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Ben Shieldaig NW Top

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°30′44″ N 5°37′29″ W

Map showing the location of Ben Shieldaig NW Top Ben Shieldaig NW Top
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
529 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Shieldaig
1.9 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
SYY Stornoway Airport89 km
INV Inverness Airport95 km

About Ben Shieldaig NW Top

Ben Shieldaig NW Top is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 529 m. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (89 km). Nearby sights include Ben Shieldaig and Glen Shieldaig.

Climate of Ben Shieldaig NW Top

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 273 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
November (273 mm)
Driest month
May (107 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 Ben Shieldaig NW Top
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°4°6°8°11°13°15°14°13°9°6°4°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°0°1°4°6°8°8°6°4°1°-1°
Precipitation (mm)263176219123107120133151227255273264

How to get to Ben Shieldaig NW Top

The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 89 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 199 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 89 kmnorthwest
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 95 kmeast
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 104 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 199 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 202 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 216 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 229 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 325 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Ben Shieldaig NW Top

Within 100 km: 36 historic and cultural sites, 3,985 natural sites, 1,340 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km454 places

  • Eilean Tigh Island 23 kmW
  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 23 kmN
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 22 kmN
  • Island of Rona Island 22 kmW

25–60 km1,689 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 44 kmSW
  • Island of Raasay Island 30 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 33 kmSW
  • Eilean a' Char Island 58 kmN

60–100 km3,218 places

  • Hebrides Island 94 kmSW
  • Isle of Harris Natural site 82 kmNW
  • Eigg Island 76 kmSW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 61 kmW

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