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Gaeilavore Island

Located in Western Isles, Scotland Coordinates: 57°43′00″ N 6°26′00″ W

Gaeilavore Island
Rob Farrow · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nearest town
Duntulm
6.7 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
SYY Stornoway Airport56 km
BEB Benbecula Airport61 km

About Gaeilavore Island

Gaeilavore Island is an island. Location: Western Isles, Scotland. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (56 km). Nearby sights include Am Bord and Thon Eilean.

Climate of Gaeilavore Island

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 5° · Rain 191 mm

Hottest month
August (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 2°)
Wettest month
November (191 mm)
Driest month
May (71 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 Gaeilavore Island
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°7°8°9°12°14°16°16°14°12°9°8°
Average low (°C)3°2°3°4°7°9°11°11°9°7°5°3°
Precipitation (mm)16811513879718695109164185191183

How to get to Gaeilavore Island

The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 56 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 245 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 56 kmnorth
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 61 kmsouthwest
  • Barra Airport (BRR) Eoligarry 98 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 245 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 251 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 268 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 279 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 349 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Gaeilavore Island

Within 100 km: 27 historic and cultural sites, 2,609 natural sites, 1,295 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km163 places

  • Scalpay Island 22 kmNW
  • Clett Island 24 kmSW
  • Rosaigh Island 23 kmNW
  • Mullach Buidhe Island 21 kmN

25–60 km1,610 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 48 kmS
  • Isle of Harris Natural site 30 kmNW
  • Island of Raasay Island 43 kmSE
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 27 kmSW

60–100 km2,158 places

  • Hebrides Island 86 kmS
  • Eigg Island 92 kmS
  • Dalmore Beach Beach 68 kmN
  • Dailbeag Beach Beach 69 kmN

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