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Mountain

Banc y Garreg

Located in Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire Coordinates: 52°00′51″ N 3°53′14″ W

Map showing the location of Banc y Garreg Banc y Garreg
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
332 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Porth-y-rhyd
0.4 km NE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
July–August
See the climate
Airports
CWL Cardiff International Airport78 km
BRS Bristol Airport107 km

About Banc y Garreg

Banc y Garreg is a mountain. Location: Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire. Elevation: 332 m. The best months to visit are July–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (78 km). Nearby sights include Banc Bwlchdrebannau and Allt Troed-y-rhiw.

Climate of Banc y Garreg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 182 mm

Hottest month
July (day 18°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
December (184 mm)
Driest month
May (87 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 Banc y Garreg
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°8°10°13°16°18°18°15°12°9°7°
Average low (°C)1°1°2°3°6°8°11°10°8°6°3°2°
Precipitation (mm)17612413998879998119133164182184

Other places to visit in this season: July August

How to get to Banc y Garreg

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 78 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swansea, 44 km to the south.

Airports

  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 78 kmsoutheast
  • Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 107 kmsoutheast
  • Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 146 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Swansea Population: 300.4K 44 kmsouth
  • Cardiff Population: 372.1K 77 kmsoutheast
  • Newport Population: 161.5K 78 kmsoutheast
  • Bristol Population: 479K 109 kmsoutheast
  • Gloucester Population: 132.4K 114 kmeast

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

Day trips from Banc y Garreg

Within 100 km: 914 historic and cultural sites, 2,332 natural sites, 179 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km309 places

  • Trichrug Mountain 14 kmS
  • Mynydd Llanybyther Mountain 17 kmW
  • Garn Gron Mountain 25 kmN
  • Mynydd Figyn Mountain 13 kmSW

25–60 km1,236 places

  • Poppit Sands Beach 56 kmW
  • Mwnt beach Beach 53 kmW
  • Tresaith Beach Beach 45 kmW
  • Llangrannog's Beach Beach 43 kmW

60–100 km1,880 places

  • St Justinian Natural site 99 kmW
  • Porth Clais Natural site 97 kmW
  • Port Selau Natural site 99 kmW
  • Putsborough Beach Beach 99 kmS

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