Best Time to Visit the Guinness Storehouse (2026): Quietest Hours

The Guinness Storehouse by day and hour. BestTime forecasts.

Guinness Storehouse busyness by day

Busyness is shown as a % of the venue's own weekly peak (100%), not a head count. Values in brackets are the busyness at that hour.

The widget below shows every hour of the Storehouse's typical week.

Best time of day to visit

The Guinness Storehouse is a seven-floor visitor experience at St. James's Gate. Guinness has been brewed there since 1759, and the tour ends at the rooftop Gravity Bar. Most visitors spend 1.5 to 2 hours inside, so your arrival time shapes the whole visit.

Every day follows the same pattern. The first hour is calm, then busyness climbs fast until the early afternoon. On Wednesday it goes from 35% at 10 AM to 65% from 1 PM to 3 PM. On Friday it rises from 45% at 10 AM to 90% at 2 PM and 3 PM.

Weekends start one hour earlier in the forecast, at 9 AM. That early hour is the best slot of the week. Saturday goes from 30% at 9 AM to 70% by 11 AM. Sunday goes from 25% at 9 AM to 65% by 11 AM.

The afternoon stays busy to the end of the forecast day at 4 PM. On weekdays, 4 PM is at 60% from Monday to Wednesday, 70% on Thursday and 85% on Friday. On Saturday, 4 PM is still at the weekly peak of 100%. A late visit does not avoid the crowd here.

Weekdays vs weekends

Weekdays average 65% and the weekend averages 75%. The busiest slot of the week is Saturday afternoon, with 3 PM and 4 PM tied at 100%.

Midweek is the calm part of the week. Tuesday averages 60% and Wednesday 55%. Both peak at only 65%. Busyness then builds toward the weekend: Thursday averages 65%, Friday 75% and Saturday 80%.

Sunday averages 70%, below Saturday's 80%. Its peak of 85% from 1 PM to 3 PM also stays below Saturday's 100%. If the weekend is your only option, pick Sunday morning.

Best time of year to visit

Our forecast covers a typical week. May and June, and September and October, tend to be calmer than the peak summer months. Hours tend to be longer in summer. Expect high demand around St Patrick's Day (17 March), school holidays and the summer travel season.

Nearby alternatives

Pearse Lyons Whiskey Distillery. It is 283 meters away on James's St in The Liberties, and it has no closed day in our forecast. Its timing is different from the Storehouse. Its busiest slot is Wednesday at 3 PM and 4 PM, at 100%, on the Storehouse's quietest day. Its quietest day is Friday, averaging 40%, when it is at 45% from 10 AM to 12 PM and drops to 30% at 5 PM. Its lowest hours are 10 AM on Thursday and 11 AM on Sunday, both at 20%. A good plan: the Storehouse on Wednesday morning, the distillery on a Thursday or Friday.

Plan your visit

• Book a Sunday 9 AM slot for the quietest hour of the week (25%). On a weekday, choose Wednesday at 10 AM (35%).
• Arrive in the first hour. The tour takes 1.5 to 2 hours, and busyness climbs quickly through the morning.
• Avoid Friday and Saturday afternoons. Friday reaches 90% and Saturday 100%.
• On Thursday, start at the Storehouse at 10 AM (40%), then visit the whiskey distillery at 12 PM, when it is at 35%.
• Tickets are sold for timed entry slots. Book and check current hours on the official Guinness Storehouse site.

How we measured

These numbers are BestTime forecasts, built from anonymized, aggregated phone location data combined with real-world signals such as weather, events and holidays. Busyness is a percentage of the Storehouse's own busiest hour of the week (100%), not a head count. The forecast describes a typical week and does not account for seasons, holidays, special events or queues. Read more about how the forecasts work.

Next steps

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