Average Amount of Sunshine a Year in Ireland

The tables below give yearly averages for the amount of sunny weather at cities and other places throughout Ireland.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht. Ulster province includes the counties that border Northern Ireland. Munster province covers the southern part of Ireland. Leinster province is in the east, while Connacht (or Connaught) is in the west.

Each location has the total number of days with some sun and the total hours of sunshine a year. The annual averages are based on weather data collected during 1981 to 2010.

Ulster

Total annual sunshine

Place	Hours	Days
Clones	1205	291
Malin Head	1278	300

Munster

Average amount of sunshine yearly

Place	Hours	Days
Cork	1424	298
Roches Point	1460	316
Shannon	1278	305
Valentia	1278	293

Leinster

Annual average sun

Place	Hours	Days
Birr	1168	298
Clondalkin	1351	313
Dublin	1424	310
Kilkenny	1314	304
Mullingar	1314	303
Wexford	1570	304

Connacht

Number of sunny hours and days a year on average

Place	Hours	Days
Belmullet	1278	300
Claremorris	1059	304