- Elevation
- 6 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- KOI Kirkwall Airport19 km
- EOI Eday Airport32 km
About Loch of Harray
Loch of Harray is a lake. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. Elevation: 6 m. The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (19 km). Nearby sights include Long Holm and Baa Holm.
Photos of Loch of Harray
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Inner Holm W. L. Tarbert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Loch of Harray
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 5° · Rain 134 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (134 mm)
- Driest month
- May (53 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
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 11° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 5° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 116 | 88 | 103 | 65 | 53 | 56 | 64 | 77 | 107 | 124 | 134 | 122 |
How to get to Loch of Harray
The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 19 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 219 km to the south.
Airports
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 19 kmeast
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 32 kmnortheast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 63 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 219 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 284 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 341 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 356 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Loch of Harray
Within 100 km: 37 historic and cultural sites, 678 natural sites, 265 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km286 places
- Hoy Island 19 kmS
- Shapinsay Island 19 kmE
- Rousay Island 20 kmNE
- Flotta Island 21 kmS
25–60 km306 places
- Eday Island 31 kmNE
- Papa Westray Island Island 41 kmNE
- Auskerry Island 37 kmE
- War Ness Natural site 28 kmNE
60–100 km388 places
- Eilean nan Ron Island 83 kmSW
- Rabbit Islands Island 86 kmSW
- North Ronaldsay Island 60 kmNE
- Neave Island Island 81 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Long Holm Island, Orkney Islands1 km SE
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Baa Holm Island, Orkney Islands1.2 km SE
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Glass Holms Island, Orkney Islands1.2 km SE
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Stenny Holm Island, Orkney Islands1.3 km SE
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Sand Holm Island, Orkney Islands1.4 km SW
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Ling Holms Island, Orkney Islands1.4 km W
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Ess Holm Island, Orkney Islands1.5 km NW
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Reed Meadow Island, Orkney Islands1.7 km W
More lakes, rivers and coasts in United Kingdom
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Inner Holm Island, Orkney Islands7.6 km SW
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Peedie Bushan Island, Orkney Islands1.8 km W
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Big Bushan Island, Orkney Islands1.9 km W
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Mainland Island, Orkney Islands2.7 km SW
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Loch of Stenness Lake, Orkney Islands2.7 km SW
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Holm of Kirkness Island, Orkney Islands4 km N
Sources & licences
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