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Mountain

Sgurr Choinnich Mor

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 56°48′03″ N 4°54′16″ W

Sgurr Choinnich Mor
wfmillar · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
1,094 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Luibeilt
4.7 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport98 km
GLA Glasgow Airport107 km

About Sgurr Choinnich Mor

Sgurr Choinnich Mor is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 1,094 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (98 km). Nearby sights include Stob Coire an Laoigh and Sgurr Choinnich Beag.

At a glance

Topographic prominence
159 m

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Sgurr Choinnich Mor

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 288 mm

Hottest month
July (day 11°)
Coldest month
February (night -5°)
Wettest month
January (320 mm)
Driest month
June (124 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
Climate of Sgurr Choinnich Mor
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)0°0°1°4°8°10°11°11°9°5°2°0°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-4°-3°0°3°5°5°3°0°-3°-4°
Precipitation (mm)320209249135125124141168238275288299

How to get to Sgurr Choinnich Mor

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 98 km to the northeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Glasgow Airport (GLA) (107 km). The nearest large city is Glasgow, 112 km to the south.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 98 kmnortheast
  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 107 kmsouth
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 122 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 112 kmsouth
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 124 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 142 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 175 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 254 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Sgurr Choinnich Mor

Within 100 km: 64 historic and cultural sites, 4,971 natural sites, 1,302 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km371 places

  • Eilean Molach Island 23 kmSE
  • Eilean an Tuilaich Island 14 kmNE
  • Eilean na Fead Island 12 kmNE
  • Eilean Tom nan Dròbhairean Island 16 kmN

25–60 km2,228 places

  • Eriska Island 43 kmSW
  • Shuna Island Island 38 kmSW
  • Eilean Shona Island 59 kmW
  • Samalaman Island Island 56 kmW

60–100 km3,738 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 99 kmNW
  • Island of Raasay Island 96 kmNW
  • Eigg Island 78 kmW
  • Scarba Island 85 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

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