12% chance of a view, in cloud all day.
The summit sits about 789 m inside the layer.
Forecast for Friday 16 October, built 2026-10-16 16:22 UTC and rebuilt twice a day. A high number is close to reliable, a low one is barely better than a shrug: how reliable is this?
The hill
- Lists
- Munro
- Height
- 1,245 m (146 m of drop)
- Area
- Cairngorms
- County
- Highland, Moray, Scotland
- Grid ref
- NJ005040
- OS Landranger
- 36
- Summit
- rock at base of large cairn
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:50 ESE
- Sunset
- 17:09 WSW
- Daylight
- 10.32 hours
About Cairn Gorm
Cairn Gorm is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. It is part of the Cairngorms range and wider Grampian Mountains. With a summit elevation of 1,245 m (4,085 ft) above sea level, Cairn Gorm is classed as a Munro and is the sixth-highest mountain in the British Isles. The high, broad domed summit overlooking Strathspey is one of the most readily identifiable mountains from the nearby town and regional centre of Aviemore. Although it shares its name with the Cairngorm mountains, Ben Macdui is the highest mountain in the range.
Hour by hour, Friday 16 October
| Hour | View | Cloud base | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 47% | 409 m | -0.7° | 21 W |
| 08:00 | 8% | 360 m | -0.8° | 16 W |
| 10:00 | 10% | 416 m | -0.6° | 19 WNW |
| 12:00 | 11% | 456 m | -0.1° | 17 NW |
| 14:00 | 11% | 445 m | 0.0° | 22 NW |
| 16:00 | 22% | 463 m | -0.1° | 22 NW |
| 18:00 | 16% | 438 m | -0.4° | 23 NW |
| 20:00 | 11% | 456 m | -0.5° | 25 NNW |
Nearby
Beinn Mheadhoin · Bynack More · Beinn a' Chaorainn · Ben Macdui · Derry Cairngorm · Braeriach
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