- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- SNN Shannon Airport66 km
- NOC Ireland West Airport Knock103 km
About Straw Island
Straw Island is an island. Location: County Galway, Connacht. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Shannon Airport (66 km). Nearby sights include Oileán na Tuí and Dogs Head.
Photos of Straw Island
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Dún Dúchathair Tom Pullman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Straw Island
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 11° · Night 6° · Rain 141 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 18°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 4°)
- Wettest month
- November (141 mm)
- Driest month
- April (65 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 9° | 9° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 14° | 11° | 10° |
| Average low (°C) | 4° | 4° | 5° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 8° | 6° | 5° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 132 | 87 | 87 | 65 | 76 | 72 | 78 | 94 | 118 | 130 | 141 | 140 |
How to get to Straw Island
The nearest airport is Shannon Airport (SNN), 66 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Limerick, 85 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Shannon Airport (SNN) Shannon 66 kmsoutheast
- Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) Charlestown 103 kmnortheast
- Kerry Airport (KIR) Farranfore 105 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Limerick Population: 102.3K 85 kmsoutheast
- Cork Population: 224K 157 kmsoutheast
- Dublin Population: 1M 227 kmeast
- Belfast Population: 348K 294 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Straw Island
Within 100 km: 157 historic and cultural sites, 508 natural sites, 1,062 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km126 places
- Gorumna Island Island 16 kmN
- Inisheer Island 10 kmSE
- Inishmore Island 6 kmW
- Inishman Island 4 kmSE
25–60 km629 places
- White Strand Beach 42 kmS
- White Strand Beach 46 kmNW
- Turbot Island Island 55 kmNW
- Scattery Island Island 57 kmS
60–100 km972 places
- Inishlyre Island 77 kmN
- Banna Strand Beach 88 kmS
- Bush Island Island 75 kmSE
- The Seven Hogs Island 93 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Oileán na Tuí Island, County Galway0.5 km S
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Dogs Head Natural site, County Galway0.8 km S
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Killeany Bay Natural site, County Galway1.6 km W
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Illaunanaur Island, County Galway2.9 km S
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Aran Islands Island, County Galway2.5 km S
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Inishman Island, County Galway4.3 km SE
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An Droim Rua Mountain, County Galway5 km W
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Sandhead Natural site, County Galway5.2 km SE
More lakes, rivers and coasts in Ireland
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Inisheer Island, County Galway9.7 km SE -
Inishmore Island, County Galway5.7 km W
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Gorumna Island Island, County Galway16 km N
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Loughcarrick Island Island, County Galway12 km N
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Illaunanownim Island, County Galway13 km N
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Foal Island Island, County Galway14 km N
Sources & licences
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