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River Drolsay

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 56°49′00″ N 6°16′00″ W

Map showing the location of River Drolsay River Drolsay
Location in United Kingdom
Nearest town
Carndearg
3.1 km NE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
TRE Tiree Airport51 km
BRR Barra Airport75 km

About River Drolsay

River Drolsay is a river. Location: Highland, Scotland. The nearest airport is Tiree Airport (51 km). Nearby sights include Beinn Airein and Camas Mór.

Climate of River Drolsay

This month · November

A wet month

Day 10° · Night 6° · Rain 225 mm

Hottest month
August (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 4°)
Wettest month
January (229 mm)
Driest month
May (83 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 River Drolsay
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°7°8°10°13°14°16°16°15°12°10°8°
Average low (°C)5°4°5°6°9°11°13°13°11°9°6°5°
Precipitation (mm)229139175998391113136196215225215

How to get to River Drolsay

The nearest airport is Tiree Airport (TRE), 51 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 163 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 51 kmsouthwest
  • Barra Airport (BRR) Eoligarry 75 kmwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 99 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 163 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 206 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 213 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 248 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 256 kmeast

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

Day trips from River Drolsay

Within 100 km: 37 historic and cultural sites, 2,911 natural sites, 1,368 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km167 places

  • Eigg Island 11 kmNE
  • The Small Isles Island 20 kmN
  • Eilean Shona Island 25 kmE
  • Rùm Island 21 kmN

25–60 km1,311 places

  • Hebrides Island 37 kmNW
  • Isle of Skye Island 54 kmN
  • Scalpay Island 55 kmN
  • Oronsay Island 27 kmSE

60–100 km2,838 places

  • Island of Raasay Island 64 kmN
  • Colonsay Island 84 kmS
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 79 kmN
  • Kiloran Beach Beach 80 kmS

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