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Mountain

Sgurr nan Caorach

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°03′18″ N 5°58′11″ W

Map showing the location of Sgurr nan Caorach Sgurr nan Caorach
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
281 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Caradal
1.5 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
TRE Tiree Airport83 km
BRR Barra Airport90 km

About Sgurr nan Caorach

Sgurr nan Caorach is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 281 m. The nearest airport is Tiree Airport (83 km). Nearby sights include Cnoc Loch Horaveg and Cnoc Bealach na Ceardaich.

Climate of Sgurr nan Caorach

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 253 mm

Hottest month
August (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 1°)
Wettest month
November (253 mm)
Driest month
May (93 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 nan Caorach
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°7°9°12°14°16°16°14°11°8°6°
Average low (°C)1°1°2°3°6°8°10°10°8°6°3°2°
Precipitation (mm)24115018810693106120138215236253242

How to get to Sgurr nan Caorach

The nearest airport is Tiree Airport (TRE), 83 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 169 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 83 kmsouthwest
  • Barra Airport (BRR) Eoligarry 90 kmwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 97 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 169 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 194 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 210 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 235 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 274 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Sgurr nan Caorach

Within 100 km: 38 historic and cultural sites, 3,575 natural sites, 1,566 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km352 places

  • Eigg Island 21 kmSW
  • Soay Island 18 kmNW
  • The Small Isles Island 18 kmW
  • Sandaig Islands Island 21 kmNE

25–60 km1,540 places

  • Hebrides Island 52 kmW
  • Isle of Skye Island 32 kmNW
  • Island of Raasay Island 37 kmN
  • Scalpay Island 25 kmN

60–100 km3,287 places

  • The Coral Beaches Beach 64 kmNW
  • Isle of Barra Beach Beach 95 kmW
  • Scarba Island 98 kmS
  • Scalpay Island 99 kmNW

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