Mountain

Penychain

Located in Llannor, Gwynedd Coordinates: 52°54′00″ N 4°20′26″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 37 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Chwilog; 2.3 km N
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–September; See the climate
Airports: LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport111 km; IOM Isle of Man Airport133 km

About Penychain

Penychain is a mountain. Location: Llannor, Gwynedd. Elevation: 37 m. The best months to visit are June–September. The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (111 km). Nearby sights include Clogwynbach and Garn Bentyrch.

Photos of Penychain

Criccieth Beach Bob Embleton · CC BY-SA 2.0
Criccieth Castle Barry Skeates from newbury, UK · CC BY 2.0

Climate of Penychain

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 11° · Night 6° · Rain 121 mm

Hottest month: August (day 19°)
Coldest month: February (night 3°)
Wettest month: November (121 mm)
Driest month: May (59 mm)

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10° 4°

12° 5°

15° 8°

17° 10°

19° 12°

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17° 11°

14° 9°

11° 6°

9° 4°

Jan

104

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

112

Nov

121

Dec

114

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 Penychain
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	8°	8°	10°	12°	15°	17°	19°	19°	17°	14°	11°	9°
Average low (°C)	4°	3°	4°	5°	8°	10°	12°	13°	11°	9°	6°	4°
Precipitation (mm)	104	76	87	63	59	67	67	85	92	112	121	114

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Penychain

The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), 111 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Birkenhead, 104 km to the northeast.

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 111 kmnortheast
Isle of Man Airport (IOM) Castletown, Rushen 133 kmnorth
Dublin Airport (DUB) Dublin 141 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Birkenhead Population: 325.3K 104 kmnortheast
Liverpool Population: 496.8K 107 kmnortheast
St Helens Population: 183.2K 124 kmnortheast
Warrington Population: 172.3K 130 kmnortheast
Telford Population: 155.6K 130 kmeast

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

Day trips from Penychain

Within 100 km: 368 historic and cultural sites, 1,779 natural sites, 158 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km183 places

Traeth Penllech Beach 22 kmW
Porth Towyn Beach Beach 20 kmW
Ynys Tywyn Island 15 kmE
Saint Tudwals Island West Island 14 kmSW

25–60 km871 places

Anglesey Island 43 kmN
Whistling Sands Beach 27 kmW
Traeth Lligwy Beach 52 kmN
West Mouse Island 59 kmN

60–100 km1,251 places

Poppit Sands Beach 91 kmS
Mwnt beach Beach 87 kmS
Tresaith Beach Beach 86 kmS
Llangrannog's Beach Beach 83 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Chwilog Village, Llanystumdwy
2.3 km N
Hafan y Mor Village, Llanystumdwy
0.8 km NE
Afon Wen Village, Llanystumdwy
1.8 km NE
Pwllheli Village, Pwllheli
5.1 km W
Abererch Village, Llannor
3 km W
Llanarmon Village, Llanystumdwy
3.2 km N

Penychain

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Clogwynbach Mountain, Llannor
4.2 km W
Garn Bentyrch Mountain, Llanystumdwy
5.8 km N
Tomen Fawr Historic site, Llanystumdwy
3.1 km NE
Criccieth Castle Mountain, Criccieth
7.5 km E
Criccieth Beach Beach, Criccieth
7.8 km E
Mynydd Carnguwch Mountain, Pistyll
8.5 km NW
Tremadog Bay Natural site, Wales
7.1 km SE
Lleyn Peninsula Natural site, Llanbedrog
11 km W

Penychain

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026