Weather in Munster

Calculated from weather data of Cork Airport (EICK) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.2	7.4	8.5	9.0	7.0	8.5
February	8.9	10.5	9.4	9.8	8.0	8.6
March	9.8	9.9	9.5	10.6	10.0	9.3
April	11.6		11.5	12.0	10.8	12.8
May	14.6		16.1	15.1	12.5	14.8
June	17.2		18.8	16.3	17.1	16.5
July	19.2		18.0	19.6	20.1	18.1
August	18.5		18.0	21.1	18.1	18.6
September	16.6		17.6	17.0	17.1	16.3
October	13.3		13.5	14.4	13.9	12.4
November	10.2		10.5	11.0	10.5	10.5
December	8.7		9.6	5.7	9.4	7.7
Average	12.6	9.2	13.4	13.7	12.9	12.9

6th highest temperature of Ireland

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	3.7	3	4	4	3	4
February	4.1	6	5	4	4	3
March	4.0	5	5	4	5	3
April	5.7		6	6	5	6
May	8.0		9	9	6	8
June	10.7		13	10	10	10
July	12.2		11	13	13	12
August	12.1		13	13	12	13
September	10.5		12	11	12	10
October	8.1		9	10	9	7
November	5.7		6	7	6	6
December	4.6		6	2	6	3
Average	7.1	4.4	8.1	7.7	7.5	7.1

4th lowest temperature of Ireland

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	0	0	0
25 °C or warmer	0	0	5	0	0
20 °C or warmer	0	16	25	19	13
0 °C or colder	6	2	8	11	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.0	22	25	8	20	22
February	17.7	21	9	14	27	28
March	21.4	28	38	9	16	15
April	13.7		17	13	9	15
May	10.6		8	8	17	9
June	12.4		14	14	14	15
July	11.6		18	8	10	15
August	13.9		16	5	11	19
September	15.4		23	14	14	11
October	19.0		24	22	18	14
November	19.5		11	26	11	31
December	23.7		27	13	22	23
Average	16.5	24.2	18.5	11.9	15.1	16.8

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	19.8	23	20	17	19	20
February	24.7	21	20	27	27	30
March	23.3	26	24	21	22	25
April	19.9		21	20	18	18
May	18.7		18	19	20	20
June	18.8		17	19	18	21
July	17.7		21	17	16	20
August	18.3		20	17	18	18
September	19.1		20	20	15	19
October	20.5		17	22	19	23
November	21.3		21	23	19	23
December	22.0		26	18	23	25
Average	20.4	23.4	20.1	19.7	19.1	21.3

2nd highest wind speed of Ireland

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	SW	SW	SW	W	SW
February	W	SW	W	S	SW
March	SW	SW	SE	SW	SW
April		S	S	E	E
May		NW	SW	SW	SE
June		S	SW	W	NW
July		SW	W	W	W
August		W	W	SW	SW
September		S	NW	SW	W
October		S	S	SW	W
November		W	SW	W	SW
December		W	NE	SW	W

Prevailing wind direction

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

Munster weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Munster?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 19 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Munster?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 8 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Munster?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 23.7 %.

Which month is the driest in Munster?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in May. The probability is about 10.6 %.