Drumcondra Weather in May
Drumcondra in May
The short of it: Drumcondra in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 51 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 7° · rain 51 mm · daylight 15 h 51 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Drumcondra an average May high of 16°, a low of 7° and some 51 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 16°, nights near 7°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 51 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 51 min in mid-May, 116 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Drumcondra runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Marino, 1 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Drumcondra, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarinoLeinster | 1 km E | 16° | 7° | 51 mm |
| BeaumontLeinster | 3 km NE | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| FinglasLeinster | 4 km NW | 16° | 7° | 54 mm |
| DublinLeinster | 4 km S | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| SandymountLeinster | 5 km SSE | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| RathminesLeinster | 6 km S | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| DonnybrookLeinster | 7 km SSE | 16° | 7° | 52 mm |
| DonaghmedeLeinster | 7 km ENE | 16° | 7° | 51 mm |