Climate averages 1991–2020
Glasgow weather
by month.
See how the year changes. July has the highest average daily maximum; April has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Glasgow averages a daytime high of 11.3°C and a nighttime low of 5.6°C, with about 1,147 mm of rain on roughly 179 days. July is the warmest month (average high 17.5°C) and January the coolest (5.8°C). January is the wettest month with 116 mm; April is the driest with 74 mm.
The annual picture
A year in Glasgow
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Glasgow climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 116 | 16.7 | 7.78 h |
| February | 6.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 98 | 14.5 | 9.510 h |
| March | 8.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 87 | 14.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 74 | 13.8 | 14.114 h |
| May | 13.7°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 79 | 13.6 | 16.316 h |
| June | 16.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 86 | 14.2 | 17.517 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 92 | 15.5 | 16.917 h |
| August | 17.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 101 | 15.7 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 83 | 13.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 110 | 15.5 | 10.510 h |
| November | 8.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 105 | 15.9 | 8.38 h |
| December | 5.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 115 | 15.8 | 7.17 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
Nearby cities
- PaisleyUnited Kingdom · 12 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 1,211 mm rain a year
- East KilbrideUnited Kingdom · 12 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 1,147 mm rain a year
- EdinburghUnited Kingdom · 67 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.1°C · 798 mm rain a year
- Dundee, United KingdomUnited Kingdom · 104 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 840 mm rain a year
- CarlisleUnited Kingdom · 136 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.7°C · 975 mm rain a year
- BelfastUnited Kingdom · 176 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.8°C · 896 mm rain a year
- LisburnUnited Kingdom · 187 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 896 mm rain a year
- DouglasIsle of Man · 191 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 1,007 mm rain a year
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC±0, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 55.90°, -4.30° (5 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 0.4°C for the difference between the city's elevation (40 m) and the cell's (106 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 55.75°, -4.25°. East Kilbride lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.