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Am Balg

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°33′00″ N 5°08′00″ W

Am Balg
Peter Moore · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nearest town
Sandwood
5.4 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
SYY Stornoway Airport79 km
WIC Wick John O'Groats Airport119 km

About Am Balg

Am Balg is an island. Location: Highland, Scotland. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (79 km). Nearby sights include Am Bhuachaille and Am Buachaille.

Climate of Am Balg

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 155 mm

Hottest month
August (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
November (155 mm)
Driest month
May (61 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 Am Balg
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°8°9°12°14°15°16°14°12°9°6°
Average low (°C)1°1°2°3°5°8°10°10°8°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)1288610770617887103135146155135

How to get to Am Balg

The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 79 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 239 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 79 kmsouthwest
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 119 kmeast
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 129 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 239 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 265 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 304 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 312 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Am Balg

Within 100 km: 18 historic and cultural sites, 1,698 natural sites, 575 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km230 places

  • Whale Islet Island 13 kmS
  • Handa Island Island 19 kmS
  • An Garbh-eilean Island 17 kmNE
  • Am Bhuachaille Island 3 kmSE

25–60 km734 places

  • Eilean Dubh Island 27 kmS
  • Soyea Island Island 47 kmS
  • Eilean nan Ron Island 46 kmE
  • Rabbit Islands Island 44 kmE

60–100 km1,327 places

  • Dalmore Beach Beach 99 kmW
  • Dailbeag Beach Beach 97 kmW
  • Clett Island 93 kmE
  • Eilean a' Char Island 62 kmS

Straight-line distances.

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