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The Honest Truth About When to Visit the Highlands
Every travel site ranks May-September as âbestâ and November-February as âavoid.â Thatâs oversimplified to the point of being wrong. The Highlands arenât a beach holiday â the âbestâ time depends entirely on what you want to experience.
- Late September is the sweet spot most people miss. Tourists have gone home, midges have died off, autumn colours are starting, and accommodation is available without pre-booking. The weather is no worse than July â Scotlandâs summer is famously unreliable anyway.
- June has the longest days and the worst midges. Twenty hours of daylight sounds magical until youâre swatting clouds of biting insects at 10pm. If you visit in June, stay on the coast where the breeze keeps midges away. Inland glens in calm weather are unbearable.
- Winter in the Highlands is genuinely harsh â and genuinely magnificent. Snow-capped Munros, frozen lochs, and empty roads. But single-track roads can close, many B&Bs shut for the season, and daylight runs from 9am to 3:30pm. Itâs not for casual visitors, but itâs unforgettable for prepared ones.
- April is underrated for walking. The hills are clear of snow (mostly), midges havenât arrived, paths are quiet, and spring lambs dot every glen. The only downside is unpredictable rain â but thatâs every month in Scotland.
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