Dingle weather in September

In September, Dingle sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 94 mm of rain across 15.1 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of September to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Dingle's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dingle's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 94 mm; 15.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:23 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 6th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; 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.

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical September day in Dingle reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 1°C cooler than August and about 2°C warmer than October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11

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

Dingle weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 6°	136	19.5	8	1.4
Feb	9° / 5°	108	16	9.5	1.5
Mar	10° / 6°	96	15.7	11.5	1.9
Apr	11° / 7°	79	14	13.6	2.6
May	13° / 9°	87	15.5	15.4	3.2
Jun	15° / 11°	77	14.3	16.4	4.1
Jul	17° / 13°	87	16	16	4.4
Aug	17° / 13°	101	16.8	14.4	4.4
Sep	16° / 12°	94	15.1	12.4	4.2
Oct	14° / 10°	131	17.4	10.4	3.2
Nov	11° / 8°	146	18.9	8.5	2.1
Dec	10° / 6°	147	19.1	7.6	1.6

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

	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
Clearer (%)	23	23	22	23	24	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	24	24	23	23	24	24	23	23	23	23
Cloudier (%)	77	77	78	77	76	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	75	76	76	77	77	76	76	77	77	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Dingle gets around 94 mm of rain over 15.1 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 50% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	49	49	49	50	50	51	51	52	52	52	52	51	51	50	50	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	48	49	49	50	51	52	52	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	51
7	51
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	51
13	51
14	50
15	50
16	49
17	48
18	48
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	48
24	49
25	49
26	50
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	53

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 77% 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
Dry (%)	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	72	73	73	74	76	77	77	78	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	84	85	85	86
Comfortable (%)	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	22	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14
Humid (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	68	29	3
2	68	29	3
3	69	28	3
4	69	28	3
5	70	27	3
6	70	27	3
7	71	26	3
8	72	25	3
9	73	24	3
10	73	24	3
11	74	23	3
12	76	22	2
13	77	21	2
14	77	21	2
15	78	20	2
16	80	19	1
17	80	19	1
18	80	19	1
19	81	18	1
20	81	18	1
21	81	18	1
22	82	18	0
23	82	18	0
24	82	18	0
25	83	17	0
26	83	17	0
27	84	16	0
28	85	15	0
29	85	15	0
30	86	14	0

Wind in September

Winds average 19 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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
Wind speed (km/h)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	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	20	light breeze
12	20	light breeze
13	20	light breeze
14	20	light breeze
15	20	light breeze
16	20	light breeze
17	20	light breeze
18	20	light breeze
19	20	light breeze
20	20	light breeze
21	20	light breeze
22	20	light breeze
23	20	light breeze
24	20	light breeze
25	20	light breeze
26	20	light breeze
27	20	breezy
28	20	breezy
29	20	breezy
30	20	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of September to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 6:13 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
Daylight (h)	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.0	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	6:00	6:01	6:03	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:12	6:13	6:15	6:17	6:18	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:37	6:39	6:41	6:42	6:44	6:46	6:47
Sunset (PM)	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:16	7:14	7:12	7:09	7:07	7:04	7:02	7:00	6:57	6:55	6:52	6:50	6:47	6:45	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:35	6:33	6:30	6:28	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:18	6:16	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	5:58	7:23
2	13.4	6:00	7:21
3	13.3	6:01	7:19
4	13.2	6:03	7:16
5	13.2	6:05	7:14
6	13.1	6:07	7:12
7	13.0	6:08	7:09
8	12.9	6:10	7:07
9	12.9	6:12	7:04
10	12.8	6:13	7:02
11	12.7	6:15	7:00
12	12.7	6:17	6:57
13	12.6	6:18	6:55
14	12.5	6:20	6:52
15	12.5	6:22	6:50
16	12.4	6:23	6:47
17	12.3	6:25	6:45
18	12.3	6:27	6:42
19	12.2	6:29	6:40
20	12.1	6:30	6:38
21	12.1	6:32	6:35
22	12.0	6:34	6:33
23	11.9	6:35	6:30
24	11.8	6:37	6:28
25	11.8	6:39	6:25
26	11.7	6:41	6:23
27	11.6	6:42	6:21
28	11.6	6:44	6:18
29	11.5	6:46	6:16
30	11.4	6:47	6:13

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 2.97 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 — September's 2.97 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Dingle?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

September is a reasonable time to visit Dingle for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dingle in September

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

In September, Dingle sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 15 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

Sea temperature near Dingle in September

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in September — 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	9	9	10	12	14	15	16	15	14	12	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	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	15	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	15	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	12	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Dingle in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. 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.

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

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.

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

grassland 78%

16 km

938 m

water 54%

80 km

1,051 m

water 52%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater

← August Dingle year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September 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

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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	51
7	51
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	51
13	51
14	50
15	50
16	49
17	48
18	48
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	48
24	49
25	49
26	50
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	68	29	3
2	68	29	3
3	69	28	3
4	69	28	3
5	70	27	3
6	70	27	3
7	71	26	3
8	72	25	3
9	73	24	3
10	73	24	3
11	74	23	3
12	76	22	2
13	77	21	2
14	77	21	2
15	78	20	2
16	80	19	1
17	80	19	1
18	80	19	1
19	81	18	1
20	81	18	1
21	81	18	1
22	82	18	0
23	82	18	0
24	82	18	0
25	83	17	0
26	83	17	0
27	84	16	0
28	85	15	0
29	85	15	0
30	86	14	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	51
7	51
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	51
13	51
14	50
15	50
16	49
17	48
18	48
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	48
24	49
25	49
26	50
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	68	29	3
2	68	29	3
3	69	28	3
4	69	28	3
5	70	27	3
6	70	27	3
7	71	26	3
8	72	25	3
9	73	24	3
10	73	24	3
11	74	23	3
12	76	22	2
13	77	21	2
14	77	21	2
15	78	20	2
16	80	19	1
17	80	19	1
18	80	19	1
19	81	18	1
20	81	18	1
21	81	18	1
22	82	18	0
23	82	18	0
24	82	18	0
25	83	17	0
26	83	17	0
27	84	16	0
28	85	15	0
29	85	15	0
30	86	14	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	50
5	50
6	51
7	51
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	51
13	51
14	50
15	50
16	49
17	48
18	48
19	47
20	47
21	47
22	47
23	48
24	49
25	49
26	50
27	51
28	52
29	52
30	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	68	29	3
2	68	29	3
3	69	28	3
4	69	28	3
5	70	27	3
6	70	27	3
7	71	26	3
8	72	25	3
9	73	24	3
10	73	24	3
11	74	23	3
12	76	22	2
13	77	21	2
14	77	21	2
15	78	20	2
16	80	19	1
17	80	19	1
18	80	19	1
19	81	18	1
20	81	18	1
21	81	18	1
22	82	18	0
23	82	18	0
24	82	18	0
25	83	17	0
26	83	17	0
27	84	16	0
28	85	15	0
29	85	15	0
30	86	14	0