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Mountain

Carn Bad nan Cuileag

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°49′46″ N 5°26′27″ W

Map showing the location of Carn Bad nan Cuileag Carn Bad nan Cuileag
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
240 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Little Gruinard
2.8 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
SYY Stornoway Airport68 km
INV Inverness Airport89 km

About Carn Bad nan Cuileag

Carn Bad nan Cuileag is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 240 m. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (68 km). Nearby sights include Carn Loch a' Mhadaidh Beag and Cnoc Bad nan Cuileag.

Climate of Carn Bad nan Cuileag

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 265 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
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 Carn Bad nan Cuileag
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°8°10°13°15°16°16°14°11°8°6°
Average low (°C)1°1°2°3°5°8°10°10°8°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)254173214120105117130149218248265254

How to get to Carn Bad nan Cuileag

The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 68 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 213 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 68 kmnorthwest
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 89 kmeast
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 121 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 213 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 215 kmeast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 230 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 250 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 361 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Carn Bad nan Cuileag

Within 100 km: 38 historic and cultural sites, 3,797 natural sites, 1,131 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km470 places

  • Eilean a' Char Island 21 kmN
  • Tanera More Island 20 kmN
  • Summer Isles Island 19 kmN
  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 15 kmS

25–60 km1,417 places

  • Eilean Dubh Island 56 kmN
  • Mullach Buidhe Island 55 kmW
  • Eilean Trodday Island 52 kmW
  • Eilean Tigh Island 48 kmSW

60–100 km3,079 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 76 kmSW
  • Isle of Harris Natural site 81 kmW
  • Island of Raasay Island 62 kmSW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 80 kmSW

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