Region · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Northern Ireland
This guide covers 5 destinations in Northern Ireland, a first-level administrative division of United Kingdom, with 45 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Belfast, Derry and Lisburn. Across its destinations, July is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD).
- Destinations in this guide
- 5
- Places to stay
- 45
- Comfortable in the most places
- July
- Main airport
- BHDGeorge Best Belfast City Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
Destinations
Destinations in Northern Ireland
Every destination in this guide in Northern Ireland, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Northern Ireland
2 places to stay in Northern Ireland with a published guest score, ordered by that score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Each links to its own website.
| # | Place to stay | Where | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Hotel Belfast hotel | Belfast | 270 | 85/100 14,705 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Belfast Central hotel | Belfast | 59 | 3.3/5 1,673 reviews |
Where to stay
More hotels in Northern Ireland
43 hotels in Northern Ireland recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Europa Hotel | Belfast | 1971 |
| Merchant Hotel | Belfast | |
| Malmaison Hotel, Belfast | Belfast | 1879 |
| Ten Square | Belfast | 2000 |
| Abbey Bed and Breakfast | Derry | |
| Benedicts Hotel | Belfast | |
| Bishop's Gate Hotel | Derry | |
| Citi North | Belfast | |
| City Hotel | Derry | |
| Clandeboye Lodge Hotel | Bangor | 1859 |
| Cordia Serviced Apartments | Belfast | |
| Culloden Estate & Spa | Bangor | |
| Curran Court Hotel | Bangor | |
| Da Vinci's Hotel | Derry | |
| Dunadry Hotel and Gardens | Belfast | |
| Dunamoy Cottages & Spa | Belfast | |
| Dunhill Cottage B&B | Lisburn | |
| Everglades Hotel | Derry | |
| Groarty House | Derry | |
| Hilton Belfast | Belfast | 1998 |
| Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre | Belfast | |
| Iona Inn | Derry | |
| Keef Halla Country House | Belfast | |
| Kensington Lodge B&B | Craigavon | |
| La Mon Hotel & Country Club | Belfast | |
| Lisnacurran Country House | Lisburn | |
| Maldron Hotel Derry | Derry | |
| Maryville House Tearooms & Boutique B&B | Belfast | |
| OYO Avenue House | Belfast | |
| OYO Cavehill Castle Hotel | Belfast |
When to go
Best time to visit Northern Ireland
From the climate of 5 destinations in Northern Ireland with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: July.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 5 | 7 °C | 101 mm |
| February | 0 of 5 | 8 °C | 87 mm |
| March | 0 of 5 | 9 °C | 75 mm |
| April | 0 of 5 | 12 °C | 68 mm |
| May | 0 of 5 | 15 °C | 68 mm |
| June | 0 of 5 | 17 °C | 75 mm |
| July | 2 of 5 | 18 °C | 83 mm |
| August | 0 of 5 | 18 °C | 96 mm |
| September | 0 of 5 | 16 °C | 86 mm |
| October | 0 of 5 | 13 °C | 113 mm |
| November | 0 of 5 | 10 °C | 112 mm |
| December | 0 of 5 | 8 °C | 104 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Northern Ireland
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Northern Ireland name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
BHD · George Best Belfast City Airport
BFS · Belfast International Airport
LDY · City of Derry Airport
CFN · Donegal Airport
CAL · Campbeltown Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Northern Ireland, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in United Kingdom
Regional holidays observed in Northern Ireland
Nearby
Regions near Northern Ireland
Other regions of United Kingdom with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.