- Elevation
- 924 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- INV Inverness Airport57 km
- DND Dundee Airport80 km
About Loch Etchachan
Loch Etchachan is a lake. Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Elevation: 924 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (57 km). Nearby sights include Carn Etchachan and Creagan a' Choire Etchachan.
Photos of Loch Etchachan
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Ben Macdui Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Cairn Toul Graham Ellis · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Bynack More Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Beinn Bhreac Stuart Meek · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Derry Cairngorm Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Loch Etchachan
This month · November
A wet month
Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 165 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 14°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -4°)
- Wettest month
- January (198 mm)
- Driest month
- June (88 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 1° | 1° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 13° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 2° |
| Average low (°C) | -4° | -4° | -3° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 6° | 6° | 4° | 1° | -2° | -4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 198 | 129 | 147 | 94 | 93 | 88 | 89 | 106 | 140 | 172 | 165 | 166 |
How to get to Loch Etchachan
The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 57 km to the northwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) (88 km). The nearest large city is Dundee, 80 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 57 kmnorthwest
- Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 80 kmsoutheast
- Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) Aberdeen 88 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 80 kmsoutheast
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 94 kmeast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 129 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 141 kmsouth
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 267 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Loch Etchachan
Within 100 km: 86 historic and cultural sites, 3,785 natural sites, 670 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km407 places
- Tom Dubh Island 18 kmW
- Eilean Dubh Island 18 kmW
- Ballochbuie Island Island 24 kmW
- Loch Vrotachan Lake 25 kmSE
25–60 km1,661 places
- Eilean nan Faoileag Island 51 kmNW
- Bàn Eilean Island 59 kmW
- Island of Dundurcas Island 58 kmNE
- Eilean an Righ Island 52 kmW
60–100 km2,473 places
- Balbithan Island Island 81 kmE
- Findlays Seat Mountain 60 kmNE
- Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 74 kmN
- Sunnyside Beach Beach 85 kmNE
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Glenmore Village, Highland9.8 km N
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Aviemore Village, Highland17 km NW
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Muir Village, Aberdeenshire12 km SE
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Boat of Garten Village, Highland20 km N
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Nethy Bridge Village, Highland20 km N
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Inverdruie Village, Highland13 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Carn Etchachan Mountain, Moray0.7 km NW
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Creagan a' Choire Etchachan Mountain, Aberdeenshire0.9 km SE
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Ben Macdui Mountain, Moray2.2 km SW -
Derry Cairngorm Mountain, Aberdeenshire2.5 km SE
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Stacan Dubha Mountain, Moray1.3 km N
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Stob Coire Etchachan Mountain, Aberdeenshire1.8 km E
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Ben Macdui North Top Mountain, Moray1.7 km SW
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Stob Coire Sputan Dearg Mountain, Aberdeenshire2 km SW
Sources & licences
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