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Loch na Lairige

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°05′00″ N 4°23′00″ W

Map showing the location of Loch na Lairige Loch na Lairige
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
733 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Shirramore
5.7 km S
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport55 km
DND Dundee Airport109 km

About Loch na Lairige

Loch na Lairige is a lake. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 733 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (55 km). Nearby sights include Carn Fraoich and Geal Charn.

Climate of Loch na Lairige

This month · November

A wet month

Day 4° · Night -1° · Rain 231 mm

Hottest month
July (day 14°)
Coldest month
February (night -3°)
Wettest month
January (264 mm)
Driest month
June (107 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 na Lairige
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)2°2°3°7°10°13°14°14°11°8°4°3°
Average low (°C)-3°-3°-2°-1°2°5°7°7°5°2°-1°-2°
Precipitation (mm)264172203109109107114135189221231237

How to get to Loch na Lairige

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 55 km to the north as the crow flies. For international flights: Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) (133 km). The nearest large city is Dundee, 110 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 55 kmnorth
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 109 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) Aberdeen 133 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 110 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 136 kmsouth
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 139 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 146 kmsoutheast
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 292 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Loch na Lairige

Within 100 km: 58 historic and cultural sites, 4,880 natural sites, 1,042 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km452 places

  • Eilean na h-Ealaidh Island 24 kmW
  • Bàn Eilean Island 15 kmNW
  • Eilean an Righ Island 15 kmS
  • Eilean na Cluanaich Island 17 kmE

25–60 km1,749 places

  • Moy Island Island 53 kmN
  • Eilean Aigas Island 41 kmN
  • Eilean Molach Island 56 kmSW
  • Eilean nan Uan Island 57 kmN

60–100 km3,779 places

  • Findlays Seat Mountain 89 kmNE
  • Lossiemouth East Beach Beach 97 kmNE
  • Scalpay Island 99 kmW
  • Eriska Island 88 kmSW

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