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Mountain

Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°34′55″ N 5°24′11″ W

Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach
Chris Eilbeck · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
993 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Kinlochewe
6.6 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport81 km
SYY Stornoway Airport89 km

About Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach

Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 993 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (81 km). Nearby sights include Sgurr Ban and Sgurr nan Fhir Duibhe.

At a glance

Topographic prominence
172 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 285 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
December (night -4°)
Wettest month
November (285 mm)
Driest month
May (113 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 Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°3°5°8°10°12°12°10°6°3°1°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-3°-2°0°3°5°5°3°1°-2°-4°
Precipitation (mm)279188235130113125138159234266285278

How to get to Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 81 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 193 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 81 kmeast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 89 kmnorthwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 118 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 193 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 204 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 205 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 226 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 334 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Beinn Eighe - Spidean Coire nan Clach

Within 100 km: 37 historic and cultural sites, 4,120 natural sites, 1,114 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km486 places

  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 14 kmN
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 15 kmNW
  • Eilean Horrisdale Island 23 kmNW
  • Garbh Eilean Island 14 kmNW

25–60 km1,723 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 60 kmSW
  • Island of Raasay Island 46 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 48 kmSW
  • Eilean a' Char Island 49 kmN

60–100 km3,062 places

  • Isle of Harris Natural site 91 kmNW
  • Eigg Island 89 kmSW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 74 kmW
  • Scalpay Island 82 kmNW

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