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Loch nan Sac

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°11′38″ N 5°13′48″ W

Map showing the location of Loch nan Sac Loch nan Sac
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
412 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Portinnisherrich
4.9 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport61 km
ILY Islay Airport86 km

About Loch nan Sac

Loch nan Sac is a lake. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Elevation: 412 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (61 km). Nearby sights include Tom Gaineamhach and Lochan Gaineamhach.

Climate of Loch nan Sac

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 3° · Rain 206 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
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 nan Sac
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°6°9°12°14°16°15°13°10°7°5°
Average low (°C)1°0°1°2°5°8°10°9°8°5°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)2251421671039297116138183205206211

How to get to Loch nan Sac

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 61 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 71 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 61 kmsoutheast
  • Islay Airport (ILY) Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute 86 kmsouthwest
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 87 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 71 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 129 kmeast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 143 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 183 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 219 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Loch nan Sac

Within 100 km: 110 historic and cultural sites, 3,432 natural sites, 1,329 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km613 places

  • Torsa Island Island 25 kmW
  • Shuna Island 23 kmW
  • Inishail Island 21 kmNE
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 24 kmNE

25–60 km1,733 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 51 kmS
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 56 kmS
  • Scarba Island 30 kmW
  • Eriska Island 39 kmN

60–100 km2,525 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 66 kmS
  • Colonsay Island 63 kmW
  • Eigg Island 97 kmNW
  • Ayr Beach Beach 90 kmSE

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