- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- LSI Sumburgh Airport49 km
- EOI Eday Airport156 km
About Hog Island
Hog Island is an island. Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland. The nearest airport is Sumburgh Airport (49 km). Nearby sights include Hill of Neap and South Nesting Bay.
Photos of Hog Island
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Whalsay John Dally · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Symbister Ness Rude Health · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Climate of Hog Island
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 4° · Rain 147 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (147 mm)
- Driest month
- May (52 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) | 6° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 131 | 101 | 118 | 70 | 52 | 57 | 57 | 76 | 113 | 129 | 147 | 140 |
How to get to Hog Island
The nearest airport is Sumburgh Airport (LSI), 49 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bergen, 353 km to the east.
Airports
- Sumburgh Airport (LSI) Lerwick, Shetland 49 kmsouth
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 156 kmsouthwest
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 182 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Bergen Population: 294K 353 kmeast
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 357 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Hog Island
Within 100 km: 13 historic and cultural sites, 604 natural sites, 269 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km361 places
- Shetland Islands Island 10 kmW
- Whalsay Island 6 kmNE
- Trondra Island 24 kmSW
- North Isle of Gletness Island 7 kmSW
25–60 km466 places
- Unst Island 51 kmN
- Fetlar Island Island 37 kmN
- Galta Stack Island 27 kmW
- Holm of Gruting Island 26 kmW
60–100 km59 places
- Rumblings Island 62 kmN
- Outer Flaess Island 62 kmN
- Muckle Flugga Island 62 kmN
- Inner Flaess Island 62 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Neap Village, Shetland Islands1.6 km NW
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Kirkabister Village, Shetland Islands2 km W
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Symbister Village, Shetland Islands5.2 km NE
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Housabister Village, Shetland Islands2.5 km W
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Bretabister Village, Shetland Islands3.6 km W
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Billister Village, Shetland Islands4.6 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Hill of Neap Mountain, Shetland Islands0.9 km W
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South Nesting Bay Natural site, Shetland Islands2.1 km SW
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Symbister Ness Natural site, Shetland Islands4.1 km NE
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Whalsay Island, Shetland Islands5.9 km NE
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North Holm Island, Shetland Islands3.7 km SW
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Stockan Mountain, Shetland Islands4.5 km SW
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Collifield Ness Natural site, Shetland Islands4.6 km NW
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Cunning Holm Island, Shetland Islands4.1 km SW
More lakes, rivers and coasts in United Kingdom
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Shetland Islands Island, Shetland Islands10 km W
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South Isle of Gletness Island, Shetland Islands8.7 km SW -
Hunder Holm Island, Shetland Islands5.6 km N
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Little Linga Island, Shetland Islands7.5 km N
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Holm of Sandwick Island, Shetland Islands4.6 km NE
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Rumble Island, Shetland Islands9.4 km E
Sources & licences
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