth 159 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

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 Peterhead (57.5052°, -1.7844°, elevation 11 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	9
2	12	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	13	9
6	13	9
7	13	9
8	13	10
9	13	10
10	13	10
11	13	10
12	13	10
13	13	10
14	13	10
15	13	10
16	13	10
17	14	10
18	14	10
19	14	10
20	14	10
21	14	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	14	11
27	14	11
28	14	11
29	14	11
30	15	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	9
2	12	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	13	9
6	13	9
7	13	9
8	13	10
9	13	10
10	13	10
11	13	10
12	13	10
13	13	10
14	13	10
15	13	10
16	13	10
17	14	10
18	14	10
19	14	10
20	14	10
21	14	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	14	11
27	14	11
28	14	11
29	14	11
30	15	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	9
2	12	9
3	13	9
4	13	9
5	13	9
6	13	9
7	13	9
8	13	10
9	13	10
10	13	10
11	13	10
12	13	10
13	13	10
14	13	10
15	13	10
16	13	10
17	14	10
18	14	10
19	14	10
20	14	10
21	14	11
22	14	11
23	14	11
24	14	11
25	14	11
26	14	11
27	14	11
28	14	11
29	14	11
30	15	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	25	75
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	38
4	38
5	38
6	38
7	38
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6