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Mountain

An Coileachan

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°40′04″ N 4°57′00″ W

An Coileachan
Chris Eilbeck · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
924 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Achanalt
6.6 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport56 km
SYY Stornoway Airport102 km

About An Coileachan

An Coileachan is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 924 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (56 km). Nearby sights include Meall Gorm and Faire nam Fiadh.

At a glance

Topographic prominence
148 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of An Coileachan

This month · November

A wet month

Day 4° · Night -2° · Rain 289 mm

Hottest month
July (day 13°)
Coldest month
December (night -4°)
Wettest month
January (290 mm)
Driest month
May (122 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).

Show values as a table
Climate of An Coileachan
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°2°3°6°9°11°13°12°11°7°4°2°
Average low (°C)-3°-4°-3°-2°0°4°5°5°3°1°-2°-4°
Precipitation (mm)290203248140122131142168236271289282

How to get to An Coileachan

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 56 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 179 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 56 kmeast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 102 kmnorthwest
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 141 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 179 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 181 kmeast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 205 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 219 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 347 kmsouth

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

Day trips from An Coileachan

Within 100 km: 44 historic and cultural sites, 4,048 natural sites, 963 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km417 places

  • Eilean nan Uan Island 23 kmSE
  • Eilean an Daraich Island 22 kmE
  • Eilean na Craoibhe Island 23 kmW
  • Eilean a' Chip Island 21 kmNW

25–60 km1,800 places

  • Eilean a' Char Island 49 kmNW
  • Moy Island Island 28 kmSE
  • Tanera More Island 47 kmNW
  • Summer Isles Island 47 kmNW

60–100 km2,838 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 88 kmSW
  • Island of Raasay Island 74 kmSW
  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 100 kmE
  • Scalpay Island 75 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

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