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Satellite view of Dooniver Strand; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Dooniver Strand

IrelandConnacht · Ireland · Atlantic Ocean

54.0020, -9.9351 · Belmullet, 25 km

  • 15°Sea · August
  • 16°High · August
  • 7.0 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Dooniver Strand. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Dooniver Strand in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 13°CSea temperature
  • 2.6 hSunshine a day
  • 21 daysRainy days in the month127 mm in total
  • 28 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 13.3 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: ±0.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.0 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September15 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineMay and June7 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and May76 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan10°1 h134 mm
  2. Feb9°2 h106 mm
  3. Mar9°4 h96 mm
  4. Apr10°6 h76 mm
  5. May11°7 h88 mm
  6. Jun13°6 h91 mm
  7. Jul14°5 h109 mm
  8. Aug15°5 h116 mm
  9. Sep15°4 h106 mm
  10. Oct13°3 h127 mm
  11. Nov12°1 h141 mm
  12. Dec10°1 h143 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
10°12°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10°Feb: 9°Mar: 9°Apr: 10°May: 11°Jun: 13°Jul: 14°Aug: 15°Sep: 15°Oct: 13°Nov: 12°Dec: 10°15°9°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7 °C (High 8° / Low 6°)Feb: 7 °C (High 8° / Low 6°)Mar: 7 °C (High 9° / Low 6°)Apr: 9 °C (High 11° / Low 7°)May: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 9°)Jun: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 11°)Jul: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Aug: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Sep: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)Oct: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 10°)Nov: 9 °C (High 11° / Low 8°)Dec: 8 °C (High 9° / Low 6°)15°7°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 134 mmFeb: 106 mmMar: 96 mmApr: 76 mm76May: 88 mmJun: 91 mmJul: 109 mmAug: 116 mmSep: 106 mmOct: 127 mmNov: 141 mmDec: 143 mm143

Sunshine

0 h2 h4 h6 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0.9 hFeb: 2.3 hMar: 3.8 hApr: 6.0 hMay: 7.0 h7.0Jun: 6.2 hJul: 5.1 hAug: 4.8 hSep: 3.9 hOct: 2.6 hNov: 1.1 hDec: 0.6 h0.6

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Dooniver Strand: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Dooniver Strand: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January8610134220.932
February869106192.330
March96996193.828
April1171076176.024
May1391188177.024
June15111391186.222
July161314109215.121
Augustwarmest sea161315116224.823
September151215106203.925
October131013127212.628
November11812141231.129
December9610143230.631

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Dooniver Strand: Road junction at Dun Eibhir - geograph.org.uk - 7542563
Photo: Steve Edge · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER4 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202018 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.14 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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