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Mountain

Drochaid Ghlas

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°25′48″ N 5°06′35″ W

Map showing the location of Drochaid Ghlas Drochaid Ghlas
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
1,024 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Lochawe
5.2 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport75 km
PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport109 km

About Drochaid Ghlas

Drochaid Ghlas is a mountain. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Elevation: 1,024 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (75 km). Nearby sights include Stob Diamh and Ben Cruachan.

Climate of Drochaid Ghlas

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 213 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
February (night -4°)
Wettest month
January (230 mm)
Driest month
May (96 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).

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Climate of Drochaid Ghlas
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)0°1°2°5°8°10°12°11°9°6°3°1°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-3°-2°1°3°5°5°3°1°-2°-4°
Precipitation (mm)2301501711059698115137185211213216

How to get to Drochaid Ghlas

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 75 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 82 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 75 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 109 kmsouth
  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 109 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 82 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 130 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 132 kmeast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 200 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 211 kmsouth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Drochaid Ghlas

Within 100 km: 101 historic and cultural sites, 4,171 natural sites, 1,383 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km487 places

  • Eriska Island 22 kmNW
  • Inishail Island 7 kmS
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 6 kmSE
  • Eilean nan Caorach Island 24 kmNW

25–60 km2,079 places

  • Scarba Island 47 kmSW
  • Oronsay Island 56 kmNW
  • Cala Island 56 kmSW
  • Torsa Island Island 37 kmSW

60–100 km3,089 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 93 kmS
  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 75 kmS
  • Colonsay Island 80 kmSW
  • Eigg Island 83 kmNW

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