Irish weather to be better than The Canaries this week as temperatures soar to 21 degrees

The weather in Ireland for the next week is going to be better than the Canary Islands as sunshine is set to bring temperatures as high as 21 degrees in some places and plenty of dry conditions.

Carlow Weatherman Alan O'Reilly has said temperatures are set to rise on Thursday with plenty of sunny spells before adding, "The Canaries have cooled down and some parts of the Islands could see more rain than Ireland over the next 5 days!".

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The Canaries have cooled down and some parts of the Islands could see more rain than Ireland over the next 5 days! pic.twitter.com/NpF6IBzwmE

— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) April 20, 2026

Meanwhile, Met Éireann have given their five-day-forecast saying high pressure will largely dominate for the rest of the week with mostly settled conditions, along with a warming trend too.

Today

Dry for most today with a mix of cloud and sunshine along with a few passing showers. Becoming breezy as easterly winds increase moderate to fresh through the morning. Cloud will thicken in the south-west later. Highest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees, mildest away from east and southeast counties.

Tonight will be dry with clear spells for most but it will be cloudier in the southwest. Lowest temperatures of 2 to 7 degrees, coldest in Ulster, in a rather brisk easterly wind.

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Wednesday 

A dry day for most with variable cloud and spells of sunshine and just a few showers possible. However, it will generally be cloudier in the south-west with showery outbreaks of rain developing. Highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees, mildest in the west.

Some showers will affect parts of the West and Southwest early on. Otherwise, it will be a dry night with clear spells. Rather cool with lowest temperatures of 2 to 7 degrees, in a moderating easterly breeze.

Thursday

A dry and sunny day with no more than moderate southeasterly breezes. Very mild with highest temperatures of 13 to 18 degrees, best values further west.

Friday

Another dry, fine sunny day for most, again with no more than moderate southeasterly breezes. Warm in sunshine with afternoon highs of 14 to 21 degrees, best values again further west. Some thundery showers may feed into southwest counties.

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This weekend

Remaining mostly dry with light winds and good spells of sunshine, as well as above average temperatures for late April. However, some scattered thundery showers may feed up in the flow.