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Ben Lawers

Local name: Beinn Labhair

Located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland Coordinates: 56°32′42″ N 4°13′15″ W

Ben Lawers
Paul Hermans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
1,214 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Roromore
4.3 km N
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
DND Dundee Airport74 km
GLA Glasgow Airport76 km

About Ben Lawers

Ben Lawers is a mountain. Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Elevation: 1,214 m.

From Wikipedia

Ben Lawers (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Labhair) is the highest mountain in the Breadalbane region of the Scottish Highlands. It lies north of Loch Tay and is the highest peak of the 'Ben Lawers group', a ridge that includes six other Munros: Beinn Ghlas, Meall Garbh, Meall Corranaich, An Stùc, Meall Greigh and Meall a' Choire Leith. It is also the highest peak in Perthshire, and the tenth highest Munro in Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Topographic prominence
909 m
Official website
nts.org.uk

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Ben Lawers

This month · November

A wet month

Day 1° · Night -4° · Rain 226 mm

Hottest month
July (day 10°)
Coldest month
February (night -6°)
Wettest month
January (269 mm)
Driest month
June (105 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).

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Climate of Ben Lawers
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-1°-1°0°3°7°9°10°10°8°4°1°-1°
Average low (°C)-6°-6°-5°-4°-1°2°4°4°2°-1°-4°-5°
Precipitation (mm)269174192110115105115136189226226233

How to get to Ben Lawers

The nearest airport is Dundee Airport (DND), 74 km to the east as the crow flies. For international flights: Glasgow Airport (GLA) (76 km). The nearest large city is Glasgow, 76 km to the south.

Airports

  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 74 kmeast
  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 76 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 85 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 76 kmsouth
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 77 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 92 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 146 kmnortheast
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 240 kmsoutheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Ben Lawers

Within 100 km: 166 historic and cultural sites, 4,521 natural sites, 1,112 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km390 places

  • Isle of Spar Island 14 kmE
  • Eilean nam Faoileag Island 19 kmNW
  • Eilean nan Ubh Island 16 kmNE
  • Eilean Beal na Gaoire Island 20 kmNW

25–60 km1,736 places

  • Inishail Island 57 kmW
  • Inchlonaig Island 55 kmSW
  • Inchcailloch Island 56 kmS
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 54 kmW

60–100 km3,673 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 97 kmSW
  • Burntisland Beach Beach 82 kmSE
  • Cramond beach Beach 85 kmSE
  • Portobello Beach Beach 95 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Roromore Village, Perth and Kinross
    4.3 km N
  • Lawers Village, Perth and Kinross
    4.5 km E
  • Kiltyrie Village, Perth and Kinross
    4.7 km S
  • Camusvrachan Village, Perth and Kinross
    6.6 km N
  • Ardeonaig Village, Stirling
    6.6 km SE
  • Ardtalnaig Village, Perth and Kinross
    7 km E

Nearby attractions & nature

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