Climate averages 1991–2020
Limerick weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Limerick: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Galway (73 km away). In October its highs average 13.1°C, about as warm as Limerick, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Ireland, Limerick ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 13.3°C; Limerick is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Galway in OctoberIreland · 73 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Cork in OctoberIreland · 86 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Tallaght in OctoberIreland · 166 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Dublin in OctoberIreland · 175 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Lisburn in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 268 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Derry in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 273 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Belfast in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 279 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Douglas in OctoberIsle of Man · 320 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 117 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.