Few Irish towns have milder winter nights than Fenit
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 19.1°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 94% of Irish towns. Compared with 1981–2010, the average now sits 0.2°C higher. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 18–19°C.
Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for the town’s own square kilometre.
A year in Fenit at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fenit’s climate
Compared with Irish towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in County Kerry beside it.
What a year in Fenit feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 1,136 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and May the driest. 6th wettest of 6 towns of 2,500+ in County Kerry. The wettest month brings about 2.1 times the rain of the driest.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Living with Fenit’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, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over storms, floods and heatwaves; Fenit’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →Met Éireann’s nearest station: Valentia
Valentia is 46 km south-west of Fenit, the nearest of the 25 synoptic stations where Met Éireann records the weather around the clock. The station stands 24 m above sea level; Fenit’s centre, 14 m.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C | 5.0°C | 184 mm | 2.0 | 52 |
| February | 10.0°C | 4.9°C | 137 mm | 1.9 | 70 |
| March | 11.0°C | 5.3°C | 114 mm | 1.4 | 118 |
| April | 12.6°C | 6.4°C | 104 mm | 0.2 | 165 |
| May | 14.8°C | 8.6°C | 92 mm | 0.0 | 179 |
| June | 16.7°C | 10.8°C | 100 mm | 0.0 | 168 |
| July | 17.9°C | 12.7°C | 113 mm | 0.0 | 137 |
| August | 18.0°C | 12.5°C | 114 mm | 0.0 | 134 |
| September | 17.0°C | 11.2°C | 126 mm | 0.0 | 117 |
| October | 14.5°C | 9.1°C | 171 mm | 0.0 | 91 |
| November | 11.9°C | 6.9°C | 187 mm | 0.5 | 56 |
| December | 10.5°C | 5.7°C | 176 mm | 1.8 | 40 |
| Year | 13.7°C | 8.3°C | 1,617 mm | 8 | 1,327 |
The table is Valentia’s own record, averaged over 1991–2020 from its daily readings (ours, not a Met Éireann table). The rest of the page is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at Fenit itself: past 40 km, the station’s frosts and sunshine don’t stand for the town.
How Fenit 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 of 2,500+ in County Kerry.
Warmer than it used to be
Fenit’s 1991–2020 average is 0.2°C warmer than 1981–2010’s. The biggest change is in April (+0.3°C).
A year’s rain, 1,136 mm, is about the same as before.
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.
Fenit and its neighbours
Milltown has the coldest January nights next door (3.7°C, 0.7°C colder). 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.
Each town’s colour is Met Éireann’s 1 km grid at its own centre, so towns a few kilometres apart can differ.
Fenit 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 | 9.9°C | 4.4°C | 7.1°C | 126 mm |
| February | 10.1°C | 4.3°C | 7.2°C | 98 mm |
| March | 11.5°C | 4.9°C | 8.2°C | 83 mm |
| April | 13.5°C | 6.1°C | 9.8°C | 70 mm |
| May | 15.8°C | 8.4°C | 12.1°C | 65 mm |
| June | 17.8°C | 10.8°C | 14.3°C | 66 mm |
| July | 19.1°C | 12.7°C | 15.9°C | 75 mm |
| August | 19.1°C | 12.6°C | 15.8°C | 85 mm |
| September | 17.9°C | 11.2°C | 14.5°C | 90 mm |
| October | 14.8°C | 8.9°C | 11.9°C | 118 mm |
| November | 12.0°C | 6.5°C | 9.2°C | 133 mm |
| December | 10.3°C | 5.0°C | 7.6°C | 128 mm |
| Year | 14.3°C | 8.0°C | 11.2°C | 1,136 mm |
Where Fenit’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 Fenit’s population centre (0.4 km away).
- Weather station: the nearest of Met Éireann’s 25 synoptic stations, Valentia, 46 km south-west, from Met Éireann’s station list.
- Frosts and degree days: Valentia’s daily readings, 1991–2020, 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.
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Questions about Fenit’s climate
How warm does Fenit get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 19.1°C.
How cold does Fenit get in winter?
February nights average 4.3°C, the coldest of the year. Met Éireann counts frosts only at its weather stations, so there is no frost count for the town itself.
How much rain does Fenit get?
About 1,136 mm a year, more than 82% of Irish towns. November is the wettest month (133 mm) and May the driest (65 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 Fenit itself. Its nearest synoptic station is Valentia.
Are these figures for Fenit itself?
Yes: they are Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages on its 1 km grid, read at Fenit’s population centre. The nearest of its synoptic weather stations, Valentia, is 46 km south-west.
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 Fenit’s population centre. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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