Dublin Airport

EIDW · Leinster, Ireland

Climate Dublin Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dublin Airport (EIDW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.7 60 62 70 61 68
February 67.0 49 62 63 72 75
March 63.4 47 51 76 66 80
April 73.5 67 78 87 76
May 80.9 79 79 80 92
June 75.3 72 83 76 61
July 72.7 65 75 71 64
August 70.4 65 85 56 57
September 74.5 69 74 64 76
October 75.9 76 77 69 77
November 70.3 70 73 60 68
December 61.5 55 68 52 69
Average 69.5 51.2 66.7 76.2 69.2 71.8

3rd best VFR conditions of Ireland

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.4 95 92 99 85 92
February 93.4 87 99 94 93 99
March 90.8 90 90 91 92 95
April 91.8 93 97 97 96
May 96.2 95 95 96 100
June 94.8 94 96 96 89
July 94.4 92 98 90 93
August 91.5 90 96 89 80
September 93.2 86 94 90 96
October 94.9 94 95 97 96
November 92.5 93 95 90 89
December 87.6 93 83 88 91
Average 92.7 90.1 92.4 95.0 92.3 92.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.9 8 9 8 6 9
February 9.1 10 10 9 9 9
March 10.0 10 10 11 11 10
April 11.8 12 12 11 13
May 15.4 16 16 14 16
June 18.0 19 17 18 17
July 19.5 18 21 21 18
August 18.9 19 21 18 18
September 17.0 18 17 18 17
October 13.8 15 15 15 12
November 10.2 10 12 11 11
December 8.4 10 6 9 7
Average 12.9 9.2 13.8 13.9 13.2 13.0

5th 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 2.9 3 4 3 2 4
February 3.4 5 5 4 4 3
March 3.2 4 4 2 4 2
April 3.9 5 3 1 4
May 6.7 8 8 5 6
June 9.8 11 10 9 10
July 11.4 12 12 12 11
August 11.3 12 11 11 11
September 9.5 11 10 11 9
October 7.5 8 9 9 7
November 4.9 5 6 5 6
December 3.7 6 1 4 3
Average 6.2 3.7 7.4 6.7 6.4 6.2

1st lowest temperature of Ireland

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.9 20 18 9 22 14
February 21.4 25 8 28 27 28
March 19.8 27 30 14 10 11
April 12.9 19 13 6 4
May 11.1 5 15 20 4
June 13.4 12 15 6 21
July 16.2 33 11 12 24
August 16.7 16 9 21 21
September 15.0 23 18 8 9
October 16.5 15 23 13 18
November 17.5 18 10 18 22
December 18.8 26 18 17 17
Average 16.7 24.5 18.3 14.6 14.3 15.6

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 (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.0 11 11 9 10 10
February 12.6 10 10 14 12 15
March 11.5 11 11 10 10 11
April 10.2 10 10 9 10
May 9.3 8 10 9 9
June 9.3 8 9 8 10
July 8.8 10 9 7 9
August 9.3 10 8 8 9
September 9.6 9 9 8 9
October 10.4 8 10 9 12
November 10.6 10 11 10 10
December 10.7 12 9 11 11
Average 10.2 10.8 9.5 9.8 9.1 10.2

5th 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 234° 242° 250° 273° 227°
February 252° 235° 252° 161° 243°
March 158° 196° 136° 242° 243°
April 118° 063° 054° 082°
May 008° 242° 208° 139°
June 107° 210° 264° 305°
July 241° 268° 225° 264°
August 257° 266° 241° 268°
September 199° 306° 210° 259°
October 195° 204° 237° 268°
November 266° 207° 270° 221°
December 250° 020° 223° 264°

Prevailing wind direction

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