- Elevation
- 267 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- GLA Glasgow Airport58 km
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport91 km
About Glen Shira
Glen Shira is a natural site. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Glen Shira (Gaelic: Gleann Siara, "Glen of the eternal river") is a glen in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, at the northern end of Loch Fyne, just to the north of Inveraray. It is a Special Area of Conservation within the UK, bordered by Beinn Bhuidhe on the Glen Fyne side. Glen Shira is named after the River Shira, which runs through the centre of the glen. The river starts to the northeast at 350 metres elevation, near the start of the River Fyne.
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Photos of Glen Shira
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Beinn Bhuidhe Patrick Mackie · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Glen Shira
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 231 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 16°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- January (259 mm)
- Driest month
- June (107 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) | 5° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 6° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 1° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 8° | 6° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 259 | 167 | 190 | 114 | 110 | 107 | 124 | 148 | 202 | 232 | 231 | 238 |
How to get to Glen Shira
The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 58 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 66 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 58 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 91 kmsouth
- Islay Airport (ILY) Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute 103 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 66 kmsoutheast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 118 kmeast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 127 kmeast
- Belfast Population: 348K 197 kmsouth
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 202 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Glen Shira
Within 100 km: 118 historic and cultural sites, 3,837 natural sites, 1,379 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km464 places
- Inishail Island 11 kmNW
- Fraoch Eilean Island 12 kmN
- Island I Vow Island 19 kmE
- Inveruglas Isle Island 18 kmE
25–60 km1,999 places
- Great Cumbrae Island Island 58 kmS
- Scarba Island 46 kmW
- Eriska Island 38 kmNW
- Cala Island 48 kmSW
60–100 km2,871 places
- Isle of Arran Island 78 kmS
- Colonsay Island 79 kmW
- Eigg Island 99 kmNW
- Ayr Beach Beach 94 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Inveraray Village, Argyll and Bute7.5 km SW -
Clachan Village, Argyll and Bute4.6 km E
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Cairndow Village, Argyll and Bute4.9 km SE
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Ardno Village, Argyll and Bute5.8 km S
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North Tullich Village, Argyll and Bute5.9 km W
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South Tullich Village, Argyll and Bute6.2 km W
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Eilean an Eagaill Island, Argyll and Bute1.2 km NW
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Stuc Scardan Mountain, Argyll and Bute3.3 km W
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Dundarave Mountain, Argyll and Bute3.4 km S
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Kilblaan Burn River, Argyll and Bute2.1 km SW
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Brannie Burn River, Argyll and Bute2.1 km NE
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Beinn Ghlas Mountain, Argyll and Bute4.1 km N
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An Sidhean Mountain, Argyll and Bute4.7 km N
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Dubh Loch Lake, Argyll and Bute4.1 km SW
More nature in United Kingdom
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Beinn Bhuidhe Mountain, Argyll and Bute7.5 km NE
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Hells Glen Natural site, Argyll and Bute8.5 km SE -
Glen Aray Natural site, Argyll and Bute6.5 km W
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Dun Corr-bhile Mountain, Argyll and Bute5.3 km SW
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Beinn Chas Mountain, Argyll and Bute5.8 km NE
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Dun na Cuaiche Mountain, Argyll and Bute5.9 km SW
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources