- Population
- 2,880
- 2.9K
- Elevation
- 120 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- DND Dundee Airport52 km
- EDI Edinburgh Airport87 km
About Pitlochry
Pitlochry is a village. Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Population: 2,880. Elevation: 120 m.
Pitlochry (; Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chloichridh or Baile Chloichrigh) is a historic market town in the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. It is historically in the county of Perthshire, and had a population of 2,694 in 2022. It is largely a Victorian town, which developed into a tourist resort after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited the area in 1842 and bought a highland estate at Balmoral, and the arrival of the railway in 1863.
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In comparison
- No. 7 of 34 places in Perth and Kinross by population
- Nearest larger town: Blairgowrie and Rattray, 27 km SE
- 72 sights and natural places within 10 km Cnoc Loch Dunmore, Dunmore Hill
Climate of Pitlochry
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
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 |
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 0° | 0° | 1° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 10° | 8° | 5° | 2° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 161 | 101 | 114 | 66 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 84 | 110 | 135 | 128 | 132 |
Airports nearest to Pitlochry
- Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 52 km
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 87 km
- Inverness Airport (INV) Inverness, Highland 95 km
Straight-line distance; airports with scheduled flights only. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Cnoc Loch Dunmore Mountain, Perth and Kinross1.7 km W
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Dunmore Hill Mountain, Perth and Kinross2.1 km W
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Creag Chuinnlean Mountain, Perth and Kinross2.2 km N
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An Suidhe Mountain, Perth and Kinross2.5 km SW
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Dun Mor Mountain, Perth and Kinross2.8 km W
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Falls of Tummel Natural site, Perth and Kinross3.3 km NW
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources