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Mountain

Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°26′39″ N 4°54′14″ W

Map showing the location of Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
1,083 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Scardroy
9.4 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport52 km
SYY Stornoway Airport121 km

About Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais

Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 1,083 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (52 km). Nearby sights include Creag Ghorm a' Bhealaich and Carn nan Gobhar.

Climate of Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 290 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
February (night -5°)
Wettest month
January (305 mm)
Driest month
May (120 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 Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°2°5°8°10°12°12°9°6°2°1°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-4°-3°-1°2°4°4°2°0°-3°-5°
Precipitation (mm)305207251132120126138162235271290294

How to get to Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 52 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dundee, 160 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 52 kmeast
  • Stornoway Airport (SYY) Stornoway, Western Isles 121 kmnorthwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 148 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 160 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 172 kmeast
  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 180 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 196 kmsoutheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 323 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais

Within 100 km: 42 historic and cultural sites, 4,409 natural sites, 996 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km413 places

  • Eilean Aigas Island 21 kmE
  • Eilean nan Uan Island 23 kmNE
  • Eilean an Daraich Island 24 kmNE
  • Eilean a' Mhuillidh Island 5 kmSE

25–60 km1,986 places

  • Moy Island Island 26 kmNE
  • Eilean Sùbhainn Island 45 kmNW
  • Sandaig Islands Island 57 kmSW
  • Eilean Ruairidh Mòr Island 46 kmNW

60–100 km3,048 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 83 kmW
  • Island of Raasay Island 70 kmW
  • Eigg Island 98 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 67 kmW

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