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Loch Goil

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°08′02″ N 4°53′42″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Goil Loch Goil
Location in United Kingdom
Nearest town
Garelochhead
7.1 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport41 km
PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport73 km

About Loch Goil

Loch Goil is a natural site. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (41 km). Nearby sights include Tom Molach and Cruach nam Miseag.

Climate of Loch Goil

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 203 mm

Hottest month
July (day 17°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
January (227 mm)
Driest month
May (97 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 Goil
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°7°10°13°15°17°16°14°11°8°6°
Average low (°C)1°1°2°3°6°8°10°10°9°6°3°2°
Precipitation (mm)2271451681029797112134182204203210

How to get to Loch Goil

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 41 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 50 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 41 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 73 kmsouth
  • Campbeltown Airport (CAL) Campbeltown 92 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 50 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 108 kmeast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 125 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 183 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 205 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Loch Goil

Within 100 km: 133 historic and cultural sites, 3,588 natural sites, 1,310 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km414 places

  • Inchlonaig Island 18 kmE
  • Inchcailloch Island 22 kmE
  • Aber Isle Island 23 kmE
  • Bucinch Island 19 kmE

25–60 km1,924 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 41 kmS
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 45 kmS
  • Scarba Island 51 kmW
  • Eriska Island 55 kmNW

60–100 km2,693 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 63 kmS
  • Colonsay Island 83 kmW
  • Ayr Beach Beach 77 kmS
  • Troon Beach Beach 68 kmS

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