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Braid Cairn

Located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland Coordinates: 56°58′23″ N 2°56′45″ W

Map showing the location of Braid Cairn Braid Cairn
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
887 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Ballater
10 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
ABZ Aberdeen International Airport52 km
DND Dundee Airport58 km

About Braid Cairn

Braid Cairn is a mountain. Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Elevation: 887 m. The nearest airport is Aberdeen International Airport (52 km). Nearby sights include Mount Keen and Hill of Gairney.

Climate of Braid Cairn

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -3° · Rain 111 mm

Hottest month
July (day 14°)
Coldest month
February (night -5°)
Wettest month
January (130 mm)
Driest month
June (66 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 Braid Cairn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°3°6°9°12°14°14°10°7°3°2°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-4°-2°1°3°5°5°3°0°-3°-4°
Precipitation (mm)1308691697166678194123111109

How to get to Braid Cairn

The nearest airport is Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ), 52 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 55 km to the east.

Airports

  • Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) Aberdeen 52 kmnortheast
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 58 kmsouth
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 92 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 55 kmeast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 56 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 115 kmsouth
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 148 kmsouthwest
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 238 kmsouth

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

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