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Lake

Loch Sonachan

Located in Argyll and Bute, Scotland Coordinates: 56°22′00″ N 5°20′00″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Sonachan Loch Sonachan
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
287 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Oban
10 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport79 km
ILY Islay Airport95 km

About Loch Sonachan

Loch Sonachan is a lake. Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Elevation: 287 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (79 km). Nearby sights include Sgorr Mhor and Glen Lonan.

Climate of Loch Sonachan

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 (215 mm)
Driest month
May (87 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 Sonachan
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°7°10°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)215139160988793112132178200202205

How to get to Loch Sonachan

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 79 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 87 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 79 kmsoutheast
  • Islay Airport (ILY) Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute 95 kmsouthwest
  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 96 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 87 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 141 kmeast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 146 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 201 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 216 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Loch Sonachan

Within 100 km: 94 historic and cultural sites, 3,772 natural sites, 1,395 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km646 places

  • Eriska Island 19 kmN
  • Torsa Island Island 21 kmSW
  • Shuna Island 23 kmSW
  • Seil Island 21 kmW

25–60 km1,918 places

  • Scarba Island 31 kmSW
  • Oronsay Island 49 kmNW
  • Cala Island 43 kmSW
  • Ulva Island 57 kmW

60–100 km2,697 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 86 kmS
  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 72 kmS
  • Colonsay Island 64 kmSW
  • Eigg Island 78 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Oban Town, Argyll and Bute
    10 km NW
  • Bragleenbeg Village, Argyll and Bute
    5.2 km SW
  • Kilmore Village, Argyll and Bute
    6.6 km W
  • Dunbeg Village, Argyll and Bute
    11 km NW
  • Fearnoch Village, Argyll and Bute
    8.2 km N
  • Coillaig Village, Argyll and Bute
    8.7 km E

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

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