Crap Towns / Glasgow / Weather

How often does it rain in Glasgow?

It rains in Glasgow on 173 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 36% higher than the typical town's 127. That makes it the 52nd wettest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 1,119 mm a year, 46% higher than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,322 hours of sunshine a year, 14% lower than the typical town's 1,532: the 56th gloomiest.

On the 1991 to 2020 average
A yearHereTypical town
Days of rain (at least 1 mm)173127
Rainfall (mm)1,119766
Hours of sunshine1,3221,532
Nearby towns
TownDistanceDays of rain a year
Newton Mearns9.7 km182
Bearsden8.1 km181
Bishopbriggs6.6 km180
Stepps8.4 km180
Clarkston8.0 km178
Barrhead9.9 km177
Giffnock6.4 km173
Glasgow–173
Renfrew8.2 km172
Rutherglen5.3 km170
Cambuslang8.1 km169
The typical town–127