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.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 173 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1,119 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,322 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Newton Mearns | 9.7 km | 182 |
| Bearsden | 8.1 km | 181 |
| Bishopbriggs | 6.6 km | 180 |
| Stepps | 8.4 km | 180 |
| Clarkston | 8.0 km | 178 |
| Barrhead | 9.9 km | 177 |
| Giffnock | 6.4 km | 173 |
| Glasgow | – | 173 |
| Renfrew | 8.2 km | 172 |
| Rutherglen | 5.3 km | 170 |
| Cambuslang | 8.1 km | 169 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |