Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Cairngorms National Park and Monadhliath. Also includes the Ben Alder area hills between Loch Ericht and Loch Laggan.
Monday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Patchwork of cloud and sun
Dry most or all day. A mix of cloud and sunshine. Occasional cloud banks drifting over higher slopes, lifting above the tops.
Clear
Excellent or superb visibility, no navigation issues.
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
Monday 10th August 2026
Last updated
Sun 9th Aug 26 at
2:06PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Windy in northern and western Scotland, particularly morning. Elsewhere, the breeze dropping away. Periods of bright sunshine, particularly England and Wales - beware sunburn. Only occasional sunshine toward NW Scotland.
Headline for Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Windy, particularly north, morning - will ease. Extensively fine.
How windy? (On the Munros)
Northwesterly, after dawn in the range 25mph to 35 to locally 40mph, strongest Cairngorms and Deeside, least windy toward and southwest of Dalwhinnie. Gradually dropping to in the range 10 to 20mph by late afternoon.
Effect of the wind on you?
Expect significant buffeting on higher areas in morning, particularly N & E summits in Cairngorms NP, before conditions progressively ease.
How Wet?
Risk isolated showers
Chance isolated brief shower.
Cloud on the hills?
Confined to higher tops
Cloud base will rise morning; by late morning, cloud rare below 1100m with most or probably all summits then clearing.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
Rising through morning to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Patches of bright sunshine. Excellent or increasingly superb visibility.
How Cold? (at 900m)
4C, gradually rising toward 12C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Tuesday 11th August 2026
Last updated
Sun 9th Aug 26 at
2:06PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southerly 10 to 15mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Mostly negligible
How Wet?
Rain not expected
Cloud on the hills?
Perhaps foggy 'mid-slopes' morning (higher tops above the cloud).
In morning cloud above about 500m perhaps widely southern Cairngorms NP, although little if any Monadhliath east to N Cairngorms. The top of the cloud probably 1000m. The cloud will gradually disperse mid to late morning, isolated patches into afternoon.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
80% (some lower areas foggy morning)
Sunshine and air clarity?
More or less unbroken sunshine developing although often through high thin cloud. Possibly cloudy some areas morning. Superb visibility.
How Cold? (at 900m)
7C rising to 16C
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Cairngorms NP and Monadhliath
Wednesday 12th August 2026
Last updated
Sun 9th Aug 26 at
2:06PM
How windy? (On the Munros)
Southerly increasing from around 10mph lower slopes to 30mph, locally 35 or 40mph on higher tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Will increasingly impede ease of walking with height; sudden gusts, in places blowing downslope off higher terrain.
How Wet?
Risk of a burst of showery rain
A few showers, some briefly heavy, but substantially dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Little if any
Chance cloud covering higher tops at times, most likely above 600 to 900m and confined to the morning, east from Ben Alder to southern summits in Cairngorms NP.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
70%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Intermittent sunshine. Excellent visibility although slight haze.
How Cold? (at 900m)
11 rising to 16C.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Chance of bursts of rain, possibly locally thundery on Wednesday NW England northwards, with further occasional rain (and low cloud) later in the week, mainly across the W & NW Highlands. The almost completely dry and warm weather will persist elsewhere. Underfoot conditions will remain exceptionally dry. There may well be little change in the pattern into next week.