Sunny And Warm Weather Set To Continue Across Cork This Weekend
Expect sunny, warm weather this weekend, with highs of 26 degrees and overnight lows dropping to 10 degrees.
Cork is in for another spell of dry, sunny weather this weekend, with Met Éireann forecasting highest temperatures of up to 26 degrees.
Today, Saturday 18 July
Today will be sunny and warm with highest temperatures of 23 to 26 degrees in a light to moderate northerly breeze.
Tonight
Tonight will be dry and clear with isolated mist patches possible. It will be fresher than recent nights, with lowest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees in a light northerly or variable breeze.
Tomorrow, Sunday 19 July
Tomorrow will be another dry and warm day with hazy sunshine. Highest temperatures of 23 to 26 degrees are expected in a light northerly breeze.
National outlook
High pressure is remaining dominant nationally. Temperatures will decrease compared to recently, but it will still be warm and dry with sunny spells for most. It will be slightly cooler and cloudier in the north and northwest, with a few patches of drizzle there.
Sunday night, most places will remain dry and clear. It will be cloudier in Ulster and north Connacht, with a few patches of drizzle. Lowest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees are expected in a light northerly breeze.
Pollen and UV
The pollen forecast is high on both Saturday and Sunday. The Solar UV Index is also high on both days. Full details are available on the Met Éireann pollen forecast and UV Index pages.
Chart Watch
Chart guidance was checked at 09:39 IST on 18 July 2026 using WXCharts and Met Éireann's Munster forecast. This chart analysis is secondary corroboration only; Met Éireann's official figures above remain the governing forecast for Cork. The official ECMWF chart browser was unavailable at the time of checking, returning a "Product is currently unavailable" message, so the ECMWF HRES analysis instead draws on WXCharts' most recent complete cycle, Friday 17 July at 12Z. The GFS analysis uses the Saturday 18 July 00Z run.
Both models point to a dry, sunny Saturday, with temperatures in Cork City reaching roughly 22 to 25 degrees in the afternoon and northerly winds of 15 to 22 km/h, gusting 25 to 30 km/h. Isolated mist could reduce visibility below 5 km after dark. Confidence is high, though GFS shows stronger morning gusts and Met Éireann's regional maximum runs 1 to 3 degrees higher than the point guidance.
Sunday is expected to bring hazy sunshine with similar warmth, Cork City again reaching around 22 to 25 degrees, as an Atlantic high strengthens to roughly 1026 to 1028 hPa. Both models show rainfall close to 0 mm and light northerly winds. Confidence is high, with ECMWF HRES and GFS closely aligned.
Looking further ahead, Monday 20 July is also trending dry with variable cloud and sunny spells, with temperatures of 21 to 24 degrees. Confidence is high for dry conditions, though moderate for temperature and cloud, as GFS trends 2 to 3 degrees warmer than ECMWF HRES later in the day. This extends beyond the confirmed Met Éireann text supplied and should be treated as indicative chart guidance only.