- Elevation
- 22 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- SYY Stornoway Airport55 km
- INV Inverness Airport100 km
About Glas-leac Beag
Glas-leac Beag is an island. Location: Highland, Scotland. The best months to visit are July–August. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (55 km). Nearby sights include An Cleireach Far North Top and Priest Island.
Photos of Glas-leac Beag
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Tanera Beg See above · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Isle Ristol W. L. Tarbert · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Glas-leac Mòr James Allan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Glas-leac Beag
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: July–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 10° · Night 5° · Rain 214 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 17°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 3°)
- Wettest month
- November (214 mm)
- Driest month
- May (78 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 8° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 17° | 15° | 13° | 10° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 3° | 3° | 5° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 7° | 5° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 195 | 132 | 158 | 90 | 78 | 93 | 102 | 117 | 173 | 200 | 214 | 199 |
How to get to Glas-leac Beag
The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 55 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 225 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 55 kmnorthwest
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 100 kmsoutheast
- Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 124 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 225 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 228 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 248 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 267 kmsoutheast
- Belfast Population: 348K 378 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glas-leac Beag
Within 100 km: 37 historic and cultural sites, 3,423 natural sites, 1,074 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km317 places
- Eilean a' Char Island 5 kmNE
- Tanera More Island 6 kmNE
- Summer Isles Island 5 kmE
- Soyea Island Island 21 kmNE
25–60 km1,422 places
- Eilean Dubh Island 42 kmNE
- Tannaraidh Island 56 kmW
- Tabhaigh Mor Island 53 kmW
- Crois Eilean Island 56 kmW
60–100 km2,795 places
- Isle of Skye Island 88 kmSW
- Isle of Harris Natural site 77 kmW
- Island of Raasay Island 75 kmSW
- The Coral Beaches Beach 86 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Garadheancal Village, Highland7 km E
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Altandhu Village, Highland9.4 km NE
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Polbain Village, Highland9.1 km NE
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Reiff Village, Highland10 km N
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Laide Village, Highland14 km S
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Achiltibuie Village, Highland10 km E
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
An Cleireach Far North Top Mountain, Highland2.6 km S
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Priest Island Island, Highland2.9 km S
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Tanera Beg Island, Highland4.5 km NE
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Sgeir nam Mult Island, Highland3.6 km E
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Glas-leac Mòr Island, Highland5.3 km NE
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Sron Slugain Uaine Mountain, Highland4.5 km NE
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Carn Iar Island, Highland4.2 km SE
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Càrn Beag Island, Highland4.4 km SE
More lakes, rivers and coasts in United Kingdom
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Isle Ristol Island, Highland7.6 km NE
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Carn Deas Island, Highland4.5 km SE
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Bottle Island Island, Highland4.2 km SE
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Eilean Choinaid Island, Highland5.5 km NE
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Summer Isles Island, Highland4.7 km E
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Eilean Fada Mor Island, Highland5.3 km NE
Sources & licences
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