Best time to visit Oldcastle

Month-by-month weather averages for Oldcastle.

Oldcastle, Leinster, Ireland

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  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January7.4 °C / 45 °F3 °C / 37 °F79 mm / 3.1 inneither best nor good
February8.1 °C / 47 °F3.3 °C / 38 °F70 mm / 2.8 inneither best nor good
March9.6 °C / 49 °F3.6 °C / 38 °F69 mm / 2.7 inneither best nor good
April12.2 °C / 54 °F5.2 °C / 41 °F62 mm / 2.4 inneither best nor good
May15 °C / 59 °F7.9 °C / 46 °F69 mm / 2.7 ingood month
June17.4 °C / 63 °F10.5 °C / 51 °F82 mm / 3.2 ingood month
July18.6 °C / 65 °F12.3 °C / 54 °F88 mm / 3.5 ingood month
August17.9 °C / 64 °F12 °C / 54 °F95 mm / 3.7 ingood month
September16.3 °C / 61 °F10.3 °C / 51 °F76 mm / 3 ingood month
October13.3 °C / 56 °F8.1 °C / 47 °F87 mm / 3.4 inneither best nor good
November9.7 °C / 49 °F5.1 °C / 41 °F88 mm / 3.5 inneither best nor good
December7.9 °C / 46 °F3.6 °C / 38 °F90 mm / 3.6 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: neither
  5. MMay: good
  6. JJune: good
  7. JJuly: good
  8. AAugust: good
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Good
May–September
Why these months
  • May · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 62%, precipitation 69 mm / 2.7 in, feels like (high) 12.7 °C / 55 °F, average daily high 15 °C / 59 °F, days with heavy rain 1.5 days, average daily low 7.9 °C / 46 °F.

    Against: wet days 13.4 days, relative humidity 78%.

  • June · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 16 °C / 61 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 58%, average daily high 17.4 °C / 63 °F, precipitation 82 mm / 3.2 in, days with heavy rain 2.1 days, average daily low 10.5 °C / 51 °F.

    Against: wet days 13.4 days, relative humidity 79%.

  • July · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 17.6 °C / 64 °F, average daily high 18.6 °C / 65 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 53%, precipitation 88 mm / 3.5 in, days with heavy rain 2.2 days, average daily low 12.3 °C / 54 °F.

    Against: wet days 16 days, relative humidity 81%.

  • August · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 16.6 °C / 62 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 55%, average daily high 17.9 °C / 64 °F, precipitation 95 mm / 3.7 in, days with heavy rain 2.6 days, average daily low 12 °C / 54 °F.

    Against: wet days 14.8 days, relative humidity 83%.

  • September · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 14.6 °C / 58 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 55%, precipitation 76 mm / 3 in, average daily high 16.3 °C / 61 °F, days with heavy rain 2.1 days, average daily low 10.3 °C / 51 °F.

    Against: relative humidity 85%, wet days 12.4 days.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Glencoe Mountain Resort, 349 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 3.8 °C4.4 °C6 °C9.1 °C12.7 °C16 °C17.6 °C16.6 °C14.6 °C11 °C6.8 °C4.4 °C
Days with heavy rain 1.9 days1.6 days1.6 days1.4 days1.5 days2.1 days2.2 days2.6 days2.1 days2.8 days2.6 days2.6 days
Time rain usually falls 4 am2 am5 pm5 pm4 pm4 pm5 pm4 pm4 pm3 pm12 pm8 am
Sunshine per day 3.9 h5.1 h6.7 h9 h10 h9.9 h8.7 h8.2 h7 h5.4 h4.2 h3.3 h
Relative humidity 89%86%82%79%78%79%81%83%85%87%89%90%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20253.7 µg/m³3.8 µg/m³5.1 µg/m³6.2 µg/m³7.1 µg/m³7 µg/m³5.2 µg/m³5.9 µg/m³5.4 µg/m³4.5 µg/m³3.5 µg/m³3.3 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–20256 µg/m³6.2 µg/m³8.4 µg/m³10 µg/m³11.2 µg/m³11.3 µg/m³8.7 µg/m³9.4 µg/m³8.3 µg/m³7 µg/m³5.8 µg/m³5.1 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).