- Elevation
- 21 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- GLA Glasgow Airport12 km
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport45 km
About Merchant City
Merchant City is a neighbourhood. Location: Glasgow City, Scotland. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (12 km). Nearby sights include Heatherbank Museum of Scial Work and Museum of Piping.
Photos of Merchant City
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Bait-ur-Rahman Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
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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
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Climate of Merchant City
Best months for sightseeingBest 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)
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° | 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 |
How to get to Merchant City
The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 12 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 1 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 12 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 kmnorthwest
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 66 kmeast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 104 kmnortheast
- Belfast Population: 348K 177 kmsouthwest
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 194 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Merchant City
Within 100 km: 179 historic and cultural sites, 3,758 natural sites, 1,116 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km189 places
- Newshot Island Island 12 kmNW
- Spiers Island Island 24 kmE
- Speirs Island Island 19 kmNE
- Long Loch Lake 17 kmSW
25–60 km1,328 places
- Great Cumbrae Island Island 43 kmW
- Ayr Beach Beach 51 kmSW
- Troon Beach Beach 44 kmSW
- Hunterston Sands Beach 43 kmW
60–100 km3,536 places
- Isle of Arran Island 69 kmSW
- Burntisland Beach Beach 68 kmE
- Cramond beach Beach 61 kmE
- Portobello Beach Beach 72 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Heatherbank Museum of Scial Work Museum, Glasgow City0.7 km N
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Museum of Piping Museum, Glasgow City1 km NW
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Citizens Theatre Attraction, Glasgow City1.1 km SW
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People's Palace Museum, Glasgow City1.1 km SE
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James Watt Statue Landmark, Glasgow City1.2 km SE
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Celtic Park Landmark, Glasgow City2.8 km SE
Sources & licences
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