- Population
- 14,200
- 14.2K
- Elevation
- 7 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- GLA Glasgow Airport17 km
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport49 km
About Port Glasgow
Port Glasgow is a town. Location: Inverclyde, Scotland. Population: 14,200. Elevation: 7 m.
Port Glasgow (Scottish Gaelic: Port Ghlaschu, pronounced [pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈɣl̪ˠas̪əxu]) is the second-largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19,426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16,617 persons. The most recent census in 2011 states that the population has declined to 15,414. It is located immediately to the east of Greenock and was previously a burgh in the county of Renfrewshire.
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Photos of Port Glasgow
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Climate of Port Glasgow
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 10° · Night 5° · Rain 180 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 18°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- January (198 mm)
- Driest month
- May (86 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).
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| 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° | 18° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 7° | 9° | 12° | 11° | 10° | 7° | 5° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 198 | 131 | 147 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 99 | 119 | 159 | 180 | 180 | 184 |
How to get to Port Glasgow
The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 17 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 28 km to the east.
Airports
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 17 kmsoutheast
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 49 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 82 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 28 kmeast
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 93 kmeast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 122 kmnortheast
- Belfast Population: 348K 168 kmsouthwest
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 209 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Port Glasgow
Within 100 km: 160 historic and cultural sites, 3,601 natural sites, 1,232 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km298 places
- Great Cumbrae Island Island 24 kmSW
- Inchlonaig Island 19 kmN
- Inchcailloch Island 18 kmNE
- Aber Isle Island 17 kmNE
25–60 km1,463 places
- Isle of Arran Island 51 kmSW
- Ayr Beach Beach 53 kmS
- Troon Beach Beach 44 kmS
- Hunterston Sands Beach 26 kmSW
60–100 km3,232 places
- Colonsay Island 96 kmW
- Burntisland Beach Beach 93 kmE
- Cramond beach Beach 87 kmE
- Portobello Beach Beach 99 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Port Glasgow Lighthouse Landmark, Inverclyde0.3 km N
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East Yard Shipyard, Port Glasgow Historic site, Inverclyde0.7 km NW
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Cappielow Landmark, Inverclyde2.5 km W
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Cardross Lighthouse (historical) Landmark, Argyll and Bute2.6 km E
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Corlick Hill Mountain, Inverclyde3.5 km SW
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Craigmarloch Mountain, Inverclyde3.5 km SE
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Victoria Harbour Light (historical) Landmark, Inverclyde3.7 km W
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Jock's Craig Mountain, Inverclyde4.3 km S
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources