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Croaghaun

Local name: Cruachán

Located in County Mayo, Connacht Coordinates: 53°59′03″ N 10°11′48″ W

Croaghaun
Deejayw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
688 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Keem
1.6 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
Airports
NOC Ireland West Airport Knock91 km
SNN Shannon Airport166 km

About Croaghaun

Croaghaun is a mountain. Location: County Mayo, Connacht. Elevation: 688 m.

From Wikipedia

Croaghaun (Irish: Cruachán) is a mountain on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. At 688 metres (2,257 ft), it has the highest sea cliffs in Ireland, as well as the third-highest sea cliffs in Europe, after Hornelen, Norway, and Cape Enniberg, Faroe Islands.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Topographic prominence
688 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Croaghaun

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 162 mm

Hottest month
August (day 13°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
January (168 mm)
Driest month
April (81 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Croaghaun
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°5°7°9°11°13°13°12°9°7°6°
Average low (°C)0°0°1°1°3°6°8°8°6°4°2°1°
Precipitation (mm)16811612781858692120134168162162

How to get to Croaghaun

The nearest airport is Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC), 91 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Limerick, 180 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) Charlestown 91 kmeast
  • Shannon Airport (SNN) Shannon 166 kmsoutheast
  • Donegal Airport (CFN) Donegal 168 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Limerick Population: 102.3K 180 kmsoutheast
  • Cork Population: 224K 260 kmsoutheast
  • Dublin Population: 1M 271 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 286 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Croaghaun

Within 100 km: 87 historic and cultural sites, 365 natural sites, 893 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km113 places

  • Dooniver Strand Beach 17 kmE
  • Inishkeeragh Island 24 kmN
  • Inishbiggle Island 19 kmE
  • Clare Island Island 24 kmSE

25–60 km584 places

  • Inishlyre Island 40 kmSE
  • Turbot Island Island 54 kmS
  • Pig Island Island 50 kmNE
  • Omey Island Island 50 kmS

60–100 km648 places

  • Gorumna Island Island 87 kmSE
  • White Strand Beach 61 kmS
  • Saint Macdaras Island Island 78 kmS
  • Mweenish Island Island 79 kmS

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