Best year time to visit Galway

General weather information about Galway

Average annual temperature is 11.2 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 26.4 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -3.0 °C

Number of sunny days: 67 days

Number of rainy days: 297 days

Number of snow days: 1 day

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* Weather data for Galway Ireland is based on climate observations for 2026 year

Galway air temperature forecast for each month

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)	12.6	14.4	14.2	17.8	23.0	25.3	21.7	24.4	26.4	21.3	13.7	12.9
Average daytime temperature (°C)	8.6	10.2	10.1	12.8	16.6	21.0	17.3	18.6	18.5	14.3	10.5	9.5
Average temperature (°C)	6.6	8.0	7.5	9.6	13.0	17.0	14.9	15.6	15.1	11.4	8.3	7.8
Average night temperature (°C)	4.4	5.5	5.0	6.4	9.2	13.0	12.3	12.8	11.8	8.8	5.8	5.7
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)	-2.5	-2.3	-2.2	1.6	5.8	9.4	8.3	10.0	5.9	1.2	-2.2	-3.0

Galway monthly weather indicators

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Daylight maximum duration (h)	8.0	10.0	12.0	14.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	15.0	13.0	11.0	9.0	7.0
Daylight mean duration (h)	8.2	9.8	11.9	14.0	15.9	16.9	16.4	14.7	12.7	10.6	8.7	7.6
Daylight minimum duration (h)	7.0	8.0	10.0	13.0	15.0	16.0	15.0	13.0	11.0	9.0	7.0	7.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)	3.5	3.3	4.6	7.1	10.1	10.9	8.6	9.1	6.7	4.8	4.4	2.5
Precipitation (mm)	130	43	196	104	55	119	210	137	164	178	133	199
Sunny days	6	10	4	5	13	8	0	1	5	6	8	1
Rainy days	24	18	27	25	18	22	31	30	25	25	22	30
Snow days	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Galway - weather forecast by months

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Best time to visit Galway:

The best time to visit Galway during the most sunny months:

May — 10.1(h)
June — 10.9(h)
July — 8.6(h)
August — 9.1(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in Galway:

May — 15.9(h)
June — 16.9(h)
July — 16.4(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Galway is at

March — 196(mm)

July — 210(mm)

October — 178(mm)

December — 199(mm)

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