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Mountain

Spidean a Choire Leith

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°33′51″ N 5°27′48″ W

Spidean a Choire Leith
Michael Woodhead · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
1,055 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Torridon
3.6 km SW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport85 km
SYY Stornoway Airport89 km

About Spidean a Choire Leith

Spidean a Choire Leith is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 1,055 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (85 km). Nearby sights include Liathach and Stob a' Choire Liath Mhor.

At a glance

Topographic prominence
957 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Spidean a Choire Leith

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -3° · Rain 285 mm

Hottest month
July (day 11°)
Coldest month
December (night -5°)
Wettest month
November (285 mm)
Driest month
May (113 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 Spidean a Choire Leith
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°2°5°8°10°11°11°9°6°3°1°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-4°-3°0°3°5°4°3°0°-3°-5°
Precipitation (mm)279188235130113125138159234266285278

How to get to Spidean a Choire Leith

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 85 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 194 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 85 kmeast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 89 kmnorthwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 114 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 194 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 203 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 208 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 227 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 332 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Spidean a Choire Leith

Within 100 km: 34 historic and cultural sites, 4,102 natural sites, 1,155 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km478 places

  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 15 kmN
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 15 kmN
  • An Garbh-eilean Island 25 kmSW
  • Kishorn Island Island 24 kmSW

25–60 km1,734 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 56 kmSW
  • Island of Raasay Island 41 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 44 kmSW
  • Eilean a' Char Island 51 kmN

60–100 km3,079 places

  • Isle of Harris Natural site 88 kmNW
  • Eigg Island 85 kmSW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 71 kmW
  • Scalpay Island 79 kmNW

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