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Natural site

Uig Bay

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°35′00″ N 6°22′00″ W

Map showing the location of Uig Bay Uig Bay
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
45 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Uig
0.7 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
BEB Benbecula Airport61 km
SYY Stornoway Airport70 km

About Uig Bay

Uig Bay is a natural site. Location: Highland, Scotland. The nearest airport is Benbecula Airport (61 km). Nearby sights include Glen Uig and Creag Liath.

Climate of Uig Bay

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 205 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 2°)
Wettest month
November (205 mm)
Driest month
May (80 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 Uig Bay
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°7°8°9°12°15°16°16°14°12°9°8°
Average low (°C)2°2°3°4°7°9°11°11°9°7°4°3°
Precipitation (mm)179122151888094105121181200205197

How to get to Uig Bay

The nearest airport is Benbecula Airport (BEB), 61 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 231 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 61 kmwest
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 70 kmnorth
  • Barra Airport (BRR) Eoligarry 90 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 231 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 240 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 261 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 266 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 334 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Uig Bay

Within 100 km: 28 historic and cultural sites, 2,932 natural sites, 1,342 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km243 places

  • The Coral Beaches Beach 19 kmSW
  • Clett Island 17 kmW
  • Eilean Trodday Island 16 kmN
  • Eilean Tigh Island 23 kmE

25–60 km1,546 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 32 kmS
  • Isle of Harris Natural site 44 kmNW
  • Island of Raasay Island 29 kmSE
  • Scalpay Island 36 kmNW

60–100 km2,513 places

  • Hebrides Island 73 kmS
  • Eigg Island 77 kmS
  • Isle of Barra Beach Beach 97 kmSW
  • Dalmore Beach Beach 84 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Uig Village, Highland
    0.7 km E
  • South Cuil Neighbourhood, Highland
    0.2 km E
  • Skudiburgh Village, Highland
    0.7 km NW
  • Rha Neighbourhood, Highland
    0.9 km N
  • North Cuil Neighbourhood, Highland
    1.1 km NE
  • Earlish Village, Highland
    1.9 km S

Nearby attractions & nature

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