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Mountain

Carn Beag

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°53′52″ N 4°41′50″ W

Map showing the location of Carn Beag Carn Beag
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
623 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Croick
6.9 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport55 km
SYY Stornoway Airport103 km

About Carn Beag

Carn Beag is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 623 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (55 km). Nearby sights include Carn a' Choin Deirg and Carn a' Choin Deirg South Top.

Climate of Carn Beag

This month · November

A wet month

Day 5° · Night -1° · Rain 241 mm

Hottest month
July (day 14°)
Coldest month
December (night -3°)
Wettest month
November (241 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 Beag
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°5°8°11°13°14°14°12°9°5°3°
Average low (°C)-2°-3°-2°0°2°5°7°7°5°2°-1°-3°
Precipitation (mm)234167200118105116126148201228241231

How to get to Carn Beag

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 55 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 177 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 55 kmsoutheast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 103 kmwest
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 113 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 177 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 190 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 228 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 235 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 375 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Carn Beag

Within 100 km: 44 historic and cultural sites, 3,248 natural sites, 837 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km308 places

  • Eilean Dubh Island 23 kmNW
  • Eilean nan Ròn Island 18 kmE
  • Eilean a' Chairn Island 22 kmNE
  • Eilean Gill a' Bhalgionn Island 8 kmE

25–60 km1,761 places

  • Eilean a' Char Island 46 kmW
  • Eilean Dubh Island 53 kmNW
  • Moy Island Island 39 kmS
  • Tanera More Island 44 kmW

60–100 km2,060 places

  • Island of Raasay Island 100 kmSW
  • Findlays Seat Mountain 97 kmE
  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 87 kmE
  • Mullach Buidhe Island 99 kmW

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