- Elevation
- 225 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- KOI Kirkwall Airport8 km
- EOI Eday Airport27 km
About Wideford Hill
Wideford Hill is a mountain. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. Elevation: 225 m. The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (8 km). Nearby sights include Quanter Ness and Orkney Islands.
Photos of Wideford Hill
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Thieves Holm Des Colhoun · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Wideford Hill
This month · November
A wet month
Day 7° · Night 3° · Rain 132 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 14°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- November (132 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) | 5° | 5° | 6° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 10° | 7° | 6° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 8° | 9° | 7° | 5° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 115 | 89 | 103 | 69 | 57 | 57 | 64 | 77 | 105 | 122 | 132 | 121 |
How to get to Wideford Hill
The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 8 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 213 km to the south.
Airports
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 8 kmsoutheast
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 27 kmnortheast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 59 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 213 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 281 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 338 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 356 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Wideford Hill
Within 100 km: 38 historic and cultural sites, 646 natural sites, 249 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km347 places
- Hoy Island 22 kmSW
- Shapinsay Island 11 kmNE
- Rousay Island 20 kmN
- Flotta Island 18 kmS
25–60 km257 places
- Eday Island 26 kmNE
- Papa Westray Island Island 41 kmN
- Auskerry Island 27 kmE
- Clett Island 50 kmSW
60–100 km329 places
- Eilean nan Ron Island 90 kmSW
- Rabbit Islands Island 93 kmSW
- Neave Island Island 88 kmSW
- Eilean Iosal Island 90 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Quanter Ness Natural site, Orkney Islands1.5 km N
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Orkney Islands Island, Orkney Islands2 km NE
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Damsay Island, Orkney Islands2.7 km NW
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Keelylang Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands3.6 km SW
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Holm of Grimbister Island, Orkney Islands3.6 km NW
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Quanterness Historic site, Orkney Islands2 km NE
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Bay of Kirkwall Natural site, Orkney Islands4.6 km E
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Bay of Firth Natural site, Orkney Islands4 km NW
More nature in United Kingdom
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Crookness Natural site, Orkney Islands7 km N
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Strombery Natural site, Orkney Islands7.4 km NE
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Hill of Heddle Mountain, Orkney Islands6 km W
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Weethick Head Natural site, Orkney Islands8.5 km E
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Gaitnip Hill Mountain, Orkney Islands6.3 km SE
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Hangaback Natural site, Orkney Islands10 km SW
Sources & licences
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