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Sgurr nan Saighead

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 57°12′21″ N 5°21′18″ W

Sgurr nan Saighead
Nigel Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
929 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Morvich
3.7 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
INV Inverness Airport87 km
TRE Tiree Airport121 km

About Sgurr nan Saighead

Sgurr nan Saighead is a mountain. Location: Highland, Scotland. Elevation: 929 m. The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (87 km). Nearby sights include Beinn Bhuidhe and Sgurr Fhuaran.

Climate of Sgurr nan Saighead

This month · November

A wet month

Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 291 mm

Hottest month
July (day 12°)
Coldest month
February (night -4°)
Wettest month
January (295 mm)
Driest month
May (113 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 Saighead
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)1°1°3°6°9°11°12°12°10°6°3°1°
Average low (°C)-4°-4°-3°-2°1°3°5°5°3°1°-2°-4°
Precipitation (mm)295194243130113124139161241269291292

How to get to Sgurr nan Saighead

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport (INV), 87 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 164 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 87 kmnortheast
  • Tiree Airport (TRE) Balemartine, Argyll and Bute 121 kmsouthwest
  • Benbecula Airport (BEB) Balivanich 125 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 164 kmsoutheast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 167 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 193 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 197 kmeast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 293 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Sgurr nan Saighead

Within 100 km: 37 historic and cultural sites, 4,288 natural sites, 1,084 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km554 places

  • Sandaig Islands Island 21 kmW
  • Eilean Ràrsaidh Island 18 kmSW
  • Eilean Bàn Island 25 kmW
  • Eilean Donan Island 13 kmNW

25–60 km1,970 places

  • Isle of Skye Island 55 kmW
  • Island of Raasay Island 47 kmNW
  • Eigg Island 60 kmSW
  • Scalpay Island 39 kmW

60–100 km2,885 places

  • Hebrides Island 92 kmW
  • The Coral Beaches Beach 84 kmNW
  • Oronsay Island 70 kmSW
  • Clett Island 85 kmNW

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