Carrigaline weather in October

In October, Carrigaline sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 101 mm of rain across 13.7 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Carrigaline's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Carrigaline's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 101 mm; 13.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:08 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 8th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Carrigaline is human settlement.

Density: 3,965/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical October day in Carrigaline reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C cooler than September and about 3°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	11
2	15	11
3	15	11
4	15	11
5	14	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	14	11
11	14	11
12	14	11
13	14	11
14	14	11
15	14	10
16	13	10
17	13	10
18	13	10
19	13	10
20	13	10
21	13	10
22	13	10
23	13	10
24	13	10
25	13	10
26	13	10
27	13	10
28	13	9
29	12	9
30	12	9
31	12	9

Carrigaline weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 6°	96	14.5	8.1	1.5
Feb	9° / 6°	74	11.8	9.6	1.5
Mar	9° / 6°	68	11.5	11.5	1.9
Apr	11° / 7°	67	11.2	13.6	2.5
May	13° / 9°	63	11.8	15.4	3.4
Jun	16° / 12°	64	10.4	16.4	4.5
Jul	17° / 14°	65	11.1	16	5.2
Aug	17° / 14°	72	11.1	14.4	5.2
Sep	16° / 12°	70	10.7	12.4	4.7
Oct	14° / 10°	101	13.7	10.4	3.4
Nov	11° / 8°	96	13.7	8.6	2.4
Dec	9° / 6°	101	14.4	7.6	1.7

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	29	29	29	28	29	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	31
Cloudier (%)	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	70	71	71	71	72	71	72	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	72	72	72	71	71	71	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Carrigaline gets around 101 mm of rain over 13.7 wet days in October, the wettest month. 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 49% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	42	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	42
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	46
20	46
21	47
22	48
23	48
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	48

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	82	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	96
Comfortable (%)	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	82	18
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	96	4

Wind in October

Winds average 20 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	20	light breeze
13	20	light breeze
14	20	light breeze
15	20	light breeze
16	20	light breeze
17	20	breezy
18	20	breezy
19	20	breezy
20	21	breezy
21	21	breezy
22	21	breezy
23	21	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	21	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	21	breezy
28	21	breezy
29	21	breezy
30	21	breezy
31	21	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of October to 9 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 7:35 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 4:59 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:59	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:06	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:15	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:24	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:33	7:35
Sunset (PM)	6:04	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:32	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:19	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:42	6:04
2	11.3	6:43	6:01
3	11.2	6:45	5:59
4	11.2	6:47	5:57
5	11.1	6:48	5:54
6	11.0	6:50	5:52
7	11.0	6:52	5:50
8	10.9	6:54	5:47
9	10.8	6:55	5:45
10	10.8	6:57	5:43
11	10.7	6:59	5:41
12	10.6	7:01	5:38
13	10.6	7:02	5:36
14	10.5	7:04	5:34
15	10.4	7:06	5:32
16	10.4	7:08	5:29
17	10.3	7:10	5:27
18	10.2	7:11	5:25
19	10.2	7:13	5:23
20	10.1	7:15	5:21
21	10.0	7:17	5:19
22	10.0	7:19	5:17
23	9.9	7:20	5:15
24	9.8	7:22	5:13
25	9.8	7:24	5:11
26	9.7	7:26	5:09
27	9.7	7:28	5:07
28	9.6	7:29	5:05
29	9.5	7:31	5:03
30	9.5	7:33	5:01
31	9.4	7:35	4:59

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 1.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 1.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.3	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.0	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.8	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.7	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.6	Dim
21	1.6	Dim
22	1.6	Dim
23	1.5	Dim
24	1.5	Dim
25	1.5	Dim
26	1.4	Dim
27	1.4	Dim
28	1.4	Dim
29	1.4	Dim
30	1.3	Dim
31	1.3	Dim

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Carrigaline?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Carrigaline.

What to pack for Carrigaline in October

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

In October, Carrigaline sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Carrigaline in October

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 21 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in March near 9°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	9	9	10	12	14	16	16	16	14	12	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	12	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Carrigaline in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Carrigaline 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Carrigaline?

Carrigaline sits at 51.8°N, 8.4°W, 14 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Douglas, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Carrigaline

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Carrigaline has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m around an average of 57 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 928 m.

The land around Carrigaline is covered by grassland (54%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

164 m

grassland 54%

16 km

220 m

grassland 45%

80 km

928 m

grassland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← September Carrigaline year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Douglas 7.0 km · Cork 11 km · Ballincollig 15 km · Cluain Meala 77 km · Killarney 81 km · Limerick 96 km · Waterford 101 km · Tralee 103 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

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 Carrigaline (51.8117°, -8.3986°, elevation 14 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	11
2	15	11
3	15	11
4	15	11
5	14	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	14	11
11	14	11
12	14	11
13	14	11
14	14	11
15	14	10
16	13	10
17	13	10
18	13	10
19	13	10
20	13	10
21	13	10
22	13	10
23	13	10
24	13	10
25	13	10
26	13	10
27	13	10
28	13	9
29	12	9
30	12	9
31	12	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	42
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	46
20	46
21	47
22	48
23	48
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	82	18
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	11
2	15	11
3	15	11
4	15	11
5	14	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	14	11
11	14	11
12	14	11
13	14	11
14	14	11
15	14	10
16	13	10
17	13	10
18	13	10
19	13	10
20	13	10
21	13	10
22	13	10
23	13	10
24	13	10
25	13	10
26	13	10
27	13	10
28	13	9
29	12	9
30	12	9
31	12	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	42
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	46
20	46
21	47
22	48
23	48
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	82	18
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	11
2	15	11
3	15	11
4	15	11
5	14	11
6	14	11
7	14	11
8	14	11
9	14	11
10	14	11
11	14	11
12	14	11
13	14	11
14	14	11
15	14	10
16	13	10
17	13	10
18	13	10
19	13	10
20	13	10
21	13	10
22	13	10
23	13	10
24	13	10
25	13	10
26	13	10
27	13	10
28	13	9
29	12	9
30	12	9
31	12	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	42
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	46
20	46
21	47
22	48
23	48
24	49
25	49
26	49
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	48
31	48

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	82	18
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	96	4