Maynooth weather in January

In January, Maynooth sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-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 12% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Maynooth's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maynooth's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
63 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:42 AM – 4:29 PM
Cloud cover
75%
4th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Maynooth is university town in Ireland.

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 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Maynooth 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 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Maynooth

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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
31
wind chill below the day's low

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

Maynooth weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6312.50.87.81.2
Feb / 5111.519.41.4
Mar10° / 5311.80.711.52.1
Apr12° / 5912.8013.73.0
May15° / 6012.9015.64.0
Jun18° / 11°6811.9016.65.1
Jul19° / 13°6813.3016.25.4
Aug19° / 12°7212.5014.65.4
Sep17° / 10°6111.4012.54.9
Oct13° / 6911.7010.33.6
Nov10° / 7512.50.18.42.1
Dec / 6912.30.77.31.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33169
43169
53169
63169
73169
83169
93169
103070
113070
122971
132872
142872
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202476
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312278

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Maynooth gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 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 41% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1434
2444
3444
4444
5444
6444
7444
8444
9433
10433
11433
12423
13423
14413
15413
16403
17403
18392
19392
20392
21382
22382
23382
24382
25372
26372
27372
28372
29382
30382
31382

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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Dry (%)
1100
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3100
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28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 17 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
1018light breeze
1118light breeze
1218light breeze
1317light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 min at the start of January to 8 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:50 AM to 8:24 AM, and sunset from 4:09 PM to 4:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.38:504:09
27.38:494:10
37.48:494:12
47.48:494:13
57.48:494:14
67.48:484:15
77.58:484:16
87.58:484:17
97.58:474:19
107.68:474:20
117.68:464:22
127.68:454:23
137.78:454:24
147.78:444:26
157.78:434:27
167.88:424:29
177.88:414:31
187.98:404:32
197.98:394:34
208.08:384:36
218.08:374:37
228.08:364:39
238.18:354:41
248.18:344:43
258.28:334:44
268.28:314:46
278.38:304:48
288.48:284:50
298.48:274:52
308.58:264:53
318.58:244:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.69 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Maynooth?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maynooth.

What to pack for Maynooth in January

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

In January, Maynooth sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Maynooth in January

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 31 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 8°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
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug15Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct13Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Maynooth 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 Maynooth 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
May5High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Maynooth?

Maynooth sits at 53.4°N, 6.6°W, 56 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Celbridge, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Maynooth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maynooth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 63 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 946 m.

The land around Maynooth is covered by grassland (67%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
300 m
80 km
946 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Celbridge 6.0 km · Leixlip 7.0 km · Lucan 10 km · Blanchardstown 14 km · Tallaght 18 km · Naas 19 km · Finglas 20 km · South Dublin 20 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 Maynooth (53.385°, -6.5936°, elevation 56 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).