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Mountain

Beinn a' Chlaidheimh

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°44′45″ N 5°15′33″ W

Beinn a' Chlaidheimh
Tom Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
914 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Fain
7.8 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport76 km
SYY Stornoway Airport82 km

About Beinn a' Chlaidheimh

Beinn a' Chlaidheimh is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 914 m.

From Wikipedia

Beinn a' Chlaidheimh (Scottish Gaelic: "Hill of the Sword", 914 m) is a remote mountain in the Northwest Highlands, Scotland. It lies in the wild Dundonnell and Fisherfield Forest in Wester Ross. A steep and distinctive shaped peak, it is often climbed as part of the "Fisherfield Six", in conjunction with five nearby Munros.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Topographic prominence
268 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Beinn a' Chlaidheimh

This month · November

A wet month

Day 4° · Night -2° · Rain 283 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
December (night -4°)
Wettest month
November (283 mm)
Driest month
May (114 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 Beinn a' Chlaidheimh
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°2°3°6°9°11°12°12°10°7°4°1°
Average low (°C)-3°-4°-3°-2°1°4°6°5°3°1°-2°-4°
Precipitation (mm)277191235132114126139161232264283274

How to get to Beinn a' Chlaidheimh

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 76 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 198 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 76 kmeast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 82 kmnorthwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 129 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 198 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 201 kmeast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 218 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 236 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 353 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Beinn a' Chlaidheimh

Within 100 km: 40 historic and cultural sites, 3,943 natural sites, 1,031 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km486 places

  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 14 kmW
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 16 kmW
  • Isle Martin Island 23 kmN
  • Gruinard Island Island 20 kmNW

25–60 km1,564 places

  • Eilean a' Char Island 33 kmN
  • Moy Island Island 48 kmSE
  • Eilean Tigh Island 51 kmSW
  • Tanera More Island 31 kmN

60–100 km2,964 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 77 kmSW
  • Isle of Harris Natural site 93 kmW
  • Island of Raasay Island 63 kmSW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 87 kmW

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