Balbriggan weather in July

In July, Balbriggan sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 70 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 16.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 42 min at the start of July to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Balbriggan's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balbriggan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
16 h 18 min
4:21 AM – 8:40 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Balbriggan is town in County Dublin, Ireland.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical July day in Balbriggan reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°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 22°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Balbriggan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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

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

Balbriggan weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6312.30.67.81.3
Feb / 5011.10.99.41.4
Mar10° / 5211.70.711.52.0
Apr12° / 5812.6013.72.8
May14° / 5912.7015.63.9
Jun17° / 11°6711.7016.75.0
Jul19° / 13°7013.6016.35.3
Aug19° / 13°7212.4014.65.4
Sep17° / 11°6411.5012.54.9
Oct14° / 7111.5010.33.6
Nov10° / 8012.90.28.32.2
Dec / 7012.10.47.31.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Balbriggan gets around 70 mm of rain over 13.6 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 14 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

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Daylight runs from about 16 h 42 min at the start of July to 15 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:06 AM to 4:43 AM, and sunset from 8:50 PM to 8:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.74:068:50
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416.74:088:49
516.74:098:49
616.64:108:48
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.72 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Balbriggan?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Balbriggan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Balbriggan in July

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

In July, Balbriggan sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Balbriggan in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Jun13Bracing
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Aug15Cool
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UV index in Balbriggan in July

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Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balbriggan peaks around August 12 at about 6 (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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
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May5High
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Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Balbriggan?

Balbriggan sits at 53.6°N, 6.2°W, 12 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Drogheda, 16 km away.

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Topography around Balbriggan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balbriggan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 946 m.

The land around Balbriggan is covered by water (39%), grassland (22%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, water (47%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

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July weather nearby: Drogheda 16 km · Swords 17 km · Malahide 18 km · Donaghmede 23 km · Finglas 26 km · Blanchardstown 28 km · Dublin 31 km · Lucan 33 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 Balbriggan (53.6085°, -6.1831°, elevation 12 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).