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Lochgilphead

General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.4275,Lat: 56.0326
Elevation	50 meter above sea level
Local time	1:43:58am
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Council Area (Council Area)	Argyll and Bute
Name Electoral Ward	Mid Argyll

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ardrishaig	2.3 km	SouthWest
2 Castleton	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Port Ann	4.1 km	EastSouthEast
4 Cairnbaan	4.4 km	NorthWest
5 Achnashelloch	4.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	79 km	EastSouthEast
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	164 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	217 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lochgilphead lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch Awe (37.3 km² at a distance of 16.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 158 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 221 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 78%, hill: 17%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 64 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Islay Airport (at a distance of 65 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.1 km2

58.4%

Nature

16 km2

23.9%

Wet nature

1.8 km2

2.7%

Agriculture

6.3 km2

9.3%

Urban area

2.3 km2

3.4%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lochgilphead in country Scotland

Lochgilphead at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	110 km	SouthWest
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	111 km	SouthEast
3 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	127 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lochgilphead

Type of weather in Lochgilphead	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 16 September 2026:	12 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	07:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam