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Loch Beannacharain

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°31′00″ N 4°56′00″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Beannacharain Loch Beannacharain
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
212 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Scardroy
3 km W
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport53 km
SYY Stornoway Airport114 km

About Loch Beannacharain

Loch Beannacharain is a lake. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 212 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (53 km). Nearby sights include Carn a' Mhadaidh-ruaidh and Creag Iucharaidh.

Climate of Loch Beannacharain

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 281 mm

Hottest month
July (day 17°)
Coldest month
December (night 0°)
Wettest month
January (286 mm)
Driest month
May (114 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 Beannacharain
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°8°11°14°16°17°17°15°12°8°6°
Average low (°C)1°0°1°2°5°8°10°9°7°5°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)286199239131114124136160229264281279

How to get to Loch Beannacharain

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 53 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 167 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 53 kmeast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 114 kmnorthwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 146 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 167 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 176 kmeast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 189 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 204 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 331 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Loch Beannacharain

Within 100 km: 42 historic and cultural sites, 4,285 natural sites, 998 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km399 places

  • Moy Island Island 25 kmE
  • Eilean Aigas Island 24 kmE
  • Eilean nan Uan Island 20 kmE
  • Eilean an Daraich Island 21 kmNE

25–60 km1,918 places

  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 39 kmNW
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 40 kmNW
  • Eilean Ràrsaidh Island 59 kmSW
  • Isle Martin Island 51 kmN

60–100 km3,008 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 83 kmW
  • Island of Raasay Island 70 kmW
  • Scalpay Island 68 kmW
  • Eilean a' Char Island 64 kmNW

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