Counties

Pergola builders by county

From May to September, Dublin city centre gets 306 mm of rain and Castlebar 488 mm (Met Éireann). 41% of Irish households live in a detached house (CSO Census 2022).

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  • from €2,500a made-to-measure aluminium pergola, installed, one Irish company's published price (Superior Pergola Ireland)
  • €427.95a 2.4 m × 2.4 m timber pergola kit (Mid Ulster)
  • 30 m²all garden structures together, the limit to stay exempt from planning since 27 July 2026 (S.I. 338 of 2026)
  • 3 m highthe most for a pergola without a tiled or slated roof to stay exempt (S.I. 338 of 2026)

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Compared

Summers and houses in each county

Each county page has its own monthly rainfall, housing figures and planning authority, checked 3 November 2026. Requests from every county are passed on.

CountyRain May to Sept, main townRain a yearDetached housesHouseholds in a house
Carlow330 mm906 mm51%20,624
Cavan402 mm1,042 mm67%27,406
Clare450 mm1,288 mm60%43,666
Cork384 mm1,109 mm44%190,254
Donegal445 mm1,320 mm70%58,997
Dublin306 mm753 mm10%378,215
Galway475 mm1,289 mm59%87,340
Kerry445 mm1,357 mm66%54,861
Kildare345 mm871 mm38%74,504
Kilkenny333 mm876 mm59%34,918
Laois360 mm938 mm55%29,592
Leitrim414 mm1,127 mm73%12,955
Limerick387 mm1,044 mm45%67,442
Longford389 mm1,019 mm63%15,305
Louth333 mm831 mm39%45,783
Mayo488 mm1,458 mm70%49,368
Meath347 mm869 mm50%66,965
Monaghan374 mm989 mm65%21,819
Offaly354 mm900 mm58%27,359
Roscommon401 mm1,098 mm74%25,121
Sligo481 mm1,253 mm56%24,603
Tipperary372 mm1,032 mm59%59,347
Waterford374 mm1,020 mm42%43,615
Westmeath357 mm933 mm53%30,731
Wexford365 mm1,021 mm61%56,127
Wicklow319 mm896 mm44%48,853

Rain: Met Éireann's 1991–2020 averages on a 1 km grid, our mean of the cells within 3 km of the county's largest town, May to September added together. Houses: private households in a detached house as a share of all households, and households in any house (CSO Census 2022). Our sums.

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Which counties do you cover?

All 26. Each request goes to one pergola company that covers your county. If no company covers you, we'll tell you straight.

Where are summers driest?

Of the county towns here, Dublin city centre (Dublin) has the driest May to September, 306 mm, and Castlebar (Mayo) the wettest, 488 mm (Met Éireann).

Are the planning rules different by county?

No. Class 3 is national (S.I. 338 of 2026); each council answers section 5 requests for its own area.

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Sources (2)

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  1. Superior Pergola Ireland: superiorpergola.ie
  2. Mid Ulster: midulster.ie