Dingle weather in January

In January, Dingle sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 136 mm of precipitation across 19.5 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Dingle's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dingle's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
136 mm
19.5 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:51 AM – 4:50 PM
Cloud cover
77%
9th clearest
Wind
25 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.4
out of 10

Dingle is town in County Kerry, Ireland.

Density
621/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month.

A typical January day in Dingle reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Dingle weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 13619.581.4
Feb / 108169.51.5
Mar10° / 9615.711.51.9
Apr11° / 791413.62.6
May13° / 8715.515.43.2
Jun15° / 11°7714.316.44.1
Jul17° / 13°8716164.4
Aug17° / 13°10116.814.44.4
Sep16° / 12°9415.112.44.2
Oct14° / 10°13117.410.43.2
Nov11° / 14618.98.52.1
Dec10° / 14719.17.61.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Dingle gets around 136 mm of rain and snow over 19.5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 63% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 25 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of January to 8 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:57 AM to 8:34 AM, and sunset from 4:31 PM to 5:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:574:31
27.68:574:32
37.68:574:33
47.68:574:34
57.68:574:35
67.78:564:36
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97.78:554:40
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117.88:544:43
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147.98:524:47
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168.08:514:50
178.08:504:51
188.18:494:53
198.18:484:55
208.18:474:56
218.28:464:58
228.28:454:59
238.38:445:01
248.38:435:03
258.48:425:04
268.48:415:06
278.58:395:08
288.58:385:10
298.68:375:11
308.68:355:13
318.78:345:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Dingle?

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

1.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dingle.

What to pack for Dingle in January

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

In January, Dingle sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 20 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Dingle in January

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in January — 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 16°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

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

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
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Jun14Bracing
Jul15Cool
Aug16Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct14Bracing
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UV index in Dingle in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dingle peaks around August 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
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Jun6High
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Sep4Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Dingle?

Dingle sits at 52.1°N, 10.3°W, 0 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Tralee, 41 km away.

TraleeKillarneyEnnisBallincolligLimerickCorkDouglasCarrigaline

Topography around Dingle

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dingle has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 427 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 938 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,051 m.

The land around Dingle is covered by grassland (78%) within 3 km, water (54%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and water (52%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
427 m
16 km
938 m
80 km
1,051 m
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January weather nearby: Tralee 41 km · Killarney 53 km · Ennis 117 km · Ballincollig 119 km · Limerick 126 km · Cork 126 km · Douglas 129 km · Carrigaline 133 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 Dingle (52.1408°, -10.2689°, elevation 0 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).