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Birny Hills

Located in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland Coordinates: 55°57′44″ N 4°24′36″ W

Map showing the location of Birny Hills Birny Hills
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
361 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Milngavie
5.9 km SE
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
July
See the climate
Airports
GLA Glasgow Airport10 km
PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport52 km

About Birny Hills

Birny Hills is a mountain. Location: West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Elevation: 361 m. The best months to visit are July. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (10 km). Nearby sights include Craigmore Hill and Kilmannan Reservoir.

Climate of Birny Hills

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 1° · Rain 148 mm

Hottest month
July (day 16°)
Coldest month
January (night -1°)
Wettest month
January (161 mm)
Driest month
April (69 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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Climate of Birny Hills
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°5°6°9°12°15°16°16°13°10°7°5°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°0°1°4°7°9°8°7°4°1°0°
Precipitation (mm)1611111216973708096129152148147

Other places to visit in this season: July

How to get to Birny Hills

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 10 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 14 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 10 kmsouth
  • Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 52 kmsouth
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 65 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Glasgow Population: 626.4K 14 kmsoutheast
  • Edinburgh Population: 515K 76 kmeast
  • Dundee Population: 148.2K 105 kmnortheast
  • Belfast Population: 348K 180 kmsouthwest
  • Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 194 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Birny Hills

Within 100 km: 177 historic and cultural sites, 3,780 natural sites, 1,176 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km287 places

  • Inchlonaig Island 20 kmNW
  • Inchcailloch Island 16 kmNW
  • Aber Isle Island 14 kmNW
  • Bucinch Island 18 kmNW

25–60 km1,238 places

  • Great Cumbrae Island Island 39 kmSW
  • Ayr Beach Beach 58 kmS
  • Troon Beach Beach 50 kmS
  • Hunterston Sands Beach 40 kmSW

60–100 km3,608 places

  • Isle of Arran Island 66 kmSW
  • Burntisland Beach Beach 75 kmE
  • Cramond beach Beach 69 kmE
  • Portobello Beach Beach 81 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Milngavie Town, East Dunbartonshire
    5.9 km SE
  • Faifley Town, West Dunbartonshire
    4.1 km SE
  • Duntocher Town, West Dunbartonshire
    4.2 km S
  • Old Kilpatrick Village, West Dunbartonshire
    5.3 km SW
  • Dalmuir Town, West Dunbartonshire
    5.8 km S
  • Clydebank Town, West Dunbartonshire
    6.8 km S

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

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