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Mountain

Y Fan

Located in Llangadog, Carmarthenshire Coordinates: 51°56′12″ N 3°50′16″ W

Map showing the location of Y Fan Y Fan
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
170 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Llangadog
3.1 km W
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
CWL Cardiff International Airport69 km
BRS Bristol Airport99 km

About Y Fan

Y Fan is a mountain. Location: Llangadog, Carmarthenshire. Elevation: 170 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (69 km). Nearby sights include Lan y Cilgwyn and Pentir-bach.

Climate of Y Fan

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 10° · Night 5° · Rain 154 mm

Hottest month
July (day 19°)
Coldest month
February (night 2°)
Wettest month
November (154 mm)
Driest month
May (75 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 Y Fan
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°7°9°11°15°17°19°19°17°13°10°8°
Average low (°C)2°2°3°4°7°10°12°12°10°8°5°3°
Precipitation (mm)14710311281758482103114139154152

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Y Fan

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 69 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swansea, 36 km to the south.

Airports

  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 69 kmsoutheast
  • Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 99 kmsoutheast
  • Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 137 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Swansea Population: 300.4K 36 kmsouth
  • Cardiff Population: 372.1K 68 kmsoutheast
  • Newport Population: 161.5K 70 kmsoutheast
  • Bristol Population: 479K 101 kmsoutheast
  • Gloucester Population: 132.4K 110 kmeast

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

Day trips from Y Fan

Within 100 km: 908 historic and cultural sites, 2,288 natural sites, 178 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km284 places

  • Trichrug Mountain 6 kmSW
  • Mynydd Llanybyther Mountain 23 kmNW
  • Mynydd Figyn Mountain 14 kmW
  • Fan Gyhirych Mountain 17 kmSE

25–60 km1,215 places

  • Mwnt beach Beach 59 kmW
  • Tresaith Beach Beach 52 kmNW
  • Llangrannog's Beach Beach 50 kmNW
  • Ynys Lochtyn Island 50 kmNW

60–100 km1,875 places

  • Porth Clais Natural site 100 kmW
  • Poppit Sands Beach 62 kmW
  • Saunton Sands Beach 97 kmS
  • Putsborough Beach Beach 92 kmS

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