- Elevation
- 41 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- EOI Eday Airport25 km
- KOI Kirkwall Airport25 km
About Muckle Holm
Muckle Holm is an island. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. The nearest airport is Eday Airport (25 km). Nearby sights include Stoney Holm and Park Holm.
Photos of Muckle Holm
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Costa Head Jim Barton · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Aiker Ness Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Muckle Holm
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 4° · Rain 134 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (134 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 4° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 116 | 88 | 103 | 65 | 53 | 56 | 64 | 77 | 107 | 124 | 134 | 122 |
How to get to Muckle Holm
The nearest airport is Eday Airport (EOI), 25 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 230 km to the south.
Airports
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 25 kmeast
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 25 kmsoutheast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 75 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 230 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 296 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 354 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 369 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Muckle Holm
Within 100 km: 37 historic and cultural sites, 588 natural sites, 237 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km230 places
- Shapinsay Island 20 kmSE
- Rousay Island 10 kmNE
- Eday Island 25 kmE
- Wyre Island 13 kmE
25–60 km347 places
- Hoy Island 32 kmS
- Papa Westray Island Island 30 kmNE
- Flotta Island 33 kmS
- Auskerry Island 38 kmE
60–100 km285 places
- Eilean nan Ron Island 92 kmSW
- Rabbit Islands Island 95 kmSW
- Neave Island Island 91 kmSW
- Eilean Iosal Island 91 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Stoney Holm Island, Orkney Islands0.3 km SW
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Park Holm Island, Orkney Islands0.5 km S
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Hundland Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands1.4 km W
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Loch of Swannay Lake, Orkney Islands1.1 km NW
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Costa Head Natural site, Orkney Islands2.4 km N
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Vinquin Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands1.5 km NE
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Costa Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands2.3 km N
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Loch of Hundland Lake, Orkney Islands2.3 km SW
More lakes, rivers and coasts in United Kingdom
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Rousay Island, Orkney Islands10 km NE -
Wyre Island, Orkney Islands13 km E -
Gairsay Island, Orkney Islands14 km E -
Loch of Boardhouse Lake, Orkney Islands5 km W
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Eynhallow Island, Orkney Islands5.3 km NE
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Sweyn Holm Island, Orkney Islands15 km E
Sources & licences
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