- Elevation
- 842 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- CWL Cardiff International Airport54 km
- BRS Bristol Airport75 km
About Brecon Beacons
Brecon Beacons is a mountain. Location: Glyn Tarell, Powys. Elevation: 842 m. The best months to visit are July. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (54 km). Nearby sights include Corn Du and Pen y Fan.
Photos of Brecon Beacons
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Cilwhybert Motte Alan Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Brecon Beacons
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: July.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 166 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 16°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -3°)
- Wettest month
- December (175 mm)
- Driest month
- July (81 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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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 2° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -3° | -2° | 0° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 8° | 6° | 3° | 0° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 174 | 122 | 130 | 91 | 84 | 89 | 81 | 108 | 123 | 146 | 166 | 175 |
Other places to visit in this season: July
How to get to Brecon Beacons
The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 54 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newport, 45 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 54 kmsouth
- Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 75 kmsoutheast
- Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 128 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Newport Population: 161.5K 45 kmsoutheast
- Swansea Population: 300.4K 45 kmsouthwest
- Cardiff Population: 372.1K 48 kmsouth
- Bristol Population: 479K 75 kmsoutheast
- Gloucester Population: 132.4K 83 kmeast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Brecon Beacons
Within 100 km: 1,000 historic and cultural sites, 2,363 natural sites, 171 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km247 places
- Llangorse Lake Lake 14 kmNE
- Talybont Reservoir Lake 10 kmE
- Pen y Fan Mountain 1 kmNE
- Pen y Gader-fawr Mountain 24 kmE
25–60 km1,422 places
- Barry Island Island 55 kmS
- Sully Island Island 57 kmS
- Ynys Isaf Island 54 kmW
- Middle Head Island 51 kmSW
60–100 km1,865 places
- Poppit Sands Beach 90 kmW
- Putsborough Beach Beach 98 kmSW
- Kilve Beach Beach 78 kmS
- Manorbier Beach Beach 98 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Brecon Town, Brecon8.1 km NE -
Llanfrynach Municipality, Powys3.5 km E
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Libanus Village, Glyn Tarell4.5 km N
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Brecon Municipality, Powys8.4 km NE
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Tai'r Bull Village, Glyn Tarell4.9 km N
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Cantref Village, Llanfrynach5.7 km NE
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Corn Du Mountain, Glyn Tarell<0.1 km N
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Pen y Fan Mountain, Llanfrynach0.6 km NE
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Craig Gwaun Taf Mountain, Glyn Tarell0.6 km S
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Cribyn Mountain, Llanfrynach1.7 km E
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Y Gyrn Mountain, Glyn Tarell1.8 km W
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Afon Hepste River, Llanfrynach0.8 km E
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Fan y Big Mountain, Llanfrynach3 km E
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Brecon Beacons National Park Natural site, Wales3 km E
Sources & licences
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