- Elevation
- 132 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- DND Dundee Airport61 km
- INV Inverness Airport87 km
About Blair Atholl
Blair Atholl is a village. Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Elevation: 132 m.
Blair Atholl (from the Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Athall, originally Blàr Ath Fhodla) is a village in Perthshire, Scotland, built about the confluence of the Rivers Tilt and Garry in one of the few areas of flat land in the midst of the Grampian Mountains. The Gaelic place-name Blair, from blàr, 'field, plain', refers to this location. Atholl, which means 'new Ireland', from the archaic Ath Fhodla is the name of the surrounding district.
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Climate of Blair Atholl
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 139 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 18°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 0°)
- Wettest month
- January (172 mm)
- Driest month
- April (68 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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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 6° |
| Average low (°C) | 0° | 0° | 1° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 8° | 5° | 2° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 172 | 108 | 121 | 68 | 80 | 75 | 80 | 90 | 118 | 142 | 139 | 143 |
How to get to Blair Atholl
The nearest airport is Dundee Airport (DND), 61 km to the southeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Edinburgh Airport (EDI) (95 km). The nearest large city is Dundee, 63 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 61 kmsoutheast
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 87 kmnorth
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 95 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 63 kmsoutheast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 99 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 103 kmsouth
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 114 kmeast
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 244 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Blair Atholl
Within 100 km: 130 historic and cultural sites, 4,071 natural sites, 823 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km415 places
- Isle of Spar Island 23 kmSW
- Eilean nan Ubh Island 20 kmSW
- Lamb Island Island 19 kmSE
- Eilean Mòr Island 20 kmSW
25–60 km1,715 places
- Mugdrum Island Island 59 kmSE
- Moncreiffe Island Island 50 kmSE
- Eilean Molach Island 57 kmW
- Eilean an Tuilaich Island 56 kmW
60–100 km2,894 places
- Findlays Seat Mountain 97 kmNE
- Burntisland Beach Beach 87 kmSE
- Cramond beach Beach 94 kmS
- Eriska Island 99 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Blair Castle Historic site, Perth and Kinross0.1 km E
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Tulach Hill Mountain, Perth and Kinross1.8 km SW
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River Tilt River, Perth and Kinross0.9 km E
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Fender Burn River, Perth and Kinross0.9 km E
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Creag nan Ceard Mountain, Perth and Kinross2.9 km E
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Fair Bhuidhe Mountain, Perth and Kinross3.6 km NW
Other cities and towns in Perth and Kinross
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Pitlochry Village, Perth and Kinross9.7 km SE -
Aberfeldy Village, Perth and Kinross16 km S -
Calvine Village, Perth and Kinross6.7 km W -
Struan Village, Perth and Kinross4.6 km SW
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Killiecrankie Village, Perth and Kinross4.9 km SE
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Old Struan Village, Perth and Kinross6.2 km W
Sources & licences
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