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Creagan a' Chaorainn

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°29′42″ N 4°54′14″ W

Map showing the location of Creagan a' Chaorainn Creagan a' Chaorainn
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
552 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Scardroy
5.3 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport52 km
SYY Stornoway Airport117 km

About Creagan a' Chaorainn

Creagan a' Chaorainn is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 552 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (52 km). Nearby sights include Gleann Chorainn and Beinn Mheadhoin.

Climate of Creagan a' Chaorainn

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 0° · Rain 290 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
February (night -2°)
Wettest month
January (305 mm)
Driest month
May (120 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 Creagan a' Chaorainn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°4°5°8°11°14°15°15°13°9°6°4°
Average low (°C)-1°-2°-1°0°3°6°8°8°6°3°0°-2°
Precipitation (mm)305207251132120126138162235271290294

How to get to Creagan a' Chaorainn

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 52 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 164 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 52 kmeast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 117 kmnorthwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 147 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 164 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 174 kmeast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 186 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 201 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 329 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Creagan a' Chaorainn

Within 100 km: 43 historic and cultural sites, 4,321 natural sites, 994 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km398 places

  • Moy Island Island 23 kmE
  • Eilean Aigas Island 22 kmE
  • Eilean nan Uan Island 20 kmNE
  • Eilean an Daraich Island 21 kmNE

25–60 km1,940 places

  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 41 kmNW
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 43 kmNW
  • Eilean Ràrsaidh Island 59 kmSW
  • Isle Martin Island 54 kmN

60–100 km3,020 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 84 kmW
  • Island of Raasay Island 71 kmW
  • Scalpay Island 69 kmW
  • Eilean a' Char Island 67 kmNW

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