City

Giffnock

Located in East Renfrewshire, Scotland Coordinates: 55°48′13″ N 4°17′42″ W

John McLeish · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Population: 12,070; 12.1K
Elevation: 45 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: GLA Glasgow Airport12 km; PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport38 km

About Giffnock

Giffnock is a city. Location: East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Population: 12,070. Elevation: 45 m.

From Wikipedia

Giffnock (; Scots: Giffnock; Scottish Gaelic: Giofnag, pronounced [ˈkʲifnak]) is a town and the administrative centre of East Renfrewshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies 3.7 miles (6.0 km) east of Barrhead, 5.6 miles (9.0 km) east-southeast of Paisley and 5.3 miles (8.5 km) northwest of East Kilbride, at the southwest of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. Giffnock has frequently been named amongst the least deprived areas in Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photos of Giffnock

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WS212121 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bait-ur-Rahman Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Glasgow Rangers Archibald99 · Public domain
Firhill Stadium Andrew Hendo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Places bordering Giffnock

Shawlands

Climate of Giffnock

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 155 mm

Hottest month: July (day 19°)
Coldest month: January (night 2°)
Wettest month: January (164 mm)
Driest month: April (73 mm)

7° 2°

8° 3°

11° 4°

15° 6°

17° 9°

19° 11°

18° 11°

15° 9°

12° 6°

9° 4°

7° 2°

Jan

164

Feb

114

Mar

124

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

100

Sep

137

Oct

158

Nov

155

Dec

155

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

Climate of Giffnock
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	8°	11°	15°	17°	19°	18°	15°	12°	9°	7°
Average low (°C)	2°	2°	3°	4°	6°	9°	11°	11°	9°	6°	4°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	164	114	124	73	76	73	81	100	137	158	155	155

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Giffnock

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 12 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 7 km to the north.

Airports

Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 12 kmnorthwest
Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 38 kmsouthwest
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 60 kmeast

Nearby large cities

Glasgow Population: 626.4K 7 kmnorth
Edinburgh Population: 515K 71 kmeast
Dundee Population: 148.2K 111 kmnortheast
Belfast Population: 348K 170 kmsouthwest
Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 193 kmsoutheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Giffnock

Within 100 km: 172 historic and cultural sites, 3,662 natural sites, 1,109 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km184 places

Newshot Island Island 13 kmNW
Long Loch Lake 11 kmSW
Lochgoin Reservoir Lake 12 kmS
Loch Libo Lake 14 kmW

25–60 km1,268 places

Great Cumbrae Island Island 39 kmW
Ayr Beach Beach 44 kmSW
Troon Beach Beach 37 kmSW
Hunterston Sands Beach 39 kmW

60–100 km3,491 places

Isle of Arran Island 64 kmW
Burntisland Beach Beach 73 kmNE
Cramond beach Beach 65 kmE
Portobello Beach Beach 76 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Hampden Park Landmark, Glasgow City
3.6 km NE
Glasgow Rangers Landmark, Glasgow City
5.6 km N
Queen's Park Mountain, Glasgow City
3.4 km NE
Queen's Park Natural site, Glasgow City
3.5 km NE
Dumbreck Mountain, Glasgow City
4.2 km N
Maxwell Park Natural site, Glasgow City
4 km N
Celtic Park Landmark, Glasgow City
7.6 km NE
Bellahouston Park Mountain, Glasgow City
4.9 km N