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Loch Sloy

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°15′59″ N 4°46′12″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Sloy Loch Sloy
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
276 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Inveruglas
4 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport49 km
PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport86 km

About Loch Sloy

Loch Sloy is a lake. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Elevation: 276 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (49 km). Nearby sights include Ben Vorlich and Ben Vane.

Climate of Loch Sloy

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 3° · Rain 228 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
January (night 1°)
Wettest month
January (258 mm)
Driest month
June (105 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 Sloy
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°7°9°13°15°16°16°14°10°7°6°
Average low (°C)1°1°1°3°5°8°10°10°8°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)258168185111111105120145198231228233

How to get to Loch Sloy

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 49 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 55 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 49 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 86 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 94 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 55 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 104 kmeast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 113 kmeast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 191 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 200 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Loch Sloy

Within 100 km: 133 historic and cultural sites, 3,974 natural sites, 1,321 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km452 places

  • Inishail Island 22 kmNW
  • Inchlonaig Island 21 kmSE
  • Inchcailloch Island 25 kmSE
  • Fraoch Eilean Island 22 kmNW

25–60 km1,968 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 56 kmS
  • Scarba Island 59 kmW
  • Eriska Island 49 kmNW
  • Cala Island 59 kmSW

60–100 km3,008 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 80 kmS
  • Colonsay Island 93 kmW
  • Ayr Beach Beach 90 kmS
  • Troon Beach Beach 81 kmS

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