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Glen Lyon

Located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland Coordinates: 56°35′00″ N 4°20′00″ W

Map showing the location of Glen Lyon Glen Lyon
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
257 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Bridge of Balgie
1.2 km NE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport79 km
DND Dundee Airport82 km

About Glen Lyon

Glen Lyon is a natural site. Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (79 km). Nearby sights include Eilean Eonain and Meall Luaidhe.

Climate of Glen Lyon

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 3° · Rain 226 mm

Hottest month
July (day 17°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
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 Glen Lyon
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°6°9°13°15°17°16°14°10°7°5°
Average low (°C)1°0°1°3°5°8°10°10°8°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)269174192110115105115136189226226233

How to get to Glen Lyon

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 79 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 80 km to the south.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 79 kmsouth
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 82 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 92 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 80 kmsouth
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 85 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 100 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 150 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 243 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Glen Lyon

Within 100 km: 156 historic and cultural sites, 4,703 natural sites, 1,192 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km342 places

  • Isle of Spar Island 21 kmE
  • Eilean nam Faoileag Island 12 kmN
  • Eilean nan Ubh Island 22 kmE
  • Eilean Beal na Gaoire Island 13 kmNW

25–60 km1,841 places

  • Inishail Island 52 kmSW
  • Inchlonaig Island 56 kmS
  • Inchcailloch Island 58 kmS
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 49 kmSW

60–100 km3,868 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 98 kmS
  • Burntisland Beach Beach 90 kmSE
  • Cramond beach Beach 93 kmSE
  • Scarba Island 96 kmSW

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