Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath. Also includes the Ben Alder area hills between Loch Ericht and Loch Laggan.
Sunday's Forecast
Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
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Moderate breeze, locally gusty
A noticeable breeze, feeling cool where exposed on tops. Locally may be gusty, but unlikely to affect walking progress. 15-25mph.
Patchy rain or drizzle
Rain on and off, or generally drizzly - total amounts small, but may be persistently damp, especially where hills are shrouded in cloud.
Cool to mild
Air temperature 5 to 10C on higher terrain. Comfortable temperatures on lower terrain, but feeling chilly if exposed to wind higher up, especially if stationary. Pack extra layers.
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Sunday 14th June 2026
Last updated
Sat 13th Jun 26 at
3:52PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Some early drizzle and patchy light rain in northern Scotland fades by afternoon. Elsewhere dry all day and often sunny though some high cloud weakening sun in places; sun may be more patchy east Scotland and later northern England. Warm southern Pennines and Wales. Light wind, though starting blustery in east Scotland.
Headline for Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Light patchy rain early, dry afternoon with sun; early wind eases
How windy? (On the Munros)
Northwesterly 20-30mph early, strongest east where gusting 35-40mph in the early morning hours. Shifting northerly and largely 20mph over tops by early afternoon, and later 10-15mph; always windiest east.
Effect of the wind on you?
Blustery on the high tops in the morning, early gusts in the east will challenge stability with a notable wind chill. Easing, to mostly small effects by later afternoon.
How Wet?
Light patchy rain fades
Some fine drizzle over the Cairngorm plateau in the morning with patches of rain drifting from the north; a few brief heavier falls may affect high northern slopes. A fading trend, the hills likely entirely dry by mid-afternoon.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting to high terrain, breaking up later
Most terrain above 900m shrouded at dawn, patchy lower banks to 600-700m northern Cairngorms and Monadhliath. Cloud bases rises with time, south Cairngorm slopes soon largely clear, banks cling to summits and high northern slopes until afternoon, but then breaking up later afternoon.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
30%, rising to 80% later afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patchy sun on south slopes; northern slopes may be slow to see substantial sun breaks, but more widely sunny later afternoon. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 900m)
5C rising to 9C, or to 10C slopes near Drumochter; slopes near and north of Ben Avon only rising to 8C. Feeling below freezing in early wind, but wind chill eases.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Monday 15th June 2026
Last updated
Sat 13th Jun 26 at
3:52PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Variable less than 10mph, orienting south-southeasterly and rising to 10-15mph evening.
Effect of the wind on you?
Negligible.
How Wet?
Little or no rain
Odd spots of drizzly rain may drift from the north just at dawn, but the Munros otherwise dry until some well-scattered patches approach from the southwest as night falls.
Cloud on the hills?
Likely lifting to or above tops
Detail uncertain, but banks of cloud at various heights in the morning, locally extensive, high tops probably covered, and some fog in glens and corries as well. Cloud lifts, isolating to high terrain, some breaks to tops, but banks also returning from the south.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
50%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Broken cloud, some extended sunny periods, high cloud building later. Very good visibility.
How Cold? (at 900m)
3 to 5C at dawn, coolest Ben Avon, rising to 8 to 10C, always coolest east; cooling, but a milder night than recently.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Tuesday 16th June 2026
Last updated
Sat 13th Jun 26 at
3:52PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southerly 10-20mph, trending higher with time, tops speeds up to 30mph over high Cairngorms afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small for a time, but increasingly blustery, walking becoming impeded in exposure and feeling chilly.
How Wet?
Patchy rain on and off
Patchy rain from the southwest affecting hills in the morning, a drier window likely but some light patches may continue to drift into southern areas (notably Deeside). Later, a risk of more frequent falls.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensive, local improvement
Terrain above 900m probably shrouded all day, Drumochter to Deeside shrouded to 500-600m. Some rise afternoon, perhaps some higher breaks northernmost slopes, but then returning widely extensively into evening.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
10%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely overcast, a few brighter moments possible north. Poor visibility on high terrain due to fog, better under cloud.
How Cold? (at 900m)
6C rising to 9C, or 10C northern Cairngorm slopes. Feeling just above freezing in direct wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Through Monday, cloud will return from the southwest and bring some patchy rain with it. From Tuesday onward, a variable southwesterly will dominate through at least mid-week. Windy at times with periods of rain, drizzle and low cloud most persistent in the west; Tuesday into Wednesday is likely a wetter and unsettled period, with the unsettled weather lingering well into Wednesday in Scotland. Warmest in England and Wales, but may stay cooler in Scotland as low pressure to the northwest recycles air from the north Atlantic back onto the Munros. Pressure generally trending higher later in the week, centred southeast of England, but low pressure to the west of Ireland will prevent any extended settled periods with more windy, wet weather at times next weekend; temperatures likely become more widely warm.