Selected representative ERA5-Land grid cell at about 155 m; not a claim about every route across the region.
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| Month | Hiking-hour temperature | Wet days per month | Days with modelled snow | Daylight | Season guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.0°C | ≈ 23.2 | 11.8% | 7 h 30 min | No recommendation |
| February → | 5.0°C | ≈ 20.8 | 12.8% | 9 h 30 min | View month |
| March → | 6.0°C | ≈ 20.7 | 8.6% | 11 h 54 min | View month |
| April → | 7.8°C | ≈ 17.6 | 1.4% | 14 h 18 min | View month |
| May → | 10.4°C | ≈ 17.5 | 0% | 16 h 36 min | Best month |
| June → | 12.3°C | ≈ 18.5 | 0% | 17 h 54 min | Best month |
| July → | 13.9°C | ≈ 20.7 | 0% | 17 h 12 min | Best month |
| August → | 13.9°C | ≈ 21.3 | 0% | 15 h 12 min | View month |
| September → | 12.4°C | ≈ 19.7 | 0% | 12 h 48 min | View month |
| October → | 9.8°C | ≈ 22.7 | 0% | 10 h 18 min | View month |
| November → | 7.3°C | ≈ 23.1 | 2% | 8 h 06 min | View month |
| December | 5.4°C | ≈ 22.9 | 8.7% | 6 h 48 min | No recommendation |
Historical climate at one selected model cell. Higher routes, sheltered valleys and exposed ridges can differ substantially.
Model elevation: 155 m · Historical period: 1991–2025
Trail wind is not available here. This model does not resolve exposed ridges or gusts; check a local mountain forecast.
Selected cell: 57.3, -6.2
Temperature sampling window (local time, limited to daylight): 08:00–18:00.
A wet day has at least 1 mm of total precipitation (including snow water equivalent). It may rain for only part of the day.
A snow day meets either model threshold: 10% snow cover or 2 cm snow depth.
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The monthly value represents the selected representative ERA5-Land grid cell. It deliberately does not pretend to describe every route across the region.
57.3, -6.2 · 155 m
The record for these months is complete. They carry no hiking score because at least one critical component is at or below 20, and we would rather say so here than publish a weak recommendation.
Isle of Skye sits at about 155.3 metres and has no closed hiking season. In all 10 scored months, temperature, rainfall and snow stay inside the limits at which we withhold a recommendation. Temperature moves 8.9 degrees across the year, from 5 in January to 14 in July.
Although the whole year clears the recommendation gate, the months are not interchangeable. Rain falls on about 56 percent of days in May, compared with 77 percent in November. Hikers prioritising drier conditions should start with May, then compare its temperature with July.
The wettest month is November, with rain on 77 percent of days; the driest is May at 56 percent. That spread, not temperature, sets the calendar here.
The strongest scored month is June: about 12 degrees in the hiking window, rain on 62 percent of days, and 18 hours of daylight.
Every figure comes from one selected ERA5-Land model grid cell at 57.30, -6.20, 155.3 metres, averaged over 1991 to 2025. It describes that point rather than every route in the region, and it is not a forecast. Wind is coarse 10 metre grid wind, not a statement about exposed paths or gusts.
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