Leeds weather by month
Leeds runs from about 4°C in January to 16°C in August, with May the wettest month at 110 mm.
warmest month
August
16°C
coolest month
January
4°C
wettest month
May
110 mm
worst air month
March
11 µg/m³
The whole year, month by month.
| Month | Avg temp | Rain | Sun | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | 95 mm | 98 h | 8 |
| February | 7°C | 102 mm | 93 h | 8 |
| March | 7°C | 100 mm | 146 h | 11 |
| April | 8°C | 95 mm | 211 h | 8 |
| May | 13°C | 110 mm | 251 h | 6 |
| June | 13°C | 51 mm | 347 h | 5 |
| July | 16°C | 65 mm | 300 h | 5 |
| August | 16°C | 65 mm | 306 h | 6 |
| September | 13°C | 100 mm | 198 h | 5 |
| October | 11°C | 69 mm | 170 h | 7 |
| November | 7°C | 44 mm | 123 h | 5 |
| December | 7°C | 78 mm | 65 h | 6 |
About 2,308 hours of sun a year. Roughly 99 rainy days a year.
These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.
where these numbers come from
- · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
- · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.
Last reviewed 2026-05-27. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.