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Creag Thoraraidh

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°08′50″ N 3°37′53″ W

Map showing the location of Creag Thoraraidh Creag Thoraraidh
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
404 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Helmsdale
3.6 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
WIC Wick John O'Groats Airport47 km
INV Inverness Airport72 km

About Creag Thoraraidh

Creag Thoraraidh is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 404 m. The nearest airport is Wick John O'Groats Airport (47 km). Nearby sights include Cnoc Coir a' Phuill and Ord of Caithness.

Climate of Creag Thoraraidh

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 113 mm

Hottest month
August (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
November (113 mm)
Driest month
May (59 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 Creag Thoraraidh
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°4°6°8°11°13°15°15°12°10°6°5°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°0°1°3°6°8°8°6°4°1°-1°
Precipitation (mm)1047593625965697998108113103

How to get to Creag Thoraraidh

The nearest airport is Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC), 47 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 144 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 47 kmnortheast
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 72 kmsouth
  • Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 100 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 144 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 191 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 246 kmsouth
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 257 kmsouth
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 375 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Creag Thoraraidh

Within 100 km: 57 historic and cultural sites, 2,116 natural sites, 585 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km119 places

  • Eilean nam Faoileag Island 22 kmSW
  • Loch an Tubairnaich Lake 19 kmSW
  • Lochan Thulachan Lake 23 kmN
  • Loch Scalabsdale Lake 10 kmNW

25–60 km635 places

  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 52 kmSE
  • Clett Island 53 kmN
  • Neave Island Island 59 kmNW
  • Glass Islands Island 54 kmNW

60–100 km2,004 places

  • Hoy Island 81 kmN
  • Flotta Island 82 kmN
  • Findlays Seat Mountain 70 kmS
  • Hesta Head Natural site 82 kmNE

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