Climate averages 1991–2020
Limerick weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Limerick: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Galway (73 km away). In March its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Limerick, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Ireland, Limerick ranks joint 1st of 5 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 9.9°C; Limerick is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 76 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 10.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 76 | 13.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Galway in MarchIreland · 73 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Cork in MarchIreland · 86 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 5.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Tallaght in MarchIreland · 166 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Dublin in MarchIreland · 175 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Lisburn in MarchUnited Kingdom · 268 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Derry in MarchUnited Kingdom · 273 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Belfast in MarchUnited Kingdom · 279 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Douglas in MarchIsle of Man · 320 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 70 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.