Mountain

Caisteal

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 56°48′53″ N 4°52′27″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 1,106 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Luibeilt; 4.9 km S
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports: INV Inverness Airport95 km; GLA Glasgow Airport108 km

About Caisteal

Caisteal is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 1,106 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (95 km). Nearby sights include Stob Coire an Laoigh and Stob Coire Cath na Sine.

Climate of Caisteal

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 288 mm

Hottest month: July (day 11°)
Coldest month: February (night -5°)
Wettest month: January (320 mm)
Driest month: June (124 mm)

0° -5°

0° -5°

1° -4°

4° -3°

8° 0°

10° 3°

11° 5°

11° 5°

9° 3°

5° 0°

2° -3°

0° -4°

Jan

320

Feb

209

Mar

249

Apr

135

May

125

Jun

124

Jul

141

Aug

168

Sep

238

Oct

275

Nov

288

Dec

299

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 Caisteal
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	0°	0°	1°	4°	8°	10°	11°	11°	9°	5°	2°	0°
Average low (°C)	-5°	-5°	-4°	-3°	0°	3°	5°	5°	3°	0°	-3°	-4°
Precipitation (mm)	320	209	249	135	125	124	141	168	238	275	288	299

How to get to Caisteal

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 95 km to the northeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Glasgow Airport (GLA) (108 km). The nearest large city is Glasgow, 112 km to the south.

Airports

Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 95 kmnortheast
Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 108 kmsouth
Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 120 kmeast

Nearby large cities

Glasgow Population: 626.4K 112 kmsouth
Dundee Population: 148.2K 123 kmeast
Edinburgh Population: 515K 141 kmsoutheast
Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 173 kmeast
Belfast Population: 348K 256 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Caisteal

Within 100 km: 61 historic and cultural sites, 4,992 natural sites, 1,286 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km370 places

Eilean Molach Island 24 kmS
Eilean an Tuilaich Island 12 kmNE
Eilean na Fead Island 10 kmN
Eilean Tom nan Dròbhairean Island 16 kmNW

25–60 km2,172 places

Eriska Island 46 kmSW
Shuna Island Island 40 kmSW
Samalaman Island Island 58 kmW
Eilean Ràrsaidh Island 57 kmNW

60–100 km3,797 places

Isle of Skye Island 99 kmNW
Island of Raasay Island 96 kmNW
Eigg Island 79 kmW
Scarba Island 87 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Luibeilt Village, Highland
4.9 km S
Spean Bridge Village, Highland
9 km N
Roybridge Village, Highland
8 km N
Caol Village, Highland
14 km W
Kinlochleven Village, Highland
13 km SW
Inverroy Village, Highland
8.8 km N

Caisteal

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Stob Coire an Laoigh Mountain, Highland
0.8 km SW
Stob Coire Cath na Sine Mountain, Highland
0.6 km E
Stob Choire Claurigh Mountain, Highland
1.8 km NE
Stob Bàn Mountain, Highland
2.1 km E
Beinn na Socaich Mountain, Highland
1.2 km NW
Stob Coire Easain Mountain, Highland
1.2 km W
Stob a' Choire Leith Mountain, Highland
1.2 km NE
Sgurr Choinnich Mor Mountain, Highland
2.4 km SW

Caisteal

Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026