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Dublin in August

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Dublin is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 51 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Dublin is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 51 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 52% of days
Daylight
14h 41mon average

Is August a good time to visit Dublin?

Yes. August is one of Dublin's best months (July to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 69°F in August, against 49°F to 69°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in August, against 9°C to 21°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

52% of days in August, against 42% to 53% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in August, against 56% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

14h 41m in August, against 7h 35m to 16h 54m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July69°21°low 54°low 12°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August69°21°low 55°low 13°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September66°19°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Dublin sits, in August

Europe/Dublin
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:04 AMsets 8:56 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
53.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Adare (Limerick)176 km south-west

The land around Dublin, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Ireland in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Dublin

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dublin. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (144 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (144 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.