- Elevation
- 624 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- EDI Edinburgh Airport43 km
- GLA Glasgow Airport87 km
About Birks Hill
Birks Hill is a mountain. Location: The Scottish Borders, Scotland. Elevation: 624 m. The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (43 km). Nearby sights include Birkscairn Hill and Little Craigie Side.
Photos of Birks Hill
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Dun Rig Jim Barton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Birks Hill
This month · November
A wet month
Day 5° · Night -1° · Rain 125 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 16°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -3°)
- Wettest month
- January (132 mm)
- Driest month
- May (73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 3° | 3° | 5° | 7° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Average low (°C) | -3° | -3° | -2° | -1° | 2° | 5° | 7° | 7° | 5° | 2° | -1° | -2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 132 | 97 | 108 | 75 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 98 | 111 | 130 | 125 | 132 |
How to get to Birks Hill
The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 43 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 40 km to the north.
Airports
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 43 kmnorth
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 87 kmwest
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 91 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 40 kmnorth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 76 kmnorthwest
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 98 kmnorth
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 119 kmsoutheast
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 135 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Birks Hill
Within 100 km: 565 historic and cultural sites, 2,553 natural sites, 707 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km444 places
- The Batta Island 12 kmE
- Talla Reservoir Lake 20 kmSW
- Loch Skeen Lake 21 kmSW
- Shaws Upper Loch Lake 19 kmSE
25–60 km1,317 places
- Burntisland Beach Beach 53 kmN
- Cramond beach Beach 44 kmN
- Portobello Beach Beach 41 kmN
- Gullane Beach Beach 53 kmN
60–100 km2,064 places
- Powillimount Beach Beach 83 kmS
- Ayr Beach Beach 96 kmW
- Troon Beach Beach 96 kmW
- Seacliff Beach Beach 60 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Innerleithen Village, The Scottish Borders5.9 km NE -
Peebles Town, The Scottish Borders7.4 km NW -
Cardrona Mains Village, The Scottish Borders5.7 km NE
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Traquair Village, The Scottish Borders5.1 km E
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Walkerburn Village, The Scottish Borders8.8 km NE
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Kings Meadows Neighbourhood, The Scottish Borders6.4 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Birkscairn Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders0.8 km SW
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Little Craigie Side Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.2 km NE
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Kirkhope Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders1.6 km N
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Dun Rig Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.5 km SW
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Stake Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.3 km SW
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Hundleshope Heights Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.1 km W
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Wallace's Hill Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.3 km NE
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Newby Kipps Mountain, The Scottish Borders3.4 km NW
Sources & licences
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