Sule Skerry Lighthouse
Located in Orkney Islands, Scotland Coordinates: 59°05′05″ N 4°24′26″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 14 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- KOI Kirkwall Airport87 km
- EOI Eday Airport94 km
About Sule Skerry Lighthouse
Sule Skerry Lighthouse is a landmark. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (87 km). Nearby sights include Sule Skerry and Sule Stack.
Photos of Sule Skerry Lighthouse
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Sule Skerry david glass · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Sule Skerry Lighthouse
This month · November
A wet month
Day 10° · Night 7° · Rain 145 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 14°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 5°)
- Wettest month
- November (145 mm)
- Driest month
- May (64 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) | 8° | 7° | 8° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 12° | 10° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 5° | 5° | 5° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 12° | 11° | 9° | 7° | 6° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 116 | 85 | 112 | 73 | 64 | 68 | 76 | 92 | 124 | 138 | 145 | 122 |
How to get to Sule Skerry Lighthouse
The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 87 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 255 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 87 kmeast
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 94 kmeast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 103 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 255 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 304 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 356 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 359 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Sule Skerry Lighthouse
Within 100 km: 26 historic and cultural sites, 915 natural sites, 325 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km2 places
- Sule Skerry Island 1 kmN
- Sule Stack Island 9 kmSW
25–60 km32 places
- Eilean nan Ron Island 59 kmS
- Eilean Iosal Island 58 kmS
- Eilean Hoan Island 60 kmS
- Glass Islands Island 60 kmS
60–100 km1,232 places
- Hoy Island 69 kmE
- Shapinsay Island 88 kmE
- Rousay Island 79 kmE
- Eday Island 94 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Sule Skerry Island, Orkney Islands0.1 km N
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Sule Stack Island, Orkney Islands8.9 km SW
Nearest towns and villages
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Aultivullin Village, Highland60 km S -
Portvasgo Neighbourhood, Highland60 km S
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Italian Chapel Attraction, Orkney Islands90 km E -
Auskerry Lighthouse Landmark, Orkney Islands106 km E -
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North Ronaldsay Lighthouse Landmark, Orkney Islands121 km E -
Cava Lighthouse Landmark, Orkney Islands74 km E
Sources & licences
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