Skip to content
Geonivora
Lake

Loch Lyon

Located in Perth and Kinross, Scotland Coordinates: 56°32′00″ N 4°36′00″ W

Map showing the location of Loch Lyon Loch Lyon
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
340 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Invermearan
2.1 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport74 km
DND Dundee Airport97 km

About Loch Lyon

Loch Lyon is a lake. Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Elevation: 340 m. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (74 km). Nearby sights include Beinn Mhanach and Beinn Heasgarnich.

Climate of Loch Lyon

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 251 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
January (292 mm)
Driest month
June (112 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 Loch Lyon
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°4°6°9°12°14°16°16°13°10°7°5°
Average low (°C)0°0°1°2°5°7°9°9°8°5°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)292188210117120112125150210247251260

How to get to Loch Lyon

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 74 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 77 km to the south.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 74 kmsouth
  • Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 97 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 100 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 77 kmsouth
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 100 kmeast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 108 kmsoutheast
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 167 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 231 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Loch Lyon

Within 100 km: 134 historic and cultural sites, 4,742 natural sites, 1,246 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km388 places

  • Eilean Molach Island 12 kmNW
  • Eilean nam Faoileag Island 21 kmNE
  • Eilean Beal na Gaoire Island 19 kmNE
  • Eilean na h-Iolaire Island 13 kmNW

25–60 km1,907 places

  • Eriska Island 50 kmW
  • Shuna Island Island 49 kmW
  • Lismore Island Island 59 kmW
  • Inishail Island 35 kmSW

60–100 km3,827 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 88 kmS
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 92 kmS
  • Scarba Island 79 kmSW
  • Oronsay Island 83 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Invermearan Village, Perth and Kinross
    2.1 km E
  • Pubil Village, Perth and Kinross
    6.3 km E
  • Bridge of Orchy Village, Argyll and Bute
    11 km W
  • Cashlie Village, Perth and Kinross
    8.9 km E
  • Achallader Village, Argyll and Bute
    8.7 km W
  • Auch Village, Argyll and Bute
    9.6 km SW

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: