According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Ireland is May to June and September. Plan 7–10 days.
Best months for Ireland
- Best months
- May to June and September
- How long to stay
- 7–10 days
- Continent
- Europe
What Ireland is best for
Scenic coastal drives along the Wild Atlantic Way, dramatic sea cliffs, ruined castles, and lively pub culture.
- Prices
- €€€ · more expensive than in Slovakia
Weather in Ireland by month
Monthly averages around Dublin; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 6 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| February | about 6 °C | some rain (75 mm) |
| March | about 6 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| April | about 8 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| May best | about 11 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| June best | about 14 °C | some rain (75 mm) |
| July | about 15 °C | some rain (78 mm) |
| August | about 15 °C | some rain (87 mm) |
| September best | about 14 °C | some rain (75 mm) |
| October | about 11 °C | some rain (99 mm) |
| November | about 8 °C | a lot of rain (105 mm) |
| December | about 6 °C | some rain (93 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Ireland
- Capital
- Dublin
- Languages
- English and Irish
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time
- UTC+0, UTC+1 in summer
- Plugs
- Type G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +353
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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