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Mountain

Carn Beag

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°45′43″ N 4°26′51″ W

Map showing the location of Carn Beag Carn Beag
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
460 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Strath Rusdale
3.7 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport34 km
WIC Wick John O'Groats Airport111 km

About Carn Beag

Carn Beag is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 460 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (34 km). Nearby sights include Leathad Riabhach and Loch Morie.

Climate of Carn Beag

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 0° · Rain 197 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night -2°)
Wettest month
January (200 mm)
Driest month
May (92 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 Beag
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°5°6°8°12°14°15°15°13°10°6°5°
Average low (°C)-1°-2°-1°1°3°6°8°8°6°3°0°-1°
Precipitation (mm)2001391669892102108126164186197192

How to get to Carn Beag

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 34 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 157 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 34 kmsoutheast
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 111 kmnortheast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 122 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 157 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 169 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 212 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 216 kmsouth
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 356 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Carn Beag

Within 100 km: 44 historic and cultural sites, 3,704 natural sites, 909 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km282 places

  • Moy Island Island 23 kmS
  • Eilean na Faoileig Island 7 kmS
  • Eilean nan Ròn Island 17 kmN
  • Eilean nan Uan Island 23 kmSW

25–60 km1,391 places

  • Isle Martin Island 51 kmNW
  • Horse Island Island 59 kmNW
  • Meall nan Gabhar Island 59 kmNW
  • Eilean Aigas Island 36 kmS

60–100 km2,984 places

  • Findlays Seat Mountain 78 kmE
  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 70 kmE
  • Sunnyside Beach Beach 100 kmE
  • Eilean a' Char Island 66 kmNW

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