Mountain

Penglais

Located in Tirymynach, Ceredigion Coordinates: 52°25′42″ N 4°04′00″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 152 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Aberystwyth; 1.8 km SW
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CWL Cardiff International Airport125 km; LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport130 km

About Penglais

Penglais is a mountain. Location: Tirymynach, Ceredigion. Elevation: 152 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (125 km). Nearby sights include Constitution Hill and Clarach Bay.

Photos of Penglais

Allt Wen Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0
St Michael's Church Tanya Dedyukhina · CC BY 3.0
Tan y Castell PKwicipics · CC BY-SA 3.0
Castell Gwallter Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0
Castell Gwarcwm Nigel Callaghan · CC BY-SA 2.0

Climate of Penglais

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 10° · Night 4° · Rain 134 mm

Hottest month: July (day 18°)
Coldest month: February (night 2°)
Wettest month: November (134 mm)
Driest month: May (61 mm)

7° 2°

9° 3°

11° 4°

14° 6°

17° 9°

18° 11°

16° 9°

13° 7°

10° 4°

8° 3°

Jan

116

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

101

Oct

124

Nov

134

Dec

128

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 Penglais
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	9°	11°	14°	17°	18°	18°	16°	13°	10°	8°
Average low (°C)	2°	2°	3°	4°	6°	9°	11°	11°	9°	7°	4°	3°
Precipitation (mm)	116	84	96	65	61	78	78	95	101	124	134	128

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Penglais

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 125 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swansea, 90 km to the south.

Airports

Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 125 kmsoutheast
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 130 kmnortheast
Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 149 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

Swansea Population: 300.4K 90 kmsouth
Telford Population: 155.6K 113 kmeast
Newport Population: 161.5K 119 kmsoutheast
Cardiff Population: 372.1K 122 kmsoutheast
Worcester Population: 101.7K 129 kmeast

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

Day trips from Penglais

Within 100 km: 784 historic and cultural sites, 2,556 natural sites, 214 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km262 places

Cefn Mountain 21 kmNE
Plynlimon Mountain 20 kmE
Mynydd Bach Mountain 16 kmS
Constitution Hill Mountain 1 kmW

25–60 km1,177 places

Poppit Sands Beach 56 kmSW
Mwnt beach Beach 51 kmSW
Tresaith Beach Beach 45 kmSW
Llangrannog's Beach Beach 41 kmSW

60–100 km2,115 places

Anglesey Island 97 kmN
Whistling Sands Beach 63 kmNW
Traeth Penllech Beach 65 kmNW
Porth Towyn Beach Beach 65 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Aberystwyth Town, Aberystwyth
1.8 km SW
Bow Street Village, Tirymynach
3.1 km NE
Penparcau Village, Aberystwyth
2.8 km S
Pen-y-Bont Neighbourhood, Tirymynach
0.9 km NE
Llangorwen Village, Tirymynach
1 km NE
Wallog Village, Tirymynach
2.6 km N

Penglais

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Constitution Hill Mountain, Aberystwyth
1.2 km W
Clarach Bay Natural site, United Kingdom
1.3 km NW
Ffynnon Caradog Mountain, Faenor
1.6 km E
Cribin Llwyd Mountain, Tirymynach
1.9 km N
Moelcerni Mountain, Tirymynach
3.2 km N
Pendinas Mountain, Aberystwyth
3.2 km S
Aberystwyth Castle Historic site, Aberystwyth
2.3 km SW
St Michael's Church Attraction, Aberystwyth
2.2 km SW

Penglais

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026