Europe · Northern Europe
Ireland
Skellig Michael · Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Dublin
- Currency
- EUR
- Euro
- Local time
- Irish Standard TimeUTC+01:00
- Calling code
- +353
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G
Facts
Ireland in figures
- Capital
- Dublin
- Currency
- Euro EURToday's indicative rate: EUR 1 ≈ USD 1.12Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: English and IrishSpoken: English and Irish
- Time zones
- Irish Standard TimeUTC+01:00
- Calling code
- +353
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 5,484,367 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 70,280 km²
- Internet domain
- .ie
- Land borders
- United Kingdom
When to go
Climate across Ireland
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
On the map
Where Ireland is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Ireland
Smaller places with an airport · 4
Airports
Airports in Ireland
Photographs
Ireland in pictures
DublinPhoto: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
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Plan a trip to Ireland
Tell us where in Ireland, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.