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Loch Àiridh na Craige

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°11′01″ N 5°13′54″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Àiridh na Craige Loch Àiridh na Craige
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
341 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Furnace
4.5 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport61 km
ILY Islay Airport85 km

About Loch Àiridh na Craige

Loch Àiridh na Craige is a lake. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Elevation: 341 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (61 km). Nearby sights include Loch an Fhìdhleir and Tom Gaineamhach.

Climate of Loch Àiridh na Craige

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 206 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
January (225 mm)
Driest month
May (92 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 Loch Àiridh na Craige
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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)2251421671039297116138183205206211

How to get to Loch Àiridh na Craige

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 61 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 70 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 61 kmsoutheast
  • Islay Airport (ILY) Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute 85 kmsouthwest
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 86 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 70 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 129 kmeast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 143 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 182 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 220 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Loch Àiridh na Craige

Within 100 km: 110 historic and cultural sites, 3,408 natural sites, 1,331 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km599 places

  • Shuna Island 23 kmW
  • Inishail Island 22 kmNE
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 25 kmNE
  • Eilean Righ Island 20 kmW

25–60 km1,743 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 50 kmSE
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 55 kmS
  • Kiloran Beach Beach 60 kmW
  • Scarba Island 30 kmW

60–100 km2,507 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 65 kmS
  • Colonsay Island 63 kmW
  • Eigg Island 98 kmNW
  • Ayr Beach Beach 89 kmSE

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