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Loch Sionascaig

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°04′00″ N 5°11′00″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Sionascaig Loch Sionascaig
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
74 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Inverkirkaig
8.1 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
SYY Stornoway Airport70 km
INV Inverness Airport89 km

About Loch Sionascaig

Loch Sionascaig is a lake. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 74 m. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (70 km). Nearby sights include Cnoc Loch a' Chinn Ghairbh and Meall nam Fiadh.

Climate of Loch Sionascaig

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 213 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
November (213 mm)
Driest month
May (83 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 Sionascaig
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°7°9°11°13°15°16°16°15°12°9°7°
Average low (°C)2°1°2°4°6°9°11°10°9°6°4°1°
Precipitation (mm)193134162968398109126177199213196

How to get to Loch Sionascaig

The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 70 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 211 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 70 kmwest
  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 89 kmsoutheast
  • Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 130 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 211 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 222 kmsoutheast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 252 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 265 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 389 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Loch Sionascaig

Within 100 km: 33 historic and cultural sites, 3,014 natural sites, 907 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km488 places

  • Eilean a' Char Island 16 kmW
  • Tanera More Island 15 kmSW
  • Summer Isles Island 17 kmSW
  • Soyea Island Island 12 kmNW

25–60 km1,293 places

  • Eilean Dubh Island 27 kmN
  • Whale Islet Island 41 kmN
  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 45 kmSW
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 45 kmSW

60–100 km2,173 places

  • Isle of Harris Natural site 98 kmW
  • Island of Raasay Island 93 kmSW
  • Dalmore Beach Beach 96 kmW
  • Dailbeag Beach Beach 95 kmW

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