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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 11–17 °C (52–63 °F)
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- F6°2°56
- M7°3°66
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- M12°7°62
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- J17°11°74
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- S14°10°79
- O11°7°95
- N8°5°83
- D6°2°79
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Pencaitland Railway Walk is a local hiking route of about 10 km (6 mi) in East Lothian, United Kingdom. It lies about 2.4 km southeast of Pencaitland. By long-term climate averages, the best months are May–Oct.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 10 km · 6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 2.4 km SE of Pencaitland (East Lothian, Scotland) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- East Lothian
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Route centre
- 55.9036, -2.9420
- Route start
- 55.8892, -2.8740
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 150428
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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