Ireland · typical climate
Where to find sun from Dublin
Dublin is mild and wet, with a small gap between winter and summer and almost no gap across the island. A bad Atlantic day is a bad day in Cork as well.
What you can reach
About 2 hours by car: Waterford (about 2 h), Drogheda (about 35 min).
Further, still inside 5 hours: Cork (about 3 h 15), Limerick (about 2 h 30), Galway (about 2 h 45), Tralee (about 3 h 45).
Inside a 4-hour door-to-door flight, and too far for that drive: Nantes, Brest, Le Havre, Plymouth. Four hours door to door reaches Brittany and the south of England. Northern Spain is outside this circle. The Canaries are further still.
Car times are the straight-line estimate SunFinder starts from (~70 km/h), before a routed drive. A mountain road or a ferry takes longer. The flight circle is the same 4-hour limit the tool uses.
When to stay
Five hours by car is still Ireland. Summer is brighter, not hot, and the city on a clear day is as good as the coast. Winter sun does not exist on this island except by air.
Crossing the water
Ferries to Holyhead and Liverpool cross to the same Atlantic air. Britain is not a drier weekend waiting on the other side.
Typical daytime high
Rounded long-term average for Dublin. Not this week’s forecast.
This weekend, by car
A live SunFinder check from Dublin, within about 5 hours. This is the forecast. The climate above does not change with it.
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