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Loch Gorm

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°40′53″ N 4°57′17″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Gorm Loch Gorm
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
538 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Achanalt
8.2 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport56 km
SYY Stornoway Airport101 km

About Loch Gorm

Loch Gorm is a lake. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 538 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (56 km). Nearby sights include An Coileachan and Meallan na Saobhaidhe.

Climate of Loch Gorm

This month · November

A wet month

Day 6° · Night 0° · Rain 289 mm

Hottest month
July (day 15°)
Coldest month
December (night -2°)
Wettest month
January (290 mm)
Driest month
May (122 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 Gorm
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°4°5°8°12°14°15°15°13°10°6°4°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°-1°1°3°6°8°8°6°3°0°-2°
Precipitation (mm)290203248140122131142168236271289282

How to get to Loch Gorm

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 56 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 181 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 56 kmeast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 101 kmnorthwest
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 140 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 181 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 182 kmeast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 207 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 220 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 349 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Loch Gorm

Within 100 km: 44 historic and cultural sites, 4,015 natural sites, 965 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km414 places

  • Eilean nan Uan Island 24 kmSE
  • Eilean an Daraich Island 23 kmSE
  • Eilean na Craoibhe Island 23 kmW
  • Eilean a' Chip Island 20 kmNW

25–60 km1,796 places

  • Eilean a' Char Island 48 kmNW
  • Moy Island Island 29 kmSE
  • Tanera More Island 45 kmNW
  • Summer Isles Island 46 kmNW

60–100 km2,814 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 89 kmSW
  • Island of Raasay Island 74 kmSW
  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 100 kmE
  • Scalpay Island 76 kmSW

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