- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- KOI Kirkwall Airport12 km
- EOI Eday Airport17 km
About Grass Holm
Grass Holm is an island. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (12 km). Nearby sights include Salt Ness and Holm of Boray.
Photos of Grass Holm
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Shapinsay C Michael Hogan · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Wyre Original uploader was Otter at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Gairsay See above · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Thieves Holm Des Colhoun · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Sweyn Holm Derek Mayes · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Climate of Grass Holm
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 5° · Rain 129 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (129 mm)
- Driest month
- May (53 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) | 7° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 5° | 4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 112 | 87 | 99 | 67 | 53 | 55 | 61 | 74 | 104 | 120 | 129 | 119 |
How to get to Grass Holm
The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 12 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 220 km to the south.
Airports
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 12 kmsouth
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 17 kmnortheast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 68 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 220 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 289 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 347 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 365 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Grass Holm
Within 100 km: 38 historic and cultural sites, 567 natural sites, 229 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km330 places
- Shapinsay Island 3 kmSE
- Rousay Island 13 kmNW
- Eday Island 16 kmNE
- Wyre Island 6 kmN
25–60 km249 places
- Hoy Island 32 kmSW
- Papa Westray Island Island 32 kmN
- Flotta Island 28 kmS
- Hesta Head Natural site 32 kmS
60–100 km255 places
- Clett Island 61 kmSW
- Eilean nan Ron Island 99 kmSW
- Neave Island Island 98 kmSW
- Eilean Iosal Island 99 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Salt Ness Natural site, Orkney Islands1 km E
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Holm of Boray Island, Orkney Islands1.5 km W
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Hen of Gairsay Natural site, Orkney Islands1.6 km NW
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Sweyn Holm Island, Orkney Islands2.7 km NW
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Millburn Bay Natural site, Orkney Islands2 km NW
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Gairsay Island, Orkney Islands3.1 km NW
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Bay of Furrowend Natural site, Orkney Islands2.1 km SE
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Shapinsay Island, Orkney Islands3.4 km SE
More lakes, rivers and coasts in United Kingdom
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Wyre Island, Orkney Islands5.9 km N
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Rousay Island, Orkney Islands13 km NW -
Thieves Holm Island, Orkney Islands5.6 km S
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Ling Holm Island, Orkney Islands3.8 km E
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Eday Island, Orkney Islands16 km NE -
Galt Skerry Island, Orkney Islands2.5 km NE
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources