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Natural site

Loch Hourn

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°08′00″ N 5°36′00″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Hourn Loch Hourn
Location in United Kingdom
Nearest town
Arnisdale
2.3 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport104 km
TRE Tiree Airport105 km

About Loch Hourn

Loch Hourn is a natural site. Location: Highland, Scotland. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (104 km). Nearby sights include Beinn Sgritheall and Eilean a' Chuilinn.

Climate of Loch Hourn

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 296 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
January (301 mm)
Driest month
May (116 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 Hourn
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°7°9°13°14°16°16°13°10°7°5°
Average low (°C)1°0°1°2°5°7°9°9°7°5°2°1°
Precipitation (mm)301195246135116126144167248277296295

How to get to Loch Hourn

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 104 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 164 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 104 kmnortheast
  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 105 kmsouthwest
  • Barra Airport (BRR) Eoligarry 112 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 164 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 177 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 198 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 212 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 283 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Loch Hourn

Within 100 km: 38 historic and cultural sites, 4,007 natural sites, 1,145 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km542 places

  • Sandaig Islands Island 7 kmNW
  • Eilean Ràrsaidh Island 1 kmW
  • Pabay Island 22 kmNW
  • Ornsay Island 11 kmW

25–60 km1,768 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 43 kmNW
  • Island of Raasay Island 40 kmNW
  • Eigg Island 43 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 29 kmNW

60–100 km2,880 places

  • Hebrides Island 76 kmW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 75 kmNW
  • Clett Island 76 kmNW
  • Eriska Island 68 kmS

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