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Distance

Belfast (Ireland) : 102 miles
Limerick (Ireland): 111 miles
Galway (Ireland): 133 miles
Londonderry (Ireland) : 146 miles
Cork (Ireland): 155 miles
Liverpool (United Kingdom): 174 miles
Glasgow (United Kingdom): 229 miles
Birmingham (United Kingdom) : 248 miles
London (United Kingdom): 360 miles

Dublin weather

Dublin enjoys a maritime temperate climate characterised by mild winters, cool summers, and a lack of temperature extremes with moderate rainfall. However, contrary to popular belief, Dublin does not experience as high rainfall as the west of Ireland, which receives over twice that of the capital city. Dublin has fewer rainy days, on average, than London. The average maximum January temperature is 8 °C, the average maximum July temperature is 19 °C. The sunniest months, on average, are May and June. The wettest months, on average, is December.  The driest month is February. 

Tourism Office

Dublin Tourism Centre Suffolk Street
Suffolk Street
Dublin 2

Tel +(353) 66979 2083
 

GET IN DUBLIN

By plane:

Dublin is served by a single terminal airport approximately 10km north of the city.

Ireland's flag carrier Aer Lingus flies to Dublin from a large number of European cities and from the USA.

Europe's largest low fare carrier, Ryanair has one of its main bases in Dublin from which it flies to a large number of European airports including Paris, London, Manchester, Liverpool, Madrid and Frankfurt as well as smaller regional airports such as Nantes.

Low cost airline Flybe links Dublin to Exeter, Norwich and Southampton on the UK mainland, and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

There are three types of bus transport back to the city:

Aircoach express service connects to the city centre and many of Dublin's major hotels. Buses leave every 15 minutes and the journey time to the centre is approximately 30 minutes.

Dublin Bus offers an express AirLink service (routes 747 and 748) every 10 minutes at peak times to the city centre and bus station. Some of these services now use the Dublin Port Tunnel to avoid the city traffic and can reach the city centre in minutes.

Dublin Bus also offers substantially cheaper standard services to the centre and further afield in the southern suburbs, but these are non-express and stop significantly more times going to and from the airport.

By train:

Dublin has two main train stations. Heuston, in the west of the city centre, serves much of the west and south of the country including an hourly service to Cork. Connolly, in the north-east centre of the city, serves the south east and east coast, Belfast, Sligo in the north-west and suburban commuter services including the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) system. The two main stations are connected by bus and Luas routes. 

Irish Rail has one of the youngest train fleets in Europe and the Cork train in particular is extremely comfortable.

By bus:
A single bus station, Busáras, serves the entire country and is next to Connolly train station, a 10 minute walk from O'Connell St. There is an extensive bus service run by Bus Eireann which covers destinations country wide, as well as Britain and Eurolines services to Continental Europe.

There are however a number of private bus companies operating out of the city centre. Kavanaghs  has a good service to Limerick and Waterford. Citylink coaches has a good price to Galway and the West.

The following buses go from the airport to the city centre: 16A, 41, 746, 747, 748.

By boat:
Dublin Port has several passenger ferry services to Wales and England, but more popular is the suburban port of Dún Laoghaire 10km south of Dublin city. The port of Dún Laoghaire is serviced by the DART.