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Creag nan Leachda

Located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland Coordinates: 56°58′55″ N 3°21′05″ W

Map showing the location of Creag nan Leachda Creag nan Leachda
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
784 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Braemar
4 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
DND Dundee Airport62 km
ABZ Aberdeen International Airport74 km

About Creag nan Leachda

Creag nan Leachda is a mountain. Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Elevation: 784 m. The nearest airport is Dundee Airport (62 km). Nearby sights include Millstone Cairn and Creag na Dearcaige.

Climate of Creag nan Leachda

This month · November

A wet month

Day 4° · Night -2° · Rain 141 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night -4°)
Wettest month
January (175 mm)
Driest month
June (78 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 Creag nan Leachda
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°2°3°6°10°13°15°14°11°8°4°2°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-3°-1°1°4°6°6°4°1°-2°-3°
Precipitation (mm)1751131258283787892122152141143

How to get to Creag nan Leachda

The nearest airport is Dundee Airport (DND), 62 km to the south as the crow flies. For international flights: Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) (74 km). The nearest large city is Dundee, 62 km to the south.

Airports

  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 62 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) Aberdeen 74 kmeast
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 75 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 62 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 78 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 115 kmsouth
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 136 kmsouthwest
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 249 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Creag nan Leachda

Within 100 km: 98 historic and cultural sites, 3,256 natural sites, 599 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km484 places

  • Loch Wharral Lake 24 kmSE
  • Loch Vrotachan Lake 12 kmSW
  • Loch Tilt Lake 21 kmW
  • Shechernich Loch Lake 22 kmS

25–60 km1,419 places

  • Isle of Spar Island 60 kmSW
  • Eilean nan Ubh Island 57 kmSW
  • Eilean na Cluanaich Island 47 kmW
  • Island of Clunie Island 45 kmS

60–100 km2,050 places

  • Balbithan Island Island 68 kmNE
  • Findlays Seat Mountain 66 kmN
  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 82 kmN
  • Sunnyside Beach Beach 86 kmNE

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