Mountain Conditions
Scotland Mountain Weather
Current conditions and forecasts for Scotland's most popular walking areas — summit temperatures, wind, daylight and seasonal notes.
Scotland\'s mountain weather is among the most severe in Europe. Summit temperatures, wind speeds and visibility can differ dramatically from valley conditions — a sunny day in Fort William provides no indication of what is happening at 1,345m on Ben Nevis. Always check an official mountain forecast from MWIS or the Met Office before any hill day.
Mountain Weather Information Service — specialist Scottish mountain forecasts
Scottish Avalanche Information Service — avalanche forecasts November–May
Mountain forecast: summit temperatures and wind for major Scottish peaks
Weather by location
Ben Nevis
Lochaber
Ben Nevis (1,345m) has one of the most severe summit climates in the British Isles.
Cairngorm
Cairngorms
Cairngorm (1,245m) is the sixth-highest mountain in the UK and the centrepiece of the Cairngorm plateau — the largest area of land above 900m in Britain.
Glencoe
Lochaber
Glencoe sits in a dramatic glaciated valley on the western Highland edge, receiving the full force of Atlantic weather systems.
Ben Lomond
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs
Ben Lomond (974m) is Scotland's most southerly Munro and one of its most visited.
Isle of Skye
Isle of Skye
The Isle of Skye has the most unpredictable weather in Scotland — its position as the first landmass catching Atlantic systems from the south-west means rapid changes, extreme rainfall (up to 3,500mm annually in the Cuillin) and persistent low cloud on the ridges.
Torridon
Northwest Highlands
Torridon holds some of Scotland's most ancient and dramatic mountain terrain — Liathach (1,055m) and Beinn Alligin (986m) rise from near sea level in Torridonian sandstone that is 750 million years old.
Aviemore & Cairngorm
Cairngorms
Aviemore is the main gateway town for the Cairngorms and sits at approximately 230m in the Spey valley below the plateau.
Fort William
Lochaber
Fort William sits at the head of Loch Linnhe and the foot of Glen Nevis — the wettest town in Scotland with annual rainfall exceeding 2,000mm.
Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs
Loch Lomond sits at the Highland Boundary Fault — a geological transition zone between the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands.
Glen Affric
Northern Highlands
Glen Affric is widely regarded as Scotland's most beautiful glen — a long, deep valley of Caledonian pine forest, lochs and remote Munros extending west from Cannich.