Tralee weather in July

In July, Tralee sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 90 mm of rain across 15.2 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°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 30 min at the start of July to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Tralee's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tralee's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
90 mm
15.2 wet days
Daylight
16 h 06 min
4:42 AM – 8:47 PM
Cloud cover
83%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Tralee is town in County Kerry, Ireland.

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 18°C through the month.

A typical July day in Tralee reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Tralee

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.

Tralee weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 10817.70.581.2
Feb / 9214.30.59.51.4
Mar10° / 8915.10.211.52.0
Apr12° / 8814.2013.62.9
May15° / 9114.8015.43.7
Jun17° / 10°8314016.44.6
Jul18° / 12°9015.20164.9
Aug18° / 12°9414.6014.54.9
Sep16° / 10°8013.3012.44.5
Oct13° / 10215.4010.33.2
Nov11° / 11117.208.52.0
Dec / 116170.47.61.4

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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21387
31387
41387
51288
61288
71288
81288
91288
101387
111486
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Tralee gets around 90 mm of rain over 15.2 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 49% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
148
248
349
449
549
649
748
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948
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1948
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2149
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2651
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3150

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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
175241
275241
373252
472262
572262
671272
771272
871272
969283
1069283
1169283
1268293
1368293
1467303
1566304
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1964324
2063334
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2662344
2761354
2861354
2961354
3061354
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Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
113light breeze
213light breeze
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413light breeze
513light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 30 min at the start of July to 15 h 24 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 4:28 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 8:57 PM to 8:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.54:288:57
216.54:288:56
316.54:298:56
416.44:308:56
516.44:318:55
616.44:318:55
716.44:328:54
816.34:338:54
916.34:348:53
1016.34:358:52
1116.34:368:52
1216.24:378:51
1316.24:388:50
1416.24:398:49
1516.14:408:48
1616.14:428:47
1716.14:438:46
1816.04:448:45
1916.04:458:44
2015.94:478:43
2115.94:488:42
2215.84:498:40
2315.84:518:39
2415.84:528:38
2515.74:548:36
2615.74:558:35
2715.64:578:33
2815.64:588:32
2915.55:008:30
3015.55:018:29
3115.45:038:27

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.56 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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244.4Bright
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274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Tralee?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Tralee for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tralee in July

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

In July, Tralee sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Tralee in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 31 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
Jan10Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar9Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul15Cool
Aug16Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Tralee 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 Tralee 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
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Tralee?

Tralee sits at 52.3°N, 9.7°W, 10 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Killarney, 27 km away.

KillarneyDingleEnnisLimerickBallincolligCorkDouglasCarrigaline

Topography around Tralee

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tralee has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 877 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,051 m.

The land around Tralee is covered by grassland (68%) within 3 km, grassland (73%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
128 m
16 km
877 m
80 km
1,051 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Killarney 27 km · Dingle 41 km · Ennis 80 km · Limerick 85 km · Ballincollig 88 km · Cork 94 km · Douglas 97 km · Carrigaline 103 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 Tralee (52.2704°, -9.7026°, elevation 10 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).