Weather in City and Borough of Leeds

Calculated from weather data of Leeds Bradford Airport (EGNM) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.0	5.9	6.7	6.7	3.9	8.1
February	7.4	8.5	8.1	7.9	6.2	7.7
March	8.8	9.0	8.0	10.4	8.8	9.3
April	11.5		11.0	11.6	10.4	12.5
May	15.1		16.0	15.0	12.6	15.3
June	18.1		20.1	18.0	18.6	16.6
July	19.7		18.1	20.6	20.5	17.0
August	18.9		18.3	21.6	17.8	18.6
September	16.7		18.8	16.8	17.8	16.3
October	12.8		13.0	14.1	13.5	11.8
November	8.7		8.4	9.6	9.1	9.6
December	6.5		7.5	3.6	6.9	6.0
Average	12.0	7.8	12.9	13.3	12.7	12.1

76th highest temperature of United Kingdom

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.1	2	3	3	1	4
February	2.8	4	4	3	4	2
March	3.3	4	3	3	6	3
April	4.3		4	4	5	7
May	7.7		8	8	8	11
June	10.8		11	10	11	13
July	12.2		12	13	13	11
August	11.9		12	13	12	12
September	9.8		12	10	12	9
October	7.4		8	9	8	7
November	4.5		4	6	5	6
December	2.7		4	0	4	3
Average	6.3	3.4	7.0	7.0	7.8	6.9

35th lowest temperature of United Kingdom

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	0	2	0	1
25 °C or warmer	0	11	11	7	7
20 °C or warmer	0	33	41	28	20
0 °C or colder	10	23	22	13	7

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	22.1	23	24	11	35	22
February	26.1	29	15	36	23	41
March	22.7	29	28	15	7	14
April	12.9		19	8	2	3
May	11.6		6	14	21	1
June	12.6		8	8	4	28
July	15.4		26	14	11	20
August	14.1		16	6	13	19
September	14.4		17	13	11	10
October	21.5		27	21	19	27
November	22.3		33	20	16	21
December	26.6		47	11	27	27
Average	18.5	27.1	20.2	13.8	14.7	20.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	21.0	21	23	23	19	25
February	22.6	21	22	30	19	32
March	20.0	19	19	16	24	22
April	17.4		16	19	15	21
May	16.2		15	19	17	19
June	15.9		14	16	15	18
July	16.5		20	17	13	20
August	16.8		17	15	16	18
September	16.7		15	16	15	19
October	18.9		17	19	21	19
November	18.2		20	16	21	19
December	19.4		23	14	19	18
Average	18.2	19.8	17.6	18.2	16.9	20.7

42nd highest wind speed of United Kingdom

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	W	W	W	W	SW
February	W	W	W	SE	SW
March	S	SW	SE	W	SW
April		E	NW	N	SW
May		NW	W	SW	W
June		NE	SW	W	W
July		SW	W	W	W
August		W	W	W	W
September		SW	NW	SW	W
October		W	SW	SW	W
November		W	S	W	SW
December		SW	NW	W	SW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

City and Borough of Leeds weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in City and Borough of Leeds?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 20 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in City and Borough of Leeds?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 6 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in City and Borough of Leeds?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 26.6 %.

Which month is the driest in City and Borough of Leeds?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in May. The probability is about 11.7 %.