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Natural site

Greian Head

Located in Western Isles, Scotland Coordinates: 57°00′45″ N 7°31′26″ W

Map showing the location of Greian Head Greian Head
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
33 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Grithean
2.1 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
BRR Barra Airport5 km
BEB Benbecula Airport53 km

About Greian Head

Greian Head is a natural site. Location: Western Isles, Scotland. The nearest airport is Barra Airport (5 km). Nearby sights include Cnoc an Fhithich and Beinn Chliad.

Climate of Greian Head

This month · November

A wet month

Day 10° · Night 6° · Rain 150 mm

Hottest month
August (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 3°)
Wettest month
October (155 mm)
Driest month
May (62 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 Greian Head
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)8°8°8°10°12°14°15°16°14°12°10°8°
Average low (°C)4°3°4°4°7°9°11°11°10°8°6°4°
Precipitation (mm)14710711472627087102130155150146

How to get to Greian Head

The nearest airport is Barra Airport (BRR), 5 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 239 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Barra Airport (BRR) Eoligarry 5 kmeast
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 53 kmnorth
  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 70 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 239 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 285 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 287 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 292 kmeast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 329 kmeast

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

Day trips from Greian Head

Within 100 km: 14 historic and cultural sites, 721 natural sites, 712 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km164 places

  • Isle of Barra Beach Beach 4 kmS
  • Garbh-Lingeigh Island 10 kmE
  • Vatersay Island Island 11 kmS
  • Stack Islands Island 14 kmNE

25–60 km295 places

  • Hebrides Island 44 kmE
  • Stulaigh Island 26 kmNE
  • Siolaigh Mor Island 39 kmNE
  • Flodaigh Beag Island 60 kmN

60–100 km988 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 83 kmNE
  • Island of Raasay Island 97 kmNE
  • Eigg Island 84 kmE
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 76 kmNE

Straight-line distances.

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