Portlaoise weather in July

In July, Portlaoise sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 66 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-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 Portlaoise's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Portlaoise's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 66 mm; 12.5 wet days
Daylight: 16 h 12 min; 4:28 AM – 8:41 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 12th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Portlaoise is county town of County Laois, Ireland.

Density: 1,942/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1557

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

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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 Portlaoise 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.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	11
2	18	11
3	18	12
4	18	12
5	18	12
6	18	12
7	18	12
8	18	12
9	18	12
10	18	12
11	19	12
12	19	12
13	19	12
14	19	12
15	19	12
16	19	12
17	19	12
18	19	12
19	19	12
20	19	12
21	19	12
22	19	12
23	19	12
24	19	12
25	19	12
26	19	12
27	19	12
28	19	12
29	19	12
30	19	12
31	19	12

How July really feels in Portlaoise

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Portlaoise weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 3°	71	13.3	0.6	7.9	1.1
Feb	8° / 3°	59	11.7	0.9	9.5	1.2
Mar	10° / 4°	60	12.2	0.7	11.5	2.0
Apr	12° / 5°	63	12.6	0.1	13.6	2.9
May	15° / 7°	64	12.6	0	15.5	4.0
Jun	17° / 10°	70	12.1	0	16.6	5.0
Jul	19° / 12°	66	12.5	0	16.2	5.3
Aug	18° / 12°	74	12.6	0	14.5	5.3
Sep	16° / 10°	62	10.9	0	12.4	4.8
Oct	13° / 7°	78	12.7	0	10.3	3.3
Nov	10° / 5°	79	12.4	0.1	8.4	2.0
Dec	8° / 3°	79	13.6	0.6	7.4	1.2

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 9% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Cloudier (%)	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	87

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	13	87

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Portlaoise gets around 66 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 41% and peaks near 43% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	42	42	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	39
23	39
24	40
25	40
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	43

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 67% 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	31
Dry (%)	76	75	75	73	73	72	72	72	71	70	70	69	69	68	67	67	66	66	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	62
Comfortable (%)	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	33
Humid (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	76	23	1
2	75	24	1
3	75	24	1
4	73	25	2
5	73	25	2
6	72	26	2
7	72	26	2
8	72	26	2
9	71	27	2
10	70	27	3
11	70	27	3
12	69	28	3
13	69	28	3
14	68	28	4
15	67	29	4
16	67	29	4
17	66	30	4
18	66	30	4
19	64	31	5
20	64	31	5
21	63	32	5
22	63	32	5
23	63	32	5
24	62	33	5
25	62	33	5
26	62	33	5
27	62	33	5
28	61	34	5
29	61	34	5
30	61	34	5
31	62	33	5

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.

	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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	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	12	12	13	13	13	13
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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

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 4:14 AM to 4:50 AM, and sunset from 8:51 PM to 8:21 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	31
Daylight (h)	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.5	16.5	16.5	16.5	16.4	16.4	16.4	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.2	16.2	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.0	16.0	15.9	15.9	15.8	15.8	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.6	15.5
Sunrise (AM)	4:14	4:14	4:15	4:16	4:17	4:18	4:18	4:19	4:20	4:21	4:22	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:35	4:36	4:38	4:39	4:41	4:42	4:44	4:45	4:47	4:48	4:50
Sunset (PM)	8:51	8:51	8:51	8:50	8:50	8:49	8:49	8:48	8:47	8:47	8:46	8:45	8:44	8:43	8:42	8:41	8:40	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:30	8:29	8:27	8:26	8:24	8:22	8:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.6	4:14	8:51
2	16.6	4:14	8:51
3	16.6	4:15	8:51
4	16.6	4:16	8:50
5	16.6	4:17	8:50
6	16.5	4:18	8:49
7	16.5	4:18	8:49
8	16.5	4:19	8:48
9	16.5	4:20	8:47
10	16.4	4:21	8:47
11	16.4	4:22	8:46
12	16.4	4:24	8:45
13	16.3	4:25	8:44
14	16.3	4:26	8:43
15	16.3	4:27	8:42
16	16.2	4:28	8:41
17	16.2	4:29	8:40
18	16.1	4:31	8:39
19	16.1	4:32	8:38
20	16.1	4:33	8:37
21	16.0	4:35	8:36
22	16.0	4:36	8:34
23	15.9	4:38	8:33
24	15.9	4:39	8:32
25	15.8	4:41	8:30
26	15.8	4:42	8:29
27	15.7	4:44	8:27
28	15.7	4:45	8:26
29	15.6	4:47	8:24
30	15.6	4:48	8:22
31	15.5	4:50	8:21

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 4.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.26 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.0	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Portlaoise?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Portlaoise for sightseeing.

