Kilkenny weather in July

In July, Kilkenny sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 65 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 16.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-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 4% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 36 min at the start of July to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kilkenny's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kilkenny's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
16 h 12 min
4:30 AM – 8:39 PM
Cloud cover
83%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Kilkenny is city in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

Air quality
Good
PM10 17.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
807/km²
people per km²

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 Kilkenny reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 7°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 1°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Kilkenny

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.

Kilkenny weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7112.80.681.1
Feb / 5811.40.89.51.2
Mar10° / 5811.60.711.51.9
Apr12° / 6512.5013.62.9
May15° / 6512.9015.53.9
Jun17° / 10°7011.8016.55.0
Jul19° / 12°6512.5016.15.3
Aug18° / 11°7111.8014.55.4
Sep16° / 10°6110.7012.44.8
Oct13° / 7812.3010.33.3
Nov10° / 7712.10.18.52.0
Dec / 7713.40.57.51.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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

Any precipitation

Kilkenny gets around 65 mm of rain over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 68% 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 12 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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 July

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Daylight runs from about 16 h 36 min at the start of July to 15 h 30 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 4:16 AM to 4:51 AM, and sunset from 8:49 PM to 8:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.64:168:49
216.54:168:49
316.54:178:48
416.54:188:48
516.54:198:48
616.54:198:47
716.44:208:46
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1116.34:248:44
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1316.34:268:42
1416.24:288:41
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1716.14:318:38
1816.14:328:37
1916.04:348:36
2016.04:358:35
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3015.54:508:21
3115.54:518:19

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.55 kWh/m² to a high of 4.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.37 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 Kilkenny?

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 Kilkenny for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kilkenny in July

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

In July, Kilkenny sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Kilkenny in July

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 59 km away) 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
Jan9Bracing
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Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug16Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Kilkenny in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Kilkenny 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Sep4Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Kilkenny?

Kilkenny sits at 52.7°N, 7.3°W, 48 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Carlow, 30 km away.

CarlowPortlaoiseWaterfordCluain MealaWexfordDroichead NuaTullamoreNaas

Topography around Kilkenny

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kilkenny has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 62 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 928 m.

The land around Kilkenny is covered by grassland (50%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
330 m
80 km
928 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Carlow 30 km · Portlaoise 42 km · Waterford 45 km · Cluain Meala 45 km · Wexford 65 km · Droichead Nua 66 km · Tullamore 71 km · Naas 74 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 Kilkenny (52.6542°, -7.2522°, elevation 48 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).