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Blythswood New Town

Located in Glasgow City, Scotland Coordinates: 55°51′43″ N 4°15′36″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 40 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 Airport11 km; PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport45 km

About Blythswood New Town

Blythswood New Town is a neighbourhood. Location: Glasgow City, Scotland. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (11 km). Nearby sights include Museum of Piping and Heatherbank Museum of Scial Work.

Photos of Blythswood New Town

Bait-ur-Rahman Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Glasgow Rangers Archibald99 · Public domain
Firhill Stadium Andrew Hendo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Celtic Park Zhi Yong Lee from Glasgow, UK · CC BY 2.0
Hampden Park Dan Kearney, cropped by Blackcat · CC BY-SA 3.0

Climate of Blythswood New Town

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 143 mm

Hottest month: July (day 19°)
Coldest month: January (night 1°)
Wettest month: January (154 mm)
Driest month: April (65 mm)

6° 1°

7° 1°

9° 2°

11° 4°

15° 6°

17° 9°

19° 11°

18° 11°

16° 9°

12° 6°

9° 3°

7° 2°

Jan

154

Feb

106

Mar

116

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

125

Oct

146

Nov

143

Dec

141

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).

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Climate of Blythswood New Town
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	6°	7°	9°	11°	15°	17°	19°	18°	16°	12°	9°	7°
Average low (°C)	1°	1°	2°	4°	6°	9°	11°	11°	9°	6°	3°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	154	106	116	65	71	67	75	91	125	146	143	141

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Blythswood New Town

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 11 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 1 km to the north.

Airports

Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 11 kmwest
Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 45 kmsouthwest
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 56 kmeast

Nearby large cities

Glasgow Population: 626.4K 1 kmnorth
Edinburgh Population: 515K 67 kmeast
Dundee Population: 148.2K 105 kmnortheast
Belfast Population: 348K 176 kmsouthwest
Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 195 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Blythswood New Town

Within 100 km: 178 historic and cultural sites, 3,769 natural sites, 1,123 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km186 places

Newshot Island Island 11 kmNW
Spiers Island Island 25 kmE
Speirs Island Island 20 kmNE
Long Loch Lake 17 kmSW

25–60 km1,317 places

Great Cumbrae Island Island 43 kmW
Ayr Beach Beach 51 kmSW
Troon Beach Beach 44 kmSW
Hunterston Sands Beach 43 kmW

60–100 km3,567 places

Isle of Arran Island 69 kmSW
Burntisland Beach Beach 68 kmE
Cramond beach Beach 62 kmE
Portobello Beach Beach 73 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Museum of Piping Museum, Glasgow City
0.6 km N
Heatherbank Museum of Scial Work Museum, Glasgow City
0.8 km NE
The Ferry Attraction, Glasgow City
0.8 km SW
Firhill Stadium Landmark, Glasgow City
2.3 km N
Bait-ur-Rahman Attraction, Glasgow City
1.9 km W
Citizens Theatre Attraction, Glasgow City
1.3 km S