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Loch Righeachan

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°13′36″ N 5°07′44″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Righeachan Loch Righeachan
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
288 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Inveraray
3.4 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport59 km
PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport88 km

About Loch Righeachan

Loch Righeachan is a lake. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Elevation: 288 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (59 km). Nearby sights include Sgornach Ruadh and Fair Loch.

Climate of Loch Righeachan

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 202 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
January (222 mm)
Driest month
May (93 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 Righeachan
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)2221421631009396112135179202202208

How to get to Loch Righeachan

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 59 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 68 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 59 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 88 kmsoutheast
  • Islay Airport (ILY) Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute 93 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 68 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 124 kmeast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 136 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 188 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 212 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Loch Righeachan

Within 100 km: 115 historic and cultural sites, 3,596 natural sites, 1,374 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km548 places

  • Inishail Island 16 kmN
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 18 kmN
  • Eilean an t-Sagairt Island 14 kmN
  • Eilean Fraoch Island 15 kmW

25–60 km1,866 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 53 kmS
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 57 kmS
  • Scarba Island 37 kmW
  • Eriska Island 38 kmNW

60–100 km2,671 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 70 kmS
  • Colonsay Island 70 kmW
  • Eigg Island 98 kmNW
  • Ayr Beach Beach 91 kmS

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