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Mountain

Creag Leacach

Located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland Coordinates: 56°51′17″ N 3°23′17″ W

Creag Leacach
Lis Burke · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
988 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Spittal of Glenshee
6.6 km SW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
DND Dundee Airport50 km
ABZ Aberdeen International Airport82 km

About Creag Leacach

Creag Leacach is a mountain. Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Elevation: 988 m. The nearest airport is Dundee Airport (50 km). Nearby sights include Creag Leacach SW Top and Glas Maol.

At a glance

Topographic prominence
71 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Creag Leacach

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -3° · Rain 141 mm

Hottest month
July (day 14°)
Coldest month
February (night -5°)
Wettest month
January (175 mm)
Driest month
June (78 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
Climate of Creag Leacach
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)0°0°2°5°9°12°14°13°10°6°3°1°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-4°-3°0°3°5°5°3°0°-3°-4°
Precipitation (mm)1751131258283787892122152141143

How to get to Creag Leacach

The nearest airport is Dundee Airport (DND), 50 km to the southeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) (82 km). The nearest large city is Dundee, 50 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 50 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) Aberdeen 82 kmnortheast
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 86 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 50 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 85 kmnortheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 101 kmsouth
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 123 kmsouthwest
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 237 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Creag Leacach

Within 100 km: 124 historic and cultural sites, 3,389 natural sites, 645 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km472 places

  • Loch Wharral Lake 21 kmE
  • Loch Vrotachan Lake 5 kmNW
  • Loch Valigan Lake 19 kmW
  • Loch Tilt Lake 18 kmW

25–60 km1,420 places

  • Mugdrum Island Island 57 kmS
  • Moncreiffe Island Island 52 kmS
  • Isle of Spar Island 48 kmSW
  • Eilean nan Ubh Island 46 kmSW

60–100 km2,266 places

  • Balbithan Island Island 77 kmNE
  • Findlays Seat Mountain 80 kmN
  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 96 kmN
  • Newburgh Seals Beach Beach 99 kmNE

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