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Mountain

Meall nan Ceapraichean

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°47′55″ N 4°56′01″ W

Meall nan Ceapraichean
Nigel Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
977 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Inverlael
7.2 km W
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport60 km
SYY Stornoway Airport95 km

About Meall nan Ceapraichean

Meall nan Ceapraichean is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 977 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (60 km). Nearby sights include Beinn Dearg and Ceann Garbh.

At a glance

Topographic prominence
126 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Meall nan Ceapraichean

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -3° · Rain 289 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
December (night -5°)
Wettest month
January (290 mm)
Driest month
May (122 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
Climate of Meall nan Ceapraichean
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°3°5°9°11°12°12°10°7°3°1°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-4°-2°0°3°5°5°3°0°-3°-5°
Precipitation (mm)290203248140122131142168236271289282

How to get to Meall nan Ceapraichean

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 60 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 185 km to the east.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 60 kmsoutheast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 95 kmnorthwest
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 131 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 185 kmeast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 190 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 219 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 231 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 362 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Meall nan Ceapraichean

Within 100 km: 47 historic and cultural sites, 3,716 natural sites, 936 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km359 places

  • Isle Martin Island 25 kmNW
  • Eilean Gill a' Bhalgionn Island 23 kmNE
  • Eilean a' Chroisg Island 20 kmN
  • Eilean a' Chip Island 18 kmW

25–60 km1,781 places

  • Eilean a' Char Island 39 kmNW
  • Eilean Dubh Island 58 kmN
  • Moy Island Island 36 kmSE
  • Tanera More Island 37 kmNW

60–100 km2,559 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 96 kmSW
  • Island of Raasay Island 82 kmSW
  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 99 kmE
  • Scalpay Island 85 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

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