Limerick weather in December

In December, Limerick sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 99 mm of precipitation across 15 wet days and about 7.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

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

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of December to 7 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Limerick's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Limerick's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
99 mm
15 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:48 AM – 4:13 PM
Cloud cover
78%
4th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Limerick is city in Ireland in the province of Munster.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.1 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
4,920/km²
people per km²
Founded
~812 CE

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical December day in Limerick reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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694
794
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984
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1284
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1583
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2283
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How December really feels in Limerick

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 23 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
23
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Limerick weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9415.50.681.1
Feb / 79130.89.51.3
Mar10° / 7613.50.511.51.9
Apr12° / 7613.7013.62.9
May15° / 7714.2015.53.8
Jun17° / 10°7712.6016.54.8
Jul18° / 12°8314.2016.15.1
Aug18° / 12°8914014.55.0
Sep16° / 10°7612.7012.44.5
Oct13° / 8914.1010.33.2
Nov10° / 9615.108.51.9
Dec / 99150.37.51.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22278
32278
42278
52278
62179
72278
82278
92278
102278
112179
122278
132278
142278
152179
162179
172179
182278
192278
202278
212278
222179
232179
242179
252179
262179
272179
282179
292179
302179
312179

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Limerick gets around 99 mm of rain and snow over 15 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 48% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1481
2481
3481
4481
5491
6491
7491
8491
9481
10481
11481
12481
13481
14481
15481
16481
17481
18481
19481
20471
21471
22481
23481
24481
25481
26481
27482
28492
29492
30492
31492

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December 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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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2015light breeze
2115light breeze
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2515light breeze
2616light breeze
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2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of December to 7 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:32 AM to 8:54 AM, and sunset from 4:17 PM to 4:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:324:17
27.78:334:16
37.78:344:16
47.78:364:15
57.68:374:15
67.68:384:14
77.68:394:14
87.68:414:14
97.58:424:13
107.58:434:13
117.58:444:13
127.58:454:13
137.58:464:13
147.48:474:13
157.48:474:13
167.48:484:13
177.48:494:13
187.48:504:13
197.48:504:14
207.48:514:14
217.48:524:14
227.48:524:15
237.48:524:15
247.48:534:16
257.48:534:17
267.48:534:17
277.48:544:18
287.48:544:19
297.48:544:19
307.48:544:20
317.58:544:21

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.53 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 4.74 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.53 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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40.6Dim
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310.6Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Limerick?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Limerick.

What to pack for Limerick in December

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

In December, Limerick sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Limerick in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Limerick 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Limerick?

Limerick sits at 52.7°N, 8.6°W, 7 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Ennis, 32 km away.

EnnisCluain MealaGalwayTraleeCorkBallincolligDouglasKillarney

Topography around Limerick

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Limerick has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 383 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 925 m.

The land around Limerick is covered by grassland (36%), artificial surfaces (35%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) within 16 km, and grassland (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
383 m
80 km
925 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Ennis 32 km · Cluain Meala 71 km · Galway 73 km · Tralee 85 km · Cork 86 km · Ballincollig 87 km · Douglas 89 km · Killarney 90 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 Limerick (52.6647°, -8.6231°, elevation 7 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. 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).