- Elevation
- 24 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport73 km
- EDI Edinburgh Airport92 km
About Duncow
Duncow is a village. Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Elevation: 24 m.
Duncow is a small settlement in the civil parish of Kirkmahoe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Located in the geographical centre of the parish, Duncow was a village in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and was formerly its most populous settlement. At the time the First Statistical Account of Scotland was written the village had between 150 and 200 residents. By the time of the Third Statistical Account there were only five houses in the village.
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Photos of Duncow
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Palmerston Park en:User:Jmorrison230582 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Duncow
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 112 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 19°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- October (121 mm)
- Driest month
- April (55 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 7° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 6° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 120 | 89 | 90 | 55 | 63 | 60 | 72 | 82 | 90 | 121 | 112 | 118 |
How to get to Duncow
The nearest airport is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK), 73 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 91 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 73 kmnorthwest
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 92 kmnorth
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 97 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 91 kmnorthwest
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 95 kmnorth
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 130 kmeast
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 146 kmeast
- Blackpool Population: 145K 151 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Duncow
Within 100 km: 450 historic and cultural sites, 3,096 natural sites, 741 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km284 places
- Cottage Island Island 17 kmSE
- Dormont Island Island 16 kmSE
- Green Island Island 17 kmSW
- Mid Isle Island 5 kmSW
25–60 km1,564 places
- Powillimount Beach Beach 27 kmS
- Murrays Isles Island 53 kmSW
- Hestan Island Island 36 kmS
- Islands of Fleet Island 53 kmSW
60–100 km2,439 places
- St. Bees Beach Seafront Beach 72 kmS
- Ayr Beach Beach 74 kmNW
- Troon Beach Beach 80 kmNW
- Cramond beach Beach 97 kmN
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Cairn Water River, Scotland1.9 km S
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Rorie Hill Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway3.8 km NE
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Barrs Hill Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway5 km E
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Dalruscan Hill Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway5.1 km NE
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Mullach Mountain, Dumfries and Galloway5.1 km NW
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Palmerston Park Landmark, Dumfries and Galloway7.1 km S
Other cities and towns in Dumfries and Galloway
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Maxwelltown Village, Dumfries and Galloway7.5 km S -
Amisfield Town Village, Dumfries and Galloway4.2 km SE
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Tinwald Village, Dumfries and Galloway4.3 km SE
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East Cluden Village, Dumfries and Galloway4.6 km SW
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Newbridge Village, Dumfries and Galloway4.9 km S
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Heathhall Village, Dumfries and Galloway5 km SE
Sources & licences
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