Mountain

A' Chraileag

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°11′03″ N 5°09′17″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 1,120 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Alltbeath; 5.7 km N
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports: INV Inverness Airport78 km; TRE Tiree Airport129 km

About A' Chraileag

A' Chraileag is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 1,120 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (78 km). Nearby sights include Mullach Fraoch-choire and Stob Coire na Craileig.

Climate of A' Chraileag

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 313 mm

Hottest month: July (day 12°)
Coldest month: February (night -5°)
Wettest month: January (332 mm)
Driest month: May (128 mm)

0° -5°

0° -5°

1° -4°

4° -3°

8° -1°

10° 2°

12° 4°

11° 4°

9° 2°

5° 0°

2° -3°

0° -5°

Jan

332

Feb

222

Mar

273

Apr

146

May

128

Jun

133

Jul

148

Aug

173

Sep

254

Oct

292

Nov

313

Dec

319

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 A' Chraileag
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	0°	0°	1°	4°	8°	10°	12°	11°	9°	5°	2°	0°
Average low (°C)	-5°	-5°	-4°	-3°	-1°	2°	4°	4°	2°	0°	-3°	-5°
Precipitation (mm)	332	222	273	146	128	133	148	173	254	292	313	319

How to get to A' Chraileag

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 78 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 155 km to the southeast.

Airports

Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 78 kmnortheast
Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 129 kmsouthwest
Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 135 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Dundee Population: 148.2K 155 kmsoutheast
Glasgow Population: 626.4K 157 kmsouth
Edinburgh Population: 515K 183 kmsoutheast
Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 185 kmeast
Belfast Population: 348K 292 kmsouth

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

Nearest towns and villages

Alltbeath Village, Highland
5.7 km N
Athnamulloch Village, Highland
8 km NE
Coille Mhorgil Village, Highland
13 km S
Morvich Village, Highland
15 km W
Tomdoun Village, Highland
16 km SE
Carnach Village, Highland
15 km NW

A' Chraileag

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Mullach Fraoch-choire Mountain, Highland
2.4 km N
Stob Coire na Craileig Mountain, Highland
1.5 km N
Am Bathach Mountain, Highland
2.1 km W
Ciste Dhubh Mountain, Highland
3.7 km NW
Sail Chaorainn Mountain, Highland
4 km E
Mullach Fraoch-choire East Top Mountain, Highland
2.6 km N
Drochaid an Tuill Easaich Mountain, Highland
3 km SE
Aonach Meadhoin Mountain, Highland
4.7 km W

A' Chraileag

Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026