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Distance

Edinburgh: 41.8 miles
Inverness : 111 miles
London: 346 miles
Manchester: 184 miles
Birmingham: 252 miles
Leeds: 179 miles
Bristol: 312 miles

Weather of Glasgow

The spring months (March to May) are generally mild. Many of Glasgow's trees and plants begin to flower at this time of the year and parks and gardens are filled with spring colours. The summer months (May to September) can vary considerably between mild and wet weather or warm and sunny. The winds are generally westerly, due to the warm Gulf Stream. The warmest month is usually July, the daily high averaging 20 °C (68 °F). (Highest recorded temperature 31.2 °C/88 °F 4 August 1975.) Despite some infrequent clear or dry days, winters in Glasgow are normally damp and cold. (Lowest recorded temperature −20 °C/−4 °F 29 December 1995).

Tourism Office of Glasgow

11 George Square
Glasgow, G2 1DY
Tél: 0141 204 4400

Get in Glasgow

By plane: Glasgow is served by two main airports close to the city:

Glasgow International Airport (GLA), located 14km west of the centre of Glasgow near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew, is the city's principal airport. 
Glasgow Prestwick International Airport (PIK), about 50 km south west of Glasgow on the Ayrshire coast, is the city's secondary airport.

By train: Glasgow has two main line railway stations. Trains from the south of Scotland, the city's southern suburbs and all long distance trains from England arrive at Central Station (officially known as Glasgow Central), while trains from Edinburgh and anywhere north of Glasgow arrive at Queen Street Station.

By car: The main approaches to Glasgow are:

from England on the M74 motorway; Glasgow is about 150 km north of the border
from Edinburgh (east) or Glasgow Airport (west) on the M8 motorway
from Stirling and all points north and east on the M80 motorway
from the West Highlands on the A82 dual carriageway
By bus: Long-distance bus services arrive at Buchanan Bus Station (in the city centre, close to Buchanan Street Underground /Queen Street train stations).

By boat: For travellers arriving from outside Scotland, the nearest ferry ports are Troon (near Prestwick Airport), for ferries from Larne in Northern Ireland, or Rosyth (near Edinburgh), for ferries from Zeebrugge in Belgium. Each is about an hour's drive from Glasgow. Aberdeen and Newcastle, each around two hours' drive away, are served by ferries from Norway.