- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- GLA Glasgow Airport57 km
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport88 km
About Loch Shira
Loch Shira is a natural site. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (57 km). Nearby sights include Dun Corr-bhile and Dun na Cuaiche.
Photos of Loch Shira
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Glen Shira Liamcrouse1 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Hells Glen Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Loch Shira
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 202 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 17°)
- 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 222 | 142 | 163 | 100 | 93 | 96 | 112 | 135 | 179 | 202 | 202 | 208 |
How to get to Loch Shira
The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 57 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 65 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 57 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 88 kmsouth
- Islay Airport (ILY) Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute 98 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 65 kmsoutheast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 120 kmeast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 131 kmeast
- Belfast Population: 348K 192 kmsouth
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 207 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Loch Shira
Within 100 km: 120 historic and cultural sites, 3,701 natural sites, 1,377 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km498 places
- Inishail Island 14 kmN
- Fraoch Eilean Island 16 kmN
- Island I Vow Island 22 kmE
- Inveruglas Isle Island 21 kmE
25–60 km1,909 places
- Great Cumbrae Island Island 54 kmS
- Hunterston Sands Beach 58 kmS
- Scarba Island 42 kmW
- Eriska Island 39 kmNW
60–100 km2,791 places
- Isle of Arran Island 73 kmS
- Colonsay Island 75 kmW
- Ayr Beach Beach 91 kmS
- Troon Beach Beach 82 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Inveraray Village, Argyll and Bute2 km SW -
Saint Catherines Village, Argyll and Bute2.7 km SE
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Laglingarten Village, Argyll and Bute4 km SE
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Ardno Village, Argyll and Bute4.3 km E
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Ardnagowan Village, Argyll and Bute5.3 km S
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South Tullich Village, Argyll and Bute5.3 km NW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Dun Corr-bhile Mountain, Argyll and Bute0.9 km NW
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Dun na Cuaiche Mountain, Argyll and Bute0.9 km W
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Dubh Loch Lake, Argyll and Bute1.4 km NE
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River Shira River, Argyll and Bute0.8 km NE
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Balantyre Hill Mountain, Argyll and Bute3.1 km NW
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Dundarave Mountain, Argyll and Bute3.3 km E
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Glen Aray Natural site, Argyll and Bute3.9 km NW
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Glen Shira Natural site, Argyll and Bute5.5 km NE
More nature in United Kingdom
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Hells Glen Natural site, Argyll and Bute8 km E
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Sron Reithe Mountain, Argyll and Bute4.5 km W
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Stuc Scardan Mountain, Argyll and Bute4.9 km N
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Druim an Righ Mountain, Argyll and Bute5.3 km SW
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Sgornach Ruadh Mountain, Argyll and Bute5.6 km W
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Cruach nan Capull Mountain, Argyll and Bute5.7 km SE
Sources & licences
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