- Population
- 891
- 891
- Elevation
- 95 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- INV Inverness Airport58 km
- WIC Wick John O'Groats Airport91 km
About Lairg
Lairg is a village. Location: Highland, Scotland. Population: 891. Elevation: 95 m.
Lairg (Scottish Gaelic: An Luirg, meaning "the shank/shin") is a village and parish in Sutherland, Scotland. It has a population of 891 and is at the south-eastern end of Loch Shin. Lairg is unusual in the northern Highlands in being a large settlement that is not on the coast. One of the reasons that Lairg is slightly bigger than other non-coastal Highland villages is its central location within the county of Sutherland.
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Climate of Lairg
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: July–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 172 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 17°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 0°)
- Wettest month
- November (172 mm)
- Driest month
- May (81 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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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 17° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 6° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 0° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 8° | 6° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 160 | 114 | 140 | 87 | 81 | 92 | 100 | 115 | 147 | 162 | 172 | 159 |
How to get to Lairg
The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 58 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 169 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 58 kmsouth
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 91 kmnortheast
- Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 116 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 169 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 193 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 241 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 242 kmsouth
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 380 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Lairg
Within 100 km: 47 historic and cultural sites, 2,791 natural sites, 718 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km281 places
- Eilean nan Ròn Island 12 kmS
- Eilean a' Chairn Island 1 kmNW
- Eilean Gill a' Bhalgionn Island 19 kmSW
- Eilean na Craoibhe Island 1 kmW
25–60 km1,493 places
- Eilean Dubh Island 55 kmNW
- Moy Island Island 53 kmS
- Tanera More Island 60 kmW
- Soyea Island Island 56 kmW
60–100 km1,782 places
- Findlays Seat Mountain 88 kmSE
- Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 75 kmSE
- Clett Island 84 kmNE
- Eilean a' Char Island 62 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Eilean na Craoibhe Island, Highland0.2 km W
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Eilean a' Chairn Island, Highland0.8 km NW
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Knockdhu Mountain, Highland1.1 km E
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The Ord Mountain, Highland1.2 km SW
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An t-Sron Mountain, Highland2.3 km N
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River Tirry River, Highland2.3 km NW
Sources & licences
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