Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2017 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
107km²
Area
78km
Coastline
812m
Highest point
Askival
22
People
14°C
Warmest sea
August
734km
To the mainland
When to go to Rùm
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (14 °C) and coolest in February (8 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, UK, one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides
Rùm is an island in United Kingdom. It covers 107 km², with 78 km of coastline. Its highest point, Askival, rises to 812 m. About 22 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 734 km away.
Getting there
- Tiree Airport (TRE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 64 km in a straight lineCar hire at INV airport (Inverness)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesEigg - Rùm
- 734 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Rùm.
- 8beaches
- 1ferry terminals
- 24named peaksAskival, Ainshval, Sgùrr nan Gillean and 21 more
- 10waterfalls
- 1castles and fortsKinloch Castle
- 51ruins and archaeological sites
- 7waymarked walking routesNorth Side Nature Trail, Port na Caranean, Kilmory Bay and 4 more
- 1campsites
- 3hotels, guesthouses and apartments
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Rùm in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Rùm, each with its own numbers.
1beachCoastya
9mountainsPeakyas
Highest point
812m
Askival
prominence 812 m · according to Peakyas
Beach with the warmest sea
14.0°C
Wreck Bay
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
9 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Askivalprominence 812 m812m
- Sgùrr nan Gillean764m
- Orvalprominence 406 m571m
- Ainshval
- Hallival
- Ruinsival
- Àrd Nev
- Trollabhal
1 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 214 m above the sea. 53 % of it is below 200 m.
- 11 %0–50 m
- 42 %50–200 m
- 41 %200–500 m
- 5 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
10 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| Night low (°C) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Sea (°C) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 181 | 130 | 123 | 85 | 100 | 101 | 117 | 139 | 138 | 170 | 162 | 180 |
| Wet days | 23 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Wind (km/h) | 31 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.9 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.1 | −0.2 | +0.3 | +0.3 |
| 2021 | −0.8 | −0.2 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +1.5 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.4 |
| 2022 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +1.2 | +1.0 |
| 2023 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +2.1 | +1.3 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.4 |
| 2024 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +1.4 | −0.3 | −0.3 | −0.4 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.5 | +0.5 |
| 2025 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +1.4 | +1.6 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +0.6 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q278082) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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