Dingle weather in March

In March, Dingle sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 96 mm of precipitation across 15.7 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Dingle's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dingle's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
9th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
96 mm
15.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
7:06 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
75%
4th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
2.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.9
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 March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month.

A typical March day in Dingle reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Dingle weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 7th-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 March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22674
32674
42674
52674
62674
72575
82476
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Dingle gets around 96 mm of rain and snow over 15.7 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 50% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1602
2602
3602
4602
5591
6591
7581
8571
9561
10541
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31460

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

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Dry (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 21 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
224breezy
324breezy
423breezy
523breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:40 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 7:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.57:406:09
210.57:386:10
310.67:366:12
410.77:336:14
510.77:316:16
610.87:296:18
710.97:276:20
810.97:246:21
911.07:226:23
1011.17:206:25
1111.27:176:27
1211.27:156:29
1311.37:136:30
1411.47:106:32
1511.47:086:34
1611.57:066:36
1711.67:036:37
1811.67:016:39
1911.76:596:41
2011.86:566:43
2111.86:546:45
2211.96:526:46
2312.06:496:48
2412.16:476:50
2512.16:446:52
2612.26:426:53
2712.36:406:55
2812.36:376:57
2912.46:356:59
3012.56:327:00
3112.56:307:02

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.71 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 — March's 2.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.0Moderate
22.1Moderate
32.1Moderate
42.2Moderate
52.2Moderate
62.2Moderate
72.3Moderate
82.3Moderate
92.4Moderate
102.4Moderate
112.4Moderate
122.5Moderate
132.5Moderate
142.6Moderate
152.6Moderate
162.7Moderate
172.7Moderate
182.8Moderate
192.8Moderate
202.9Moderate
212.9Moderate
223.0Moderate
233.0Moderate
243.1Moderate
253.2Moderate
263.2Moderate
273.3Moderate
283.3Moderate
293.4Moderate
303.4Moderate
313.5Moderate
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Dingle?

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

1.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dingle.

What to pack for Dingle in March

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

In March, Dingle sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 16 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Dingle in March

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in March — 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.

10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar9Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul15Cool
Aug16Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct14Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Dingle in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3. 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
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
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
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
March 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).