Climate averages 1991–2020
Limerick weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Limerick: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Galway (73 km away). In April its highs average 12.2°C, about as warm as Limerick, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Ireland, Limerick ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest April highs and joint 4th of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 12.1°C; Limerick is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Limerick climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 94 | 15.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | 8.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 80 | 13.1 | 9.810 h |
| March | 10.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 76 | 13.5 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 12.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 76 | 13.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 77 | 14.2 | 15.716 h |
| June | 17.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 77 | 12.6 | 16.817 h |
| July | 18.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 83 | 14.2 | 16.316 h |
| August | 18.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 89 | 14.0 | 14.715 h |
| September | 16.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 89 | 14.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 96 | 15.0 | 8.89 h |
| December | 8.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 99 | 15.0 | 7.78 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
April in nearby cities
- Galway in AprilIreland · 73 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Cork in AprilIreland · 86 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Tallaght in AprilIreland · 166 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Dublin in AprilIreland · 175 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Lisburn in AprilUnited Kingdom · 268 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Derry in AprilUnited Kingdom · 273 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Belfast in AprilUnited Kingdom · 279 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Douglas in AprilIsle of Man · 320 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Limerick) is explained once on the Limerick year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.