Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Scotland
• Level 2: Highland

Current local time in Thurso:

11:40 PM, Wednesday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Thurso on map:^[1]

Thurso GPS coordinates^[2]

58° 35' 33.756" North, 3° 31' 33.384" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	58.95721°,	-4.22906°
Center:	58.59271°,	-3.52594°
Lower-right:	58.22438°,	-2.82281°
Map W x H:	81.5×81.5 km	= 50.6×50.6mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑0.2% North
Thurso:	58.59271°
min Lat:	⇓99.8% South 34.60088°

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min Long	Thurso	max Long
-7.64133°	-3.52594°	32.95536°
W 17.4%⇐		⇒82.6% E

Elevation

Elevation of Thurso is 22 m = 72 ft, and this is 50.9 m = 167 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	79%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Thurso	22 m = 72 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	21%

See also: United Kingdom elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Thurso is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 886.3 km =550.7 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Thurso
North Pole	3492.2	2170	to North
Arctic Circle	886.3	550.7	to North
Tropic Cancer	3909	2428.9	to South
Equator	6514.9	4048.2	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Thurso: (largest is in red/bold)

• Balintore 95.8 km =59.5 mi, 193°
• Brora 67.5 km =41.9 mi, 196°
• Burghead 99.2 km =61.6 mi, 178°
• Castletown 8 km =5 mi, 89°
• Dornoch 84.5 km =52.5 mi, 200°
• Golspie 73.8 km =45.9 mi, 200°
• Halkirk 9.2 km =5.7 mi, 167°
• Helmsdale 53.4 km =33.2 mi, 187°
• Hopeman 98.7 km =61.3 mi, 176°
• Kirkwall 54.5 km =33.9 mi, 36°
• Lossiemouth 97.9 km =60.8 mi, 171°
• Orkney 54.4 km =33.8 mi, 36°
• Stromness 43.5 km =27 mi, 17°
• Tain 92.6 km =57.5 mi, 199°
• Wick 30.3 km =18.8 mi, 124°

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