Seasonal guide · IAH → BFS

Best Time to Fly: HoustonBelfast

CapitalLondon
Population68,265,209
CurrencyGBP Β£ British pound
LanguageEnglish
Time ZoneUTC+01:00 BST
AirportBFS
Distance7,278 km
Flight Time9h 03m
Visitors/yr~3,796,115

The honest answer to when you should fly Houston to Belfast is mostly about weather and demand at the far end. On three years of daily observations at the arrival airport, May-Aug gives the most comfortable combination of temperature and rainfall in Belfast.

Weather in Belfast, month by month

Averages below come from three full years of daily readings at Belfast’s main airport, not from a seasonal generalisation. The warmest month is July (average high 18°C), the coolest is January (average low 3°C), and the wettest is June (129 mm).

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainfallWet daysHouston high
January6°C3°C92 mm1516°C
February8°C4°C84 mm1821°C
March10°C5°C79 mm1425°C
April12°C6°C82 mm1527°C
May good16°C9°C78 mm1530°C
June good17°C11°C129 mm1932°C
July good18°C13°C81 mm1633°C
August good18°C13°C112 mm2035°C
September16°C11°C111 mm1733°C
October13°C10°C97 mm1529°C
November10°C6°C90 mm1523°C
December9°C5°C122 mm1819°C

Climate data: Open-Meteo reanalysis archive.

Packing for the gap: in July, Belfast averages 18°C against 33°C in Houston — about 15°C cooler, so pack a layer more than you would at home.

Time difference and jet lag

Belfast runs 6 hours ahead of Houston. Travelling east is the harder direction to adjust to, so if the trip is short, an early departure that lands in daylight is worth more than a marginally cheaper overnight.

When fares move on this route

We publish observed fares for this route when we have them, and say nothing when we do not — there is no estimate on this page. What holds regardless of the route:

  • The travel date matters more than the booking date. Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday, because that is when demand actually sits.
  • Comfortable weather and low fares rarely coincide. May-Aug is the pleasant window in Belfast, which is also when more people want to go. The shoulder weeks either side of it are usually the better value.
  • School holidays and local events override everything. A festival or a public holiday at either end will outweigh any general booking rule.
  • Set an alert rather than watching manually. Fares move at hours you are not looking, and the useful booking window is weeks wide, not days.

Which day to fly

Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday on most routes, because that is where demand sits rather than because of any pricing trick. Where we have observed fares for Houston–Belfast, the weekday breakdown appears further down this page; where we do not, we leave it out rather than estimate it.

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Hotels in Belfast

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