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Aberdeen Castle

Aberdeen Castle is a castle in Aberdeen City. A short trip away is St Mary's Cathedral, 1.1 km off, the first of 21 within 15 km. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 8 languages.

Photo: Aberdeen Castle, Anthony Foster (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Aberdeen

inside the locality

How well known

Top 12%

#1,023 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jul–Aug

highs of 18–18°C

In brief

Castle in Aberdeen

Inside Aberdeen

Aberdeen Castle is inside Aberdeen’s locality, with 16 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

Highs in Aberdeen reach 18°C in July and August.

Jan7° / 1°69 mm

Feb7° / 1°65 mm

Mar9° / 2°54 mm

Apr11° / 4°58 mm

May13° / 6°53 mm

Jun16° / 9°67 mm

Jul18° / 11°74 mm

Aug18° / 11°72 mm

Sep16° / 9°60 mm

Oct12° / 6°99 mm

Nov9° / 3°91 mm

Dec7° / 1°77 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Aberdeen, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Aberdeen. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Aberdeen’s full climate →

About

Aberdeen Castle

Castle in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK.

In Aberdeen, inside the town’s locality.

Type: Castle
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Aberdeen

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Around Aberdeen Castle, mapped

Numbered points are the places near Aberdeen Castle, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Among the 8, Aberdeen is the biggest, home to 192,968 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Aberdeen

192,968 people · 21 places to visit

2 · 4.5 km south of it

Cove Bay

7,926 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 8 km west of it

Kingswells

4,776 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 8.3 km northwest of it

Dyce

6,998 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Aberdeen Castle is	People	Places to visit
Aberdeen	It’s in town	192,968	21
Cove Bay	4.5 km south of it	7,926	12
Kingswells	8 km west of it	4,776	4
Dyce	8.3 km northwest of it	6,998	4
Milltimber	9.7 km southwest of it	3,049	6
Portlethen	10 km south of it	8,965	3
Peterculter	12 km southwest of it	4,359	5
Westhill	12 km west of it	11,778	1

Make a day of it

More near Aberdeen Castle

The 21 places within 15 km include 3 cathedrals, 3 museums and a theme park.

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral1.1 km away 2

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral200 m away 3

CathedralSt Machar's Cathedral2.4 km away 4

MuseumAberdeen Art Gallery800 m away 5

MuseumAberdeen Maritime Museum400 m away 6

MuseumTolbooth Museum300 m away 7

Theme parkCodona's Amusement Park700 m away 8

GardenCruickshank Botanic Garden2.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is Aberdeen Castle?

Aberdeen Castle is in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, inside the town’s locality.

What is Aberdeen Castle?

Castle in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Aberdeen Castle?

July and August are the warmest months in Aberdeen, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Aberdeen Castle?

Within 15 km: St Mary's Cathedral (1.1 km), St Andrew's Cathedral (200 m), St Machar's Cathedral (2.4 km) and Aberdeen Art Gallery (800 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Aberdeen Castle: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Andrew's Cathedral: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Machar's Cathedral: PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdeen Art Gallery: Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Aberdeen Maritime Museum: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tolbooth Museum: Ragazzi99, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Codona's Amusement Park: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cruickshank Botanic Garden: PMJ at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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