Average June Sunshine in the United Kingdom

The tables below give June averages for the number of hours with sunshine at cities and towns throughout the United Kingdom. The monthly totals are based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

The UK as a whole has an average 171 hours of sun in June.

Southern England

Total June sunshine
Place Hours
Birmingham 181
Bristol 180
Dover 222
Isles of Scilly 211
London, Greenwich 199
London, Kew Gardens 210
Norwich 181
Nottingham 171
Plymouth 221
Southampton 212
Stoke-on-Trent 180
Weymouth 235

Northern England

Average amount of sun in June
Place Hours
Ambleside, Windermere Lake 158
Berwick-upon-Tweed 171
Dumfries 147
Hull 189
Manchester 180
Middlesbrough 171
Newcastle upon Tyne 145
Prestwick 179
Sheffield 181

Wales

Average June sun
Place Hours
Cardiff 195
Llandrindod Wells 163

Scotland

Number of sunny hours in June on average
Place Hours
Aberdeen 164
Dundee 163
Edinburgh 162
Glasgow 156
Inverness 143
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 145
Lerwick, Shetland Islands 148
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides 162
Tiree, Inner Hebrides 205

Northern Ireland

Average total sunshine in June
Place Hours
Armagh 145
Belfast 151
Londonderry 161
Reference

Met Office. Research programmes. Climate science. UK Climate Averages.

United Kingdom Sunshine
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