- Elevation
- 228 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- SYY Stornoway Airport77 km
- INV Inverness Airport86 km
About Lochan Fada
Lochan Fada is a lake. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 228 m. The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (77 km). Nearby sights include Canisp and Meall na Braclaich.
Photos of Lochan Fada
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Suilven Original uploader was Grinner at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Cul Mor Foxie001 · Public domain -
Canisp Paul Hermans · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Lochan Fada
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 231 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 16°)
- Coldest month
- December (night 0°)
- Wettest month
- November (231 mm)
- Driest month
- May (96 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 0° | 1° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 9° | 8° | 5° | 2° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 214 | 149 | 184 | 109 | 96 | 109 | 120 | 140 | 192 | 218 | 231 | 214 |
How to get to Lochan Fada
The nearest airport is Stornoway Airport (SYY), 77 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 206 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 77 kmwest
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 86 kmsoutheast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 121 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 206 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 221 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 254 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 265 kmsoutheast
- Belfast Population: 348K 394 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Lochan Fada
Within 100 km: 36 historic and cultural sites, 2,817 natural sites, 825 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km533 places
- Eilean Dubh Island 24 kmN
- Tanera More Island 24 kmSW
- Soyea Island Island 17 kmW
- Oldany Island Island 21 kmNW
25–60 km1,321 places
- Eilean a' Char Island 25 kmW
- Whale Islet Island 37 kmN
- Summer Isles Island 25 kmSW
- Eilean Sùbhainn Island 52 kmSW
60–100 km1,824 places
- Scalpay Island 99 kmW
- Tannaraidh Island 81 kmW
- Tabhaigh Mor Island 78 kmW
- Crois Eilean Island 81 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Canisp Mountain, Highland2 km N
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Meall na Braclaich Mountain, Highland1.3 km SW
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Meall a' Mhuthaich Mountain, Highland1.4 km W
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Meallan Mhurchaidh Mountain, Highland2.3 km N
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Meallan Liath Mor Mountain, Highland2.6 km NE
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Cnoc an Leathaid Bhuidhe Mountain, Highland2.9 km SE
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Creagan Mor Mountain, Highland3 km S
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Cnoc Lochan Nigheadh Mountain, Highland3.2 km SW
Sources & licences
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