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Portree

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.1993,Lat: 57.4042
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	14:54:06pm
At island	Skye
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Highland
Name Electoral Ward	Eilean a'Cheo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heatherfield	1.3 km	South
2 Penifiler	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Torvaig	2.4 km	NorthEast
4 Achachork	3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Glengrasco	4.2 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	215 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	314 km	South
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	377 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Portree lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Lundie (1.4 km² at a distance of 32.4 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 269.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 377 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 68%, hill: 30%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is wet-nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 202 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Benbecula Airport (at a distance of 70 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.2 km2

4.7%

Nature

25.4 km2

37.1%

Wet nature

27.8 km2

40.6%

Agriculture

9.8 km2

14.3%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.8%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portree in country Scotland

Portree at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	149 km	WestNorthWest
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	232 km	SouthEast
3 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	241 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Portree

Type of weather in Portree	light rain
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 15 August 2026:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:08 Europe/Amsterdam