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Loch Dochard

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°32′07″ N 4°54′34″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Dochard Loch Dochard
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
223 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Forest Lodge
5.7 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport80 km
EDI Edinburgh Airport115 km

About Loch Dochard

Loch Dochard is a lake. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Elevation: 223 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (80 km). Nearby sights include Beinn Suidhe North Top and Beinn Suidhe.

Climate of Loch Dochard

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 267 mm

Hottest month
July (day 17°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
January (298 mm)
Driest month
June (117 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 Dochard
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°7°10°14°16°17°17°14°11°8°6°
Average low (°C)1°1°2°3°6°9°10°10°9°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)298194227128119117135161225259267276

How to get to Loch Dochard

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 80 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 85 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 80 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 115 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 116 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 85 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 119 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 124 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 184 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 225 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Loch Dochard

Within 100 km: 107 historic and cultural sites, 4,608 natural sites, 1,356 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km409 places

  • Inishail Island 22 kmSW
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 19 kmSW
  • Sgeir Dubh Island 24 kmW
  • Eilean an t-Sagairt Island 24 kmSW

25–60 km2,161 places

  • Eriska Island 31 kmW
  • Torsa Island Island 53 kmSW
  • Shuna Island Island 30 kmW
  • Shuna Island 55 kmSW

60–100 km3,501 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 85 kmS
  • Colonsay Island 96 kmSW
  • Eigg Island 87 kmNW
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 90 kmS

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