Dunkirk
51.04° N, 2.38° E
When to go?
Mean 5 °C, 12 rain days in the month (58 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 6 °C, 11 rain days in the month (48 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 7 °C, 10 rain days in the month (44 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 10 °C, 10 rain days in the month (41 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 13 °C, 10 rain days in the month (54 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 9 rain days in the month (56 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 9 rain days in the month (56 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 10 rain days in the month (70 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 9 rain days in the month (58 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 13 °C, 12 rain days in the month (75 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 8 °C, 14 rain days in the month (73 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 6 °C, 13 rain days in the month (70 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are June–September.
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: North Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: North Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: North Sea (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.1 °C; in the last ten years by +1.7 °C. Warmest year: 2022 (+2.2 °C), coldest: 1963 (−1.4 °C).
February and April warmed the most (+1.4 and +1.4 °C), October the least (+0.7 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 10 °C) begins 12 days earlier and ends 6 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: +2 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+1.1 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990