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Which trail suits your trip? Pick a month for typical weather, or your own dates for the forecast, rated at each trail's lowest and highest point. The best match comes first; the table below has the details. For winter trips, start with hiking in Europe in winter.

Best in October

Good no real weather drawbackMixed walkable, with one drawbackPoor a serious drawback, or out of season
How the ratings work
Good
Typical weather suits walking: no snow expected at the high point, not hot low down or cold up high, and under 200 mm of rain in the month.
Mixed
One drawback in a typical year: snow or ice possible up high, a warm or cool month, or a wet one (200 mm or more).
Poor
Snow likely at the high point, heat of 33 °C or more low down, days below 3 °C up high, or outside the published season.

From typical weather: the 1991–2020 averages at the trail's lowest and highest point, corrected for height. A published season (a park that closes, huts that open) overrides the weather. A rating is a planning aid for the area, not a report of the trail: check the official warnings before you go.

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    The Kerry Way Ireland
    Poor
    1. January: Poor
    2. February: Poor
    3. March: Poor
    4. April: Good
    5. May: Good
    6. June: Good
    7. July: Good
    8. August: Good
    9. September: Good
    10. October: Poor
    11. November: Poor
    12. December: Poor

    Outside the published season. No walking season or closure is published by Sport Ireland or the official site. The long stages need long days: in December there are under 8 hours of daylight, less than the 30 to 34 km stages take. Check the forecast: the high passes, river crossings and lakesides are exposed in weather alerts, and the off-road sections are often wet and muddy.

    • 6–14 °C(Typical: a night at the high point to a day at the low point)
    • 199 mm rain(Rain in a typical month, at the wetter end)
    • 10 h 46(Daylight in the middle of the month)
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Trail
The Kerry Way
Ireland
At a glance
Weather in October Poor Outside the published season. No walking season or closure is published by Sport Ireland or the official site. The long stages need long days: in December there are under 8 hours of daylight, less than the 30 to 34 km stages take. Check the forecast: the high passes, river crossings and lakesides are exposed in weather alerts, and the off-road sections are often wet and muddy.
Typical weather
Temperature, lowest point 14° by day, 8° at night at sea level
Temperature, highest point 12° by day, 6° at night at 386 m
Rain in a typical month 199 mm
Snow at the high point Typically snow-free (model) High point 386 m
Daylight mid-month 10 h 46 Sunrise 08:01, sunset 18:46
The trail
Kind of trip A loop in 9 stages
Length 203 km
Total climb +5,038 m
Highest point 386 m
Days to allow 9 walking Suggested for 9 days; shorter trips in the planner
Practical
Places to sleep 9 towns and villages Read 28 September 2026
Official status and season No walking season or closure is published by Sport Ireland or the official site. The long stages need long days: in December there are under 8 hours of daylight, less than the 30 to 34 km stages take. Check the forecast: the high passes, river crossings and lakesides are exposed in weather alerts, and the off-road sections are often wet and muddy.
Rules and permits –
Getting there To Killarney; Buses along the Way
Official weather warnings Official weather warnings (Meteoalarm)
Sources Climate: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages; Forecast: Open-Meteo

Where they are

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Ratings are planning aids from typical weather or the forecast, not statements about trail conditions. Typical weather: TerraClimate 1991–2020 at each trail's lowest and highest point, corrected for height, with the Pico do Areeiro station on the Madeira peaks. Stays and status come from each guide's dated records.