An Muileann gCearr weather in August

In August, An Muileann gCearr sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 84 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is An Muileann gCearr's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see An Muileann gCearr's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
84 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:15 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover
81%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
3.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

An Muileann gCearr is town in County Westmeath, Ireland.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical August day in An Muileann gCearr reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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21913
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41913
51913
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How August really feels in An Muileann gCearr

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

An Muileann gCearr weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7814.10.77.81.0
Feb / 65120.89.41.2
Mar10° / 64130.611.51.9
Apr12° / 6612.8013.72.9
May15° / 6913.1015.63.9
Jun17° / 10°7813.4016.74.8
Jul19° / 12°7713.9016.35.1
Aug18° / 12°8413.4014.65.2
Sep16° / 10°6911.9012.54.6
Oct13° / 8113010.33.3
Nov10° / 8513.10.18.32.0
Dec / 8413.80.87.31.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31387
41387
51387
61387
71486
81486
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101585
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

An Muileann gCearr gets around 84 mm of rain over 13.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 44% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
148
248
348
448
547
647
746
846
946
1045
1145
1245
1345
1445
1545
1646
1746
1846
1945
2045
2144
2243
2342
2441
2540
2639
2738
2837
2936
3036
3135

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 67% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
160364
261354
361345
461345
562335
662335
763325
862326
963316
1063316
1163316
1264306
1364306
1465296
1565296
1667285
1767285
1868275
1968275
2070264
2170264
2271254
2372253
2473243
2573243
2673243
2774233
2874233
2974233
3074233
3175223

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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413light breeze
513light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 114 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:50 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 8:21 PM to 7:16 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:508:21
215.54:518:19
315.44:538:18
415.44:558:16
515.34:568:14
615.24:588:12
715.25:008:10
815.15:018:08
915.05:038:06
1015.05:058:04
1114.95:078:02
1214.95:088:00
1314.85:107:58
1414.75:127:56
1514.75:147:54
1614.65:157:51
1714.55:177:49
1814.55:197:47
1914.45:217:45
2014.35:237:43
2114.35:247:40
2214.25:267:38
2314.15:287:36
2414.15:307:33
2514.05:327:31
2613.95:337:29
2713.85:357:26
2813.85:377:24
2913.75:397:21
3013.65:417:19
3113.65:427:16

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.5 kWh/m² to a high of 4.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 3.54 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.8Moderate
23.8Moderate
33.8Moderate
43.7Moderate
53.7Moderate
63.7Moderate
73.7Moderate
83.7Moderate
93.6Moderate
103.6Moderate
113.6Moderate
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143.6Moderate
153.5Moderate
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203.5Moderate
213.4Moderate
223.4Moderate
233.4Moderate
243.4Moderate
253.3Moderate
263.3Moderate
273.3Moderate
283.3Moderate
293.2Moderate
303.2Moderate
313.2Moderate
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit An Muileann gCearr?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit An Muileann gCearr for sightseeing.

What to pack for An Muileann gCearr in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, An Muileann gCearr sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in An Muileann gCearr in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in An Muileann gCearr peaks around August 12 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 12UV 5Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is An Muileann gCearr?

An Muileann gCearr sits at 53.5°N, 7.3°W, 101 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Tullamore, 30 km away.

TullamoreAthloneNavanMaynoothDroichead NuaPortlaoiseNaasCelbridge

Topography around An Muileann gCearr

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of An Muileann gCearr.

Within 3 km, the terrain around An Muileann gCearr has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 99 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 865 m.

The land around An Muileann gCearr is covered by grassland (64%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
144 m
80 km
865 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Tullamore 30 km · Athlone 41 km · Navan 46 km · Maynooth 52 km · Droichead Nua 52 km · Portlaoise 55 km · Naas 56 km · Celbridge 56 km

Ireland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 85% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$131,592
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
96%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Roman Catholic 69%none 15%Protestant 4%Orthodox 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for An Muileann gCearr (53.5247°, -7.3385°, elevation 101 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).