Glasgow
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About
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland. It is the third-most populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most populous city in Europe, and comprises 23 wards which represent the areas within the city boundaries. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for university education and research, finance, industry, commerce, shopping, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
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The next week in Glasgow
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
12° / 5°
Sat
Drizzle
13° / 5°
3.3 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Drizzle
11° / 6°
7.0 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Drizzle
14° / 1°
UV Moderate
Tue
Rain
15° / 10°
19.1 mm
Wed
Drizzle
17° / 11°
3.3 mm
UV Moderate
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
23° / -2°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
16.2h
05:06 – 21:19local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Glasgow
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Glasgow Airport (GLA) at 11 km.
Getting around Glasgow
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
West Coast MotorsScottish CitylinkSPT SubwayFlixBus-euFlixbusMidland BluebirdNational ExpressEmberB MetroStagecoach West ScotlandStagecoach East ScotlandHobson TravelPVT TransferFirst Greater GlasgowMcColls TravelColchri CoachesMcGill's Bus ServiceStuart's CoachesJMB TravelShuttle Buses
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 4.0, TilmannR.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.