County Clare climate

Monthly averages for Ennis, 2021–2025 · Munster

Clare faces the Atlantic along the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren, so the west of the county is wet and windy, while the Shannon side around Ennis is more sheltered and a little drier.

Rain: about 1328 mm falls in a year at Ennis, on roughly 199 days, making Clare the 7th wettest of the 32 counties. October is the wettest month (154 mm) and April the driest (76 mm).

Temperature: August is the warmest month, with afternoons averaging 19°C, and January the coldest, with nights averaging 3°C. Frost is rare.

Sunshine: about 2378 hours a year, the 23rd sunniest of the 32 counties. May is the sunniest month (9.8 hours a day) and December the dullest (3.1).

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Rainfall

Average total rainfall each month, in millimetres. 1328 mm a year.

Temperature

Bars run from the average night-time low to the average daytime high, in °C.

Sunshine

Hours of sunshine on an average day in each month. About 2378 hours a year.

Clare and its neighbours
County	Rain mm/yr	Rain days	July high	January low	Sun h/yr
Clare	1328	199	19°C	3°C	2378
Galway	1424	198	19°C	3°C	2451
Limerick	1406	203	19°C	2°C	2390
Tipperary	1019	173	19°C	2°C	2457

Recent extremes, 2021–2025

Hottest day: 30.1°C on 18 July 2022
Coldest night: −4.6°C on 18 January 2024
Wettest day: 41.7 mm on 23 November 2024
Wettest month: October 2022, 203 mm
Driest month: April 2021, 22 mm

Ireland's all-time records are on the records page.

Ennis month by month
Month	High °C	Low °C	Rain mm	Rain days	Sun h/day	Wind km/h
January	8	3	109	15	3.9	15
February	10	5	120	18	4.2	19
March	11	5	111	15	5.9	15
April	13	6	76	14	8.4	14
May	16	9	91	15	9.8	13
June	18	11	104	16	9.0	14
July	19	13	102	17	8.6	13
August	19	13	94	17	8.9	14
September	17	11	122	16	7.1	14
October	15	9	154	21	5.1	15
November	11	7	123	17	4.0	16
December	9	5	122	17	3.1	17
Year	14	8	1328	199	2378 h	15

Figures are averages for 2021–2025 at each county town, from the ERA5 weather reanalysis via Open-Meteo. They describe typical lowland weather in each county; hills and exposed coasts are wetter and windier.