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Mountain

Ben Horn

Local name: Beinn a' Choirn

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°01′49″ N 4°01′17″ W

Ben Horn
Peter Moore · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
520 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Golspie
6.9 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport54 km
WIC Wick John O'Groats Airport72 km

About Ben Horn

Ben Horn is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 520 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (54 km). Nearby sights include Ben Horn South Top and Meall Horn.

At a glance

Topographic prominence
354 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Ben Horn

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 0° · Rain 132 mm

Hottest month
July (day 14°)
Coldest month
February (night -2°)
Wettest month
November (132 mm)
Driest month
May (67 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 Ben Horn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°5°7°10°13°14°14°12°9°6°3°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°-1°0°2°5°7°7°5°3°0°-2°
Precipitation (mm)123861097067778293114125132121

How to get to Ben Horn

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 54 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 152 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 54 kmsouth
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 72 kmnortheast
  • Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 122 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 152 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 185 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 237 kmsouth
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 242 kmsouth
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 371 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Ben Horn

Within 100 km: 53 historic and cultural sites, 2,643 natural sites, 688 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km220 places

  • Eilean a' Chairn Island 23 kmW
  • Eilean na Craoibhe Island 23 kmW
  • Innis Mhòr Island 20 kmS
  • Paterson-Island Island 23 kmS

25–60 km907 places

  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 56 kmSE
  • Rabbit Islands Island 60 kmN
  • Neave Island / Comb Island Island 60 kmN
  • Eilean Dubh Island 56 kmW

60–100 km2,257 places

  • Findlays Seat Mountain 71 kmSE
  • Sunnyside Beach Beach 83 kmSE
  • Clett Island 72 kmNE
  • Eilean a' Char Island 84 kmW

Straight-line distances.

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