What to pack for Portlaoise in July

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

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

rain gear

UV index in Portlaoise 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 Portlaoise 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	5	5	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Portlaoise?

Portlaoise sits at 53.0°N, 7.3°W, 101 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Tullamore, 29 km away.

Topography around Portlaoise

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Portlaoise has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 101 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 453 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 931 m.

The land around Portlaoise is covered by grassland (62%) within 3 km, grassland (68%) within 16 km, and grassland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

55 m

grassland 62%

16 km

453 m

grassland 68%

80 km

931 m

grassland 76%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← June Portlaoise year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Tullamore 29 km · Carlow 33 km · Droichead Nua 37 km · Kilkenny 42 km · Naas 47 km · An Muileann gCearr 55 km · Athlone 61 km · Celbridge 61 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 Portlaoise (53.0344°, -7.2998°, elevation 101 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	11
2	18	11
3	18	12
4	18	12
5	18	12
6	18	12
7	18	12
8	18	12
9	18	12
10	18	12
11	19	12
12	19	12
13	19	12
14	19	12
15	19	12
16	19	12
17	19	12
18	19	12
19	19	12
20	19	12
21	19	12
22	19	12
23	19	12
24	19	12
25	19	12
26	19	12
27	19	12
28	19	12
29	19	12
30	19	12
31	19	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	39
23	39
24	40
25	40
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	76	23	1
2	75	24	1
3	75	24	1
4	73	25	2
5	73	25	2
6	72	26	2
7	72	26	2
8	72	26	2
9	71	27	2
10	70	27	3
11	70	27	3
12	69	28	3
13	69	28	3
14	68	28	4
15	67	29	4
16	67	29	4
17	66	30	4
18	66	30	4
19	64	31	5
20	64	31	5
21	63	32	5
22	63	32	5
23	63	32	5
24	62	33	5
25	62	33	5
26	62	33	5
27	62	33	5
28	61	34	5
29	61	34	5
30	61	34	5
31	62	33	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	11
2	18	11
3	18	12
4	18	12
5	18	12
6	18	12
7	18	12
8	18	12
9	18	12
10	18	12
11	19	12
12	19	12
13	19	12
14	19	12
15	19	12
16	19	12
17	19	12
18	19	12
19	19	12
20	19	12
21	19	12
22	19	12
23	19	12
24	19	12
25	19	12
26	19	12
27	19	12
28	19	12
29	19	12
30	19	12
31	19	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	39
23	39
24	40
25	40
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	76	23	1
2	75	24	1
3	75	24	1
4	73	25	2
5	73	25	2
6	72	26	2
7	72	26	2
8	72	26	2
9	71	27	2
10	70	27	3
11	70	27	3
12	69	28	3
13	69	28	3
14	68	28	4
15	67	29	4
16	67	29	4
17	66	30	4
18	66	30	4
19	64	31	5
20	64	31	5
21	63	32	5
22	63	32	5
23	63	32	5
24	62	33	5
25	62	33	5
26	62	33	5
27	62	33	5
28	61	34	5
29	61	34	5
30	61	34	5
31	62	33	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	11
2	18	11
3	18	12
4	18	12
5	18	12
6	18	12
7	18	12
8	18	12
9	18	12
10	18	12
11	19	12
12	19	12
13	19	12
14	19	12
15	19	12
16	19	12
17	19	12
18	19	12
19	19	12
20	19	12
21	19	12
22	19	12
23	19	12
24	19	12
25	19	12
26	19	12
27	19	12
28	19	12
29	19	12
30	19	12
31	19	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	42
8	42
9	42
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	39
20	38
21	38
22	39
23	39
24	40
25	40
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	76	23	1
2	75	24	1
3	75	24	1
4	73	25	2
5	73	25	2
6	72	26	2
7	72	26	2
8	72	26	2
9	71	27	2
10	70	27	3
11	70	27	3
12	69	28	3
13	69	28	3
14	68	28	4
15	67	29	4
16	67	29	4
17	66	30	4
18	66	30	4
19	64	31	5
20	64	31	5
21	63	32	5
22	63	32	5
23	63	32	5
24	62	33	5
25	62	33	5
26	62	33	5
27	62	33	5
28	61	34	5
29	61	34	5
30	61	34	5
31	62	33	5