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Soray

Located in Western Isles, Scotland Coordinates: 58°16′29″ N 7°35′16″ W

Map showing the location of Soray Soray
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
17 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Islibhig
32 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
SYY Stornoway Airport74 km
BEB Benbecula Airport89 km

About Soray

Soray is an island. Location: Western Isles, Scotland. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Sgeir Toman West and Sgeir Tamain.

Climate of Soray

This month · November

A wet month

Day 11° · Night 7° · Rain 172 mm

Hottest month
August (day 15°)
Coldest month
March (night 5°)
Wettest month
October (181 mm)
Driest month
June (78 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 Soray
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)9°9°8°9°11°13°14°15°14°12°11°10°
Average low (°C)5°5°5°5°7°9°11°12°11°9°7°6°
Precipitation (mm)16012614596817892108148181172158

How to get to Soray

The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 74 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 336 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 74 kmeast
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 89 kmsouth
  • Barra Airport (BRR) Eoligarry 140 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 336 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 343 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 351 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 371 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Soray

Within 100 km: 16 historic and cultural sites, 600 natural sites, 708 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km18 places

  • Eilean Mòr Island 1 kmN
  • Eilean a’ Ghobha Island 3 kmW
  • Seven Hunters Island 2 kmNW
  • Rodbrheim Island 4 kmW

25–60 km432 places

  • Dalmore Beach Beach 49 kmE
  • Dailbeag Beach Beach 50 kmE
  • Bearasaigh Island 40 kmE
  • Craigeam Island 44 kmE

60–100 km874 places

  • Isle of Harris Natural site 62 kmSE
  • Scalpay Island 71 kmSE
  • Lingay Island 69 kmS
  • Tannaraidh Island 71 kmE

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