Photo: Kanchelskis · CC BY 2.5Lisdoonvarna sits near the bottom of Irish towns for July heat
Deep winter brings January lows near 3.3°C. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than almost every Irish town. Decade by decade the climate has edged up, 0.3°C above 1981–2010. Radiators earn their keep from November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in Lisdoonvarna at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lisdoonvarna’s climate
Compared with Irish towns, with its place among towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Clare beside it.
What a year in Lisdoonvarna feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 1,547 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and May the driest. The wettest of 6 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Clare. The wettest month brings about 2.0 times the rain of the driest.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Living with Lisdoonvarna’s climate
What the averages mean for a garden, a free afternoon and a bad-weather day.
Highs of 17–27°C with lows of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over storms, floods and heatwaves; Lisdoonvarna’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Athenry
Athenry is 44 km north-east of Lisdoonvarna, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock. The station stands 40 m above sea level; Lisdoonvarna’s centre, 95 m.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C | 2.5°C | 131 mm | 7.8 |
| February | 9.0°C | 2.3°C | 112 mm | 6.8 |
| March | 10.3°C | 2.2°C | 90 mm | 8.5 |
| April | 13.4°C | 4.1°C | 64 mm | 2.5 |
| May | 15.6°C | 6.7°C | 74 mm | 0.5 |
| June | 17.9°C | 9.5°C | 79 mm | 0.0 |
| July | 18.8°C | 11.2°C | 109 mm | 0.0 |
| August | 18.2°C | 10.7°C | 118 mm | 0.0 |
| September | 16.8°C | 9.1°C | 107 mm | 0.1 |
| October | 13.8°C | 6.3°C | 111 mm | 1.4 |
| November | 10.3°C | 3.5°C | 124 mm | 5.7 |
| December | 8.7°C | 2.6°C | 150 mm | 7.7 |
| Year | 13.4°C | 5.9°C | 1,268 mm | 41 |
The table is Athenry’s own record, averaged over 2010–2020 from its daily readings (ours, not a Met Éireann table). The rest of the page is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at Lisdoonvarna itself: past 40 km, the station’s frosts and sunshine don’t stand for the town.
How Lisdoonvarna compares
Against the 321 Irish towns and city neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from Met Éireann’s grid at its own centre, and its place among towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ in County Clare.
Warmer than it used to be
Lisdoonvarna’s 1991–2020 average is 0.3°C warmer than 1981–2010’s. The biggest change is in April (+0.4°C).
A year’s rain is 1,547 mm, up 3% from 1,496 mm.
Change by month
The two periods share 1991–2010, so the gap is a decade’s step, not the change between two separate 30-year periods.
Lisdoonvarna and its neighbours
Ennistimon has the warmest July afternoons (18.9°C, 0.6°C warmer). Choose a measure to recolour the map; tap a town for its climate.
The towns next door, side by side
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 19 km: a hill, a valley or the sea can make a real difference over a short distance.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisdoonvarna | 18.3°C | 3.3°C | 1,547 mm |
| Ennistimon 10 km | 18.9°C 0.6°C warmer | 3.5°C about the same | 1,423 mm |
| Lehinch 12 km | 18.7°C about the same | 3.6°C about the same | 1,358 mm |
Each town’s colour is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at its own centre, so towns a few kilometres apart can differ.
Lisdoonvarna weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, for the town itself (Met Éireann’s 1 km grid).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C | 3.3°C | 6.0°C | 156 mm |
| February | 8.9°C | 3.2°C | 6.0°C | 125 mm |
| March | 10.3°C | 4.0°C | 7.1°C | 111 mm |
| April | 12.5°C | 5.3°C | 8.9°C | 89 mm |
| May | 15.0°C | 7.6°C | 11.3°C | 89 mm |
| June | 17.1°C | 10.1°C | 13.6°C | 96 mm |
| July | 18.3°C | 11.9°C | 15.1°C | 118 mm |
| August | 18.2°C | 11.9°C | 15.1°C | 135 mm |
| September | 16.8°C | 10.3°C | 13.5°C | 129 mm |
| October | 13.6°C | 7.9°C | 10.7°C | 151 mm |
| November | 10.7°C | 5.5°C | 8.1°C | 173 mm |
| December | 8.9°C | 3.8°C | 6.4°C | 175 mm |
| Year | 13.2°C | 7.1°C | 10.2°C | 1,547 mm |
Where Lisdoonvarna’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature and rain: Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid (Climatological Notes 22 and 23), read at the grid point nearest Lisdoonvarna’s population centre (0.5 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Athenry, 44 km north-east, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Athenry’s daily readings, 2010–2020, in the station table only: past 40 km they don’t stand for the town.
- Then and now: Met Éireann’s 1981–2010 averages on the same 1 km grid, at the same point.
- Altitudes: the town’s ground from the Copernicus GLO-30 surface model (a few metres high in built-up places), the station’s from Met Éireann.
- Comparisons: every Irish town and city neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, read the same way; the five city totals are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, frost days, warm days, snow and wind. Met Éireann publishes no 1991–2020 grid for them, only tables for its stations, so no town has a figure of its own.
Met Éireann 30-year averages · Met Éireann open data. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Questions about Lisdoonvarna’s climate
How warm does Lisdoonvarna get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 18.3°C.
How cold does Lisdoonvarna get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging 3.2°C. Met Éireann counts frosts only at its weather stations, so there is no frost count for the town itself.
How much rain does Lisdoonvarna get?
About 1,547 mm a year, more than almost every Irish town. December is the wettest month (175 mm) and May the driest (89 mm).
How sunny is it?
Met Éireann publishes its 1991–2020 sunshine averages for its weather stations only, not on the 1 km grid this page reads, so there is no sunshine figure for Lisdoonvarna itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Athenry.
Are these figures for Lisdoonvarna itself?
Yes: they are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at Lisdoonvarna’s population centre. The nearest of its synoptic weather stations, Athenry, is 44 km north-east.
Where do these figures come from?
Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 climate averages, published as maps of Ireland in 1 km squares (Climatological Notes 22 and 23); the page reads the square at Lisdoonvarna’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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