Climate averages 1991–2020

Cork weather
in June.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.2°C Daytime mean, June

Average low 11.4°C Night-time mean, June

Rainfall 64 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 17 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

June is a mild month in Cork: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 37 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Limerick (86 km away). In June its highs average 17.5°C, about as warm as Cork, with 77 mm of rain.

Among the 5 cities listed in Ireland, Cork ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 5 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 5 cities is 17.2°C; Cork is level with that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 67 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Cork climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Cork, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	8.7°C4.7°C	4.7°C	79	13.0	8.38 h
February	8.9°C4.4°C	4.4°C	65	11.2	9.910 h
March	10.2°C5.0°C	5.0°C	62	11.8	11.812 h
April	12.2°C6.3°C	6.3°C	68	12.6	13.914 h
May	14.7°C8.8°C	8.8°C	67	13.0	15.616 h
June, selected	17.2°C11.4°C	11.4°C	64	10.9	16.617 h
July	18.7°C13.2°C	13.2°C	67	11.8	16.216 h
August	18.5°C13.1°C	13.1°C	69	11.6	14.715 h
September	16.7°C11.7°C	11.7°C	64	10.0	12.713 h
October	13.7°C9.4°C	9.4°C	85	12.4	10.711 h
November	10.8°C6.7°C	6.7°C	80	12.0	8.99 h
December	9.1°C5.3°C	5.3°C	84	12.7	7.98 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

June in nearby cities

Distance from Cork

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cork) is explained once on the Cork year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.