Leeds climate

Name: Leeds
Address: GB

Leeds is warmest in July, with average highs of 20 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 1.6 °C. August is the wettest month (73 mm) and March the driest (54 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Leeds averages 761 mm of rain, 5 days above 25 °C and 39 days below freezing.

United Kingdom · population 536,280 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 20 °C
Coldest month February 1.6 °C
Driest month March 54 mm
Wettest month August 73 mm
Least cloud May 68 % cloud
Hottest on record July 32 °C
Coldest on record December -11 °C

What to expectLeeds through the year

Leeds has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.3 °C in February to 20 °C in July, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 5 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 39 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 54 mm in March to 73 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.6 °C	61 mm	73 %
February	7.3 °C	56 mm	72 %
March	9.4 °C	54 mm	71 %
April	11.9 °C	59 mm	70 %
May	14.9 °C	56 mm	68 %
June	17.6 °C	72 mm	71 %
July	19.7 °C	68 mm	68 %
August	19.3 °C	73 mm	69 %
September	16.9 °C	62 mm	71 %
October	13.2 °C	66 mm	73 %
November	9.3 °C	66 mm	73 %
December	6.8 °C	68 mm	72 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	6.6 °C	1.9 °C	4.2 °C	13.8 °C	-8.1 °C	0	9
February	7.3 °C	1.6 °C	4.4 °C	16.0 °C	-8.9 °C	0	9
March	9.4 °C	2.6 °C	5.9 °C	18.8 °C	-6.2 °C	0	6
April	11.9 °C	4.1 °C	8.1 °C	22.6 °C	-3.5 °C	0	2
May	14.9 °C	7.0 °C	11.1 °C	24.6 °C	-1.1 °C	0	0
June	17.6 °C	10.0 °C	14.0 °C	27.8 °C	2.4 °C	1	0
July	19.7 °C	12.2 °C	16.1 °C	31.8 °C	6.7 °C	2	0
August	19.3 °C	12.1 °C	15.7 °C	29.4 °C	5.4 °C	2	0
September	16.9 °C	10.0 °C	13.4 °C	26.1 °C	3.7 °C	0	0
October	13.2 °C	7.4 °C	10.3 °C	25.6 °C	-3.4 °C	0	1
November	9.3 °C	4.4 °C	6.9 °C	17.0 °C	-5.5 °C	0	3
December	6.8 °C	2.2 °C	4.5 °C	14.8 °C	-11.3 °C	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	61 mm	12	8.0 h/day	73 %	86 %	25 km/h
February	56 mm	11	9.8 h/day	72 %	83 %	25 km/h
March	54 mm	11	12 h/day	71 %	80 %	24 km/h
April	59 mm	11	14 h/day	70 %	78 %	22 km/h
May	56 mm	11	16 h/day	68 %	76 %	21 km/h
June	72 mm	12	17 h/day	71 %	77 %	20 km/h
July	68 mm	12	17 h/day	68 %	76 %	20 km/h
August	73 mm	12	15 h/day	69 %	78 %	20 km/h
September	62 mm	10	13 h/day	71 %	80 %	21 km/h
October	66 mm	12	11 h/day	73 %	83 %	23 km/h
November	66 mm	12	8.6 h/day	73 %	86 %	23 km/h
December	68 mm	13	7.5 h/day	72 %	87 %	24 km/h

How Leeds compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Leeds	20 °C	1.6 °C	761 mm	5
Bradford · United Kingdom	19 °C	1.3 °C	872 mm	3
Sheffield · United Kingdom	20 °C	1.9 °C	798 mm	5
Oldham · United Kingdom	18 °C	0.9 °C	1,013 mm	2
Manchester · United Kingdom	19 °C	1.6 °C	1,002 mm	4

Where Leeds ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in July	35th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Europe in June	37th of 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Europe in August	46th of 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Europe in May	50th of 50	15 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Leeds.

QuestionsCommon questions about Leeds’s climate

When is the best time to visit Leeds?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and March the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Leeds get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 20 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.6 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 39 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Leeds?

August, averaging 73 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is March with 54 mm. The year as a whole averages 761 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Leeds rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 53.796°, -1.548° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.