Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
78.6km²
Area
96km
Coastline
141m
Highest point
Ben Hynish
653
People
14°C
Warmest sea
August
788km
To the mainland
When to go to Tiree
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (14 °C) and coolest in March (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.
Most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
Tiree is an island in United Kingdom. It belongs to Inner Hebrides. It covers 78.6 km², with 96 km of coastline. Its highest point, Ben Hynish, rises to 141 m. About 653 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 788 km away.
Getting there
- Tiree Airport (TRE)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire at LDY airport (Derry, Derry and Strabane)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesOban - Coll - Tiree, Barra - Tiree
- 788 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 Tiree.
- 87beachesPort Ceit, Tràigh Ghrianal, An Fhaoileann and 84 more
- 2ferry terminalsScarinish Ferry Terminal
- 9named peaksCàrnan Mòr, Ben Hynish, Beinn Hough and 6 more
- 40ruins and archaeological sitesBarrapol CHB, Ben Hough WWII CHL, Ben Hough WWII site and 37 more
- 1campsitesBalinoe Campsite
- 7hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 4restaurants, cafés and bars
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
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Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Tiree, each with its own numbers.
4lakesLakeyas
Largest lake
0.82km²
Loch a' Phuill
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
17.1°C
Loch Bhasapoll
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
4 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Loch a' Phuill0.82km²
- Loch Bhasapoll0.41km²
- Loch Riaghain0.21km²
- Loch an Eilein0.15km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 13 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.
- 97 %0–50 m
- 3 %50–200 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) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
| Night low (°C) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| Sea (°C) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 159 | 118 | 109 | 75 | 87 | 88 | 100 | 124 | 111 | 156 | 150 | 162 |
| Wet days | 23 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 0.3 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Wind (km/h) | 37 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 35 |
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 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.4 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | −0.1 | +0.3 | +0.1 |
| 2021 | −0.7 | −0.3 | +0.3 | +0.3 | ±0.0 | −0.2 | +1.3 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.2 |
| 2022 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.6 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +1.2 | +0.8 |
| 2023 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +2.2 | +1.4 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.4 |
| 2024 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +1.2 | −0.3 | −0.2 | −0.3 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.5 | +0.5 |
| 2025 | +1.1 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +1.2 | +1.7 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +0.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q511617) · 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 | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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