Eileanan a' Ghille-bheid
Located in Western Isles, Scotland Coordinates: 57°51′56″ N 6°45′46″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- SYY Stornoway Airport47 km
- BEB Benbecula Airport56 km
About Eileanan a' Ghille-bheid
Eileanan a' Ghille-bheid is an island. Location: Western Isles, Scotland. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (47 km). Nearby sights include Cnoc Caolas-sgeire-buidhe and Cnoc Mor.
Photos of Eileanan a' Ghille-bheid
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Eilean Glas Lighthouse simon stewart · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Eileanan a' Ghille-bheid
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 4° · Rain 182 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (182 mm)
- Driest month
- May (74 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° | 7° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 6° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 171 | 126 | 144 | 89 | 74 | 83 | 97 | 110 | 154 | 181 | 182 | 173 |
How to get to Eileanan a' Ghille-bheid
The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 47 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 270 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 47 kmnortheast
- Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 56 kmsouthwest
- Barra Airport (BRR) Eoligarry 102 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 270 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 277 kmsoutheast
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 291 kmeast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 304 kmsoutheast
- Belfast Population: 348K 368 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Eileanan a' Ghille-bheid
Within 100 km: 22 historic and cultural sites, 1,786 natural sites, 1,118 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km375 places
- Isle of Harris Natural site 4 kmNW
- Scalpay Island 6 kmE
- Rosaigh Island 3 kmE
- Aird Mhor Island 10 kmSW
25–60 km1,070 places
- The Coral Beaches Beach 41 kmS
- Dalmore Beach Beach 49 kmN
- Dailbeag Beach Beach 50 kmN
- Lingay Island 35 kmSW
60–100 km1,481 places
- Hebrides Island 100 kmS
- Isle of Skye Island 70 kmSE
- Island of Raasay Island 68 kmSE
- Scalpay Island 80 kmSE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Isle of Scalpay Village, Western Isles3.6 km E
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Ceann-na-Cleithe Village, Western Isles2.2 km S
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Plocrapool Village, Western Isles2.7 km S
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Carragrich Village, Western Isles3.1 km NE
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Scalpay Village Village, Western Isles3.5 km E
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Urgha Village, Western Isles3.6 km N
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Cnoc Caolas-sgeire-buidhe Mountain, Western Isles0.6 km SW
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Cnoc Mor Mountain, Western Isles1 km W
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East Loch Tarbert Natural site, Western Isles0.8 km E
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Eilean Àird Rainis Island, Western Isles1 km NW
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Beinn Driniasadair Mountain, Western Isles1.9 km S
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Sgeotasaigh Island, Western Isles1.5 km NE
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Gloraig Dhubh Island, Western Isles1.6 km SE
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Eilean an Arbhair Island, Western Isles1.9 km S
Sources & licences
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