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Gairich

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°02′42″ N 5°15′21″ W

Gairich
Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
919 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Coille Mhorgil
7.9 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport92 km
TRE Tiree Airport116 km

About Gairich

Gairich is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 919 m.

From Wikipedia

Gairich, sometimes Sgurr Gairoch (Scottish Gaelic: Sgùrr Ghairich), is a mountain in Lochaber in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is on the southern side of Loch Quoich, with Glen Garry to the east and Glen Kingie to the south, 25 kilometres north-northwest of Fort William.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Topographic prominence
552 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Gairich

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 305 mm

Hottest month
July (day 13°)
Coldest month
February (night -4°)
Wettest month
January (320 mm)
Driest month
May (119 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 Gairich
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°3°6°9°11°13°12°10°6°3°1°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-3°-2°1°4°6°5°4°1°-2°-4°
Precipitation (mm)320211266139119127145169250282305311

How to get to Gairich

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 92 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 145 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 92 kmnortheast
  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 116 kmsouthwest
  • Barra Airport (BRR) Eoligarry 133 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 145 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 154 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 176 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 192 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 276 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Gairich

Within 100 km: 40 historic and cultural sites, 4,685 natural sites, 1,286 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km468 places

  • Eilean Ràrsaidh Island 24 kmNW
  • Eilean Tioram Island 22 kmNW
  • Eilean nam Meann Island 24 kmW
  • Eilean nan Reithean Island 19 kmSW

25–60 km2,056 places

  • Eigg Island 58 kmW
  • Scalpay Island 51 kmNW
  • Oronsay Island 59 kmSW
  • Eriska Island 58 kmS

60–100 km3,487 places

  • Hebrides Island 95 kmW
  • Isle of Skye Island 67 kmNW
  • Island of Raasay Island 62 kmNW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 98 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

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