Mountain

Banc

Located in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire Coordinates: 51°55′17″ N 4°19′15″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 207 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Llanpumsaint; 2.5 km N
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CWL Cardiff International Airport89 km; BRS Bristol Airport126 km

About Banc

Banc is a mountain. Location: Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire. Elevation: 207 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (89 km). Nearby sights include Allt Foel-fawr and Bryn-meillion.

Climate of Banc

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 10° · Night 5° · Rain 145 mm

Hottest month: July (day 19°)
Coldest month: February (night 2°)
Wettest month: November (145 mm)
Driest month: May (73 mm)

7° 2°

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8° 3°

11° 4°

14° 7°

16° 10°

19° 12°

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16° 10°

13° 8°

10° 5°

8° 3°

Jan

133

Feb

Mar

104

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

100

Sep

108

Oct

134

Nov

145

Dec

139

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 Banc
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	6°	8°	11°	14°	16°	19°	18°	16°	13°	10°	8°
Average low (°C)	2°	2°	3°	4°	7°	10°	12°	12°	10°	8°	5°	3°
Precipitation (mm)	133	94	104	76	73	82	81	100	108	134	145	139

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Banc

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 89 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swansea, 42 km to the southeast.

Airports

Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 89 kmsoutheast
Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 126 kmsoutheast
Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 146 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

Swansea Population: 300.4K 42 kmsoutheast
Cardiff Population: 372.1K 93 kmsoutheast
Newport Population: 161.5K 99 kmeast
Bristol Population: 479K 130 kmsoutheast
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 143 kmeast

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

Day trips from Banc

Within 100 km: 622 historic and cultural sites, 1,772 natural sites, 174 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km239 places

Ynys Isaf Island 15 kmSE
Ynys Fawr Island 20 kmNW
Mynydd Pen-bre Mountain 24 kmS
Moelfre Mountain 12 kmNW

25–60 km826 places

Poppit Sands Beach 33 kmNW
Manorbier Beach Beach 46 kmSW
Broad Haven South Beach Beach 54 kmSW
Mwnt beach Beach 32 kmNW

60–100 km1,503 places

St Justinian Natural site 68 kmW
Porth Clais Natural site 66 kmW
Port Selau Natural site 68 kmW
Saunton Sands Beach 92 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Llanpumsaint Village, Llanpumsaint
2.5 km N
Pentre-Morgan Village, Bronwydd
1.9 km S
Cwmdwyfran Village, Bronwydd
2.5 km S
Bronwydd Municipality, Carmarthenshire
2.9 km S
Carmarthen City, Carmarthen
7.4 km S
Bronwydd Village, Bronwydd
3 km SE

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Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Allt Foel-fawr Mountain, Newchurch and Merthyr
2.4 km SW
Bryn-meillion Mountain, Llanpumsaint
2.8 km E
Allt y Fawnen Mountain, Llanllawddog
3.1 km E
Bryn-biettyn Mountain, Llanllawddog
3.9 km NE
Allt Pant Glas Historic site, Llanpumsaint
2.1 km SE
Foelcwan Mountain, Newchurch and Merthyr
5.1 km S
Penlan Voss Mountain, Carmarthen
5.2 km S
Crug Fâch Mountain, Cynwyl Elfed
5.4 km N

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Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026