- Elevation
- 47 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- KOI Kirkwall Airport21 km
- EOI Eday Airport38 km
About Cairston
Cairston is a village. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. Elevation: 47 m. The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (21 km). Nearby sights include Inner Holm and Hamla Voe.
Photos of Cairston
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Inner Holm W. L. Tarbert · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Mo Ness Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Breck Ness John Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Cairston
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 4° · Rain 136 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (136 mm)
- Driest month
- May (57 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) | 6° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 4° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 118 | 90 | 105 | 69 | 57 | 59 | 66 | 79 | 108 | 126 | 136 | 124 |
How to get to Cairston
The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 21 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 215 km to the south.
Airports
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 21 kmeast
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 38 kmnortheast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 58 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 215 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 280 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 337 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 351 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Cairston
Within 100 km: 37 historic and cultural sites, 731 natural sites, 286 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km270 places
- Hoy Island 14 kmS
- Shapinsay Island 24 kmE
- Flotta Island 18 kmSE
- Wyre Island 24 kmNE
25–60 km345 places
- Rousay Island 25 kmNE
- Eday Island 37 kmNE
- Papa Westray Island Island 47 kmNE
- Auskerry Island 41 kmE
60–100 km439 places
- Eilean nan Ron Island 77 kmSW
- Rabbit Islands Island 81 kmSW
- North Ronaldsay Island 66 kmNE
- Neave Island Island 76 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Inner Holm Island, Orkney Islands1.9 km SW
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Hamla Voe Natural site, Orkney Islands1 km SW
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Brinkies Brae Mountain, Orkney Islands1.8 km SW
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Bay of Ireland Natural site, Orkney Islands2 km SE
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Bay of Navershaw Natural site, Scotland1.3 km S
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Outer Holm Island, Orkney Islands2.3 km S
Sources & licences
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