Galway
City in Ireland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Galway is a city in Ireland, in Connacht. About 85,910 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Ireland in our atlas.
It lies at 53.27° N, 9.05° W, about 10 m (33 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Dublin time zone.
Location
Red dot: Galway. Green dots: other major cities of Ireland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Galway has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 20°C (67°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 2°C (36°F). Around 1,134 mm (45 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2964180 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q129610 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Galwaycitycollage: This is a collage of free images in Wikimedia Commons., CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)