Things to Do in Dublin When Its Raining: Seven Indoor Picks

Rain should not cancel a day in Dublin, because the city has many indoor sights within a short ride of each other. The table shows the seven picks, how long each takes and whether you need to book.

1. Guinness Storehouse: the big indoor stop

The Guinness Storehouse is the best single place to spend a wet half day, and you should allow at least 90 minutes. The Storehouse's FAQ says the self-guided tour takes at least that long. A ticket includes a drink in the Gravity Bar, which can be a pint of Guinness, another beer or a soft drink. You do not need a guide, because the tour is self-guided. The GetYourGuide listing says most visitors take 1.5 to 2 hours and gives no group size. It names the Storehouse itself as the operator, and you meet at the Storehouse at St James's Gate. It lists no exclusions.

Time slots run in 15-minute blocks, and you should arrive five minutes early. If you miss your slot, the Storehouse moves you to the next free one. The building opens at 10:00 on weekdays and 09:30 at weekends, and the last tour goes before closing. The Storehouse suggests Tuesday to Thursday from 10:00 to 12:00 as the quieter time.

Adult tickets start from €26 on the Storehouse's own site, and online is €2 cheaper than at the door. The Guinness Storehouse entry ticket on GetYourGuide is the official ticket, from €37 per person. It has a 4.6 rating from 27,015 reviews and free cancellation, and the listing is marked as the official ticket. The Storehouse lists GetYourGuide as a recognised seller, so this is a safe way to buy it. Its own tickets are non-refundable, but you can change the date up to 24 hours before.

If you plan several paid stops, look at how Dublin prices beer, tickets and meals before you book. For more on the visit itself, read about Guinness Storehouse tickets and how the Storehouse works.

Pro Tip Book a weekday slot between 10:00 and 12:00. The Storehouse itself names Tuesday to Thursday mornings as its quieter time.

2. Book of Kells and the Old Library at Trinity College

The Book of Kells Experience is a good wet-day pick if you like history, and it takes about 90 minutes. Trinity College says entry is timed and online booking is strongly recommended. Tickets are non-refundable once bought.

The Experience with an audio guide is from €25 per person. A cheaper Book of Kells and Old Library ticket is from €19, but it leaves out the digital exhibition. Opening hours are 08:30 to 18:30 from Monday to Thursday, 08:30 to 19:00 on Friday and Saturday, and 09:00 to 18:30 on Sunday. The booking page may show seasonal changes. You can take photos without flash, but not in the Treasury where the book is held.

The Old Library is fully wheelchair accessible. Trinity College is in the city centre, so you reach it by foot from most central hotels.

3. EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

EPIC is a good choice for a long wet afternoon, because it is open every day from 10:00 to 18:45. EPIC's visit page gives the last entry as 17:00. It sits in the CHQ building in the Docklands, about an 8-minute walk from O'Connell Street.

An adult ticket costs €22 online and €24 on the day. Teenagers pay €15 online, and children aged 6 to 12 pay €11. Your ticket includes a free return visit within 10 days, which helps if you have a few wet days in a row. The museum does not state how long a visit takes, so plan on a flexible block of time. The GetYourGuide listing gives no duration either. A museum ticket is enough here, and you need no tour.

You can book the EPIC entry ticket on GetYourGuide from €22 per person. It is rated 4.6 from 1,164 reviews, with free cancellation. The listing excludes the Irish Family History Centre, the Jeanie Johnston famine ship and a guided tour.

4. Little Museum of Dublin

The Little Museum of Dublin is the shortest paid pick, and you can see it in about an hour. The museum's visit page says it is open daily from 09:30 to 17:00, with the last entry at 16:30, at No. 15 St Stephen's Green. Entry is by guided tour only, and numbers are strictly limited, so you cannot do this one on your own. The listing gives no group size and no separate meeting point. Its address is the museum on St Stephen's Green, and the museum's own page says the tour is the core of the visit.

The "Famous Dublin Welcome" tour costs €18, with €16 for seniors and students. The museum is wheelchair accessible. A DoDublin hop-on hop-off ticket includes free entry, which you swap at reception for the next free tour.

On GetYourGuide, the Little Museum guided tour is from €18 per person. It is rated 4.8 from 157 reviews, with free cancellation. The listing includes the 29-minute guided tour, access to the U2 Room and Tara's Palace, the gift shop and 10 % off in a local cafe. It does not include extras that start at €10.

5. Jameson Distillery and whiskey tastings

A distillery tour is the other indoor booking worth making on a wet day, and most last under an hour. You can only see the distillery on a guided tour, so a tour is the way to do this one. The Jameson Distillery tour on GetYourGuide lasts 45 minutes, in groups of up to 30 people. It is from €31 per person, rated 4.7 from 7,936 reviews, with free cancellation. The operator is Jameson Distillery. The listing says the meeting point depends on the option you pick, so check it when you choose a time. It includes a guided tour, a comparative whiskey tasting and a signature cocktail.

Jameson's own site did not load for us, so this guide gives no opening hours or Bow Street prices. Check the Jameson Distillery page and the booking page for the time you want. Teeling lists tasting tours from €22 for 50 minutes on its booking page.

In Things to Do in Dublin's count of GetYourGuide listings on 25 October 2026, 11 listings have "distillery" in the title, from €22 to €147 per person. All 11 show free cancellation.

6. National Museum of Ireland: free and dry

The National Museum of Ireland is the best free indoor pick, because admission to its sites costs nothing. The museum's own site lists the Archaeology museum on Kildare Street, and you do not need a ticket or a booking. Opening hours change by day and season, so check the page on the morning you go.

You can go in for ten minutes to dry off or stay for two hours. That makes it the easy back-up when a shower ruins an outdoor plan. For more no-cost ideas, see free things to do in Dublin.

Key Takeaway On a wet Dublin day, book the Book of Kells and the Guinness Storehouse ahead, and keep the National Museum of Ireland as a free fallback.

7. St Patrick's Cathedral

St Patrick's Cathedral is a calm indoor stop with a short visit time. The cathedral's visit page lists an adult ticket at €11.50, a student or senior ticket at €10 and a child ticket at €5.50. Children under 5 enter free. A family ticket for two adults and up to three children is €31, so this is a good dry stop for a family. For families, EPIC charges €11 online for ages 6 to 12, and the free National Museum costs nothing. The visit page does not say you must book a time for a single visit.

Free guided tours run from Monday to Saturday at 10:30 and 14:30, with none on Sundays. The cathedral can cancel a tour at short notice. The opening-hours table on the page is hard to read for Sundays, so check the live page before you go on a Sunday.

A rainy day in a city is often the day you notice the most.

How to choose things to do in Dublin when its raining

Choose by time and budget first, then by what you like. Book the timed places early, and use the free museum as your fallback.

Here is one way to order a wet day. It uses the times each place gives for itself.

Indoor does not mean cheap. The Guinness Storehouse and the Book of Kells each cost €25 or more per adult, and both Trinity and the Storehouse say their own tickets are non-refundable. If the budget is tight, spend on one of them and fill the rest of the day with free museums.

Rain is normal here. In Met Éireann's 1991–2020 averages for Dublin Airport, November is the wettest month at 82.7 mm, and December has the most rain days. For a month-by-month view, read the best time to visit Dublin.

Prices and ratings as shown on GetYourGuide on 25 October 2026.