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Beinn Lair

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°42′14″ N 5°23′21″ W

Map showing the location of Beinn Lair Beinn Lair
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
859 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Letterewe
3.5 km SW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
SYY Stornoway Airport80 km
INV Inverness Airport82 km

About Beinn Lair

Beinn Lair is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 859 m. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (80 km). Nearby sights include Sgurr Dubh North Top and Beinn Tharsuinn Chaol.

Climate of Beinn Lair

This month · November

A wet month

Day 4° · Night -1° · Rain 265 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
February (night -3°)
Wettest month
November (265 mm)
Driest month
May (105 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 Lair
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°2°4°6°9°11°12°12°10°7°4°2°
Average low (°C)-3°-3°-2°-1°1°4°6°6°4°2°-1°-3°
Precipitation (mm)254173214120105117130149218248265254

How to get to Beinn Lair

The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 80 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 201 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 80 kmnorthwest
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 82 kmeast
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 121 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 201 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 207 kmeast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 216 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 237 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 348 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Beinn Lair

Within 100 km: 36 historic and cultural sites, 3,957 natural sites, 1,120 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km514 places

  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 6 kmW
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 8 kmW
  • Gruinard Island Island 21 kmN
  • Isle of Ewe Island 20 kmNW

25–60 km1,541 places

  • Island of Raasay Island 54 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 59 kmSW
  • Eilean a' Char Island 35 kmN
  • Moy Island Island 54 kmE

60–100 km3,058 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 68 kmSW
  • Isle of Harris Natural site 87 kmW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 78 kmW
  • Scalpay Island 78 kmW

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