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Mountain

Sgurr an Lochain

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°08′29″ N 5°17′53″ W

Sgurr an Lochain
Graham Ellis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
1,004 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Kinloch Hourn
6.5 km SW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport88 km
TRE Tiree Airport120 km

About Sgurr an Lochain

Sgurr an Lochain is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 1,004 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (88 km). Nearby sights include Sgurr an Doire Leathain and Sgurr Beag.

At a glance

Topographic prominence
123 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Sgurr an Lochain

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -3° · Rain 305 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
February (night -4°)
Wettest month
January (320 mm)
Driest month
May (119 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 an Lochain
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°2°5°8°10°12°12°9°6°3°1°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-4°-2°0°3°5°5°3°1°-3°-4°
Precipitation (mm)320211266139119127145169250282305311

How to get to Sgurr an Lochain

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 88 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 156 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 88 kmnortheast
  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 120 kmsouthwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 130 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 156 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 160 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 185 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 194 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 286 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Sgurr an Lochain

Within 100 km: 39 historic and cultural sites, 4,450 natural sites, 1,164 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km528 places

  • Sandaig Islands Island 24 kmW
  • Eilean Ràrsaidh Island 19 kmW
  • Eilean Donan Island 20 kmNW
  • Eilean Tioram Island 17 kmW

25–60 km1,969 places

  • Island of Raasay Island 54 kmNW
  • Eigg Island 59 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 44 kmW
  • Eilean Tigh Island 59 kmNW

60–100 km3,156 places

  • Hebrides Island 94 kmW
  • Isle of Skye Island 60 kmW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 90 kmNW
  • Oronsay Island 66 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

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