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Loch Ailsh

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°03′00″ N 4°51′00″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Ailsh Loch Ailsh
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
180 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Ledmore
7.5 km W
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport74 km
SYY Stornoway Airport89 km

About Loch Ailsh

Loch Ailsh is a lake. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 180 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Cnoc Chaornaidh and Cathair Bhan.

Climate of Loch Ailsh

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 233 mm

Hottest month
July (day 17°)
Coldest month
December (night 0°)
Wettest month
November (233 mm)
Driest month
May (100 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 Ailsh
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°8°10°13°15°17°16°15°12°8°6°
Average low (°C)1°0°1°3°5°8°10°10°8°5°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)217153189114100112122143195221233217

How to get to Loch Ailsh

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 74 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 193 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 74 kmsoutheast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 89 kmwest
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 113 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 193 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 209 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 246 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 254 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 390 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Loch Ailsh

Within 100 km: 42 historic and cultural sites, 2,867 natural sites, 794 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km380 places

  • Eilean Mor Island 20 kmW
  • Eilean Dubh Island 7 kmW
  • Eilean Dubh Island 20 kmNW
  • Eilean an Sgudain Island 21 kmNW

25–60 km1,626 places

  • Eilean a' Char Island 35 kmW
  • Eilean Dubh Island 34 kmNW
  • Moy Island Island 58 kmS
  • Whale Islet Island 46 kmN

60–100 km1,697 places

  • Clett Island 100 kmNE
  • Tannaraidh Island 93 kmW
  • Tabhaigh Mor Island 90 kmW
  • Crois Eilean Island 93 kmW

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