Bishopbriggs weather in January

In January, Bishopbriggs sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 134 mm of precipitation across 17.3 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bishopbriggs's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bishopbriggs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
134 mm
17.3 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
8:47 AM – 4:05 PM
Cloud cover
80%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.4
out of 10

Bishopbriggs is town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bishopbriggs reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Bishopbriggs

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Bishopbriggs weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 13417.34.57.40.4
Feb / 107153.69.20.6
Mar / 97152.711.41.3
Apr11° / 7814.10.913.82.4
May14° / 8014.10.1163.5
Jun16° / 8614.4017.24.3
Jul18° / 11°9515.6016.74.8
Aug17° / 11°10316.2014.84.7
Sep15° / 8913.7012.54.1
Oct12° / 12515.60.110.12.7
Nov / 11716.10.681.3
Dec / 12816.12.86.80.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
32080
42080
52080
62080
72080
82179
92179
102179
112278
122278
132179
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312278

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bishopbriggs gets around 134 mm of rain and snow over 17.3 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 56% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
15614
25714
35715
45815
55915
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315214

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:56 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 3:44 PM to 4:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.88:563:44
26.88:563:45
36.88:563:46
46.98:553:47
56.98:553:49
66.98:553:50
77.08:543:51
87.08:543:53
97.08:533:54
107.18:523:56
117.18:513:57
127.18:513:59
137.28:504:00
147.28:494:02
157.38:484:04
167.38:474:05
177.48:464:07
187.48:454:09
197.58:434:11
207.58:424:13
217.68:414:15
227.68:404:17
237.78:384:18
247.78:374:20
257.88:354:22
267.88:344:24
277.98:324:26
288.08:314:28
298.08:294:31
308.18:274:33
318.28:264:35

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.34 kWh/m² to a high of 4.61 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 0.47 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Bishopbriggs?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bishopbriggs.

What to pack for Bishopbriggs in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Bishopbriggs sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Bishopbriggs in January

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 40 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan8Bracing
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Mar7Bracing
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May10Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug15Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct12Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Bishopbriggs in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bishopbriggs peaks around June 18 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bishopbriggs?

Bishopbriggs sits at 55.9°N, 4.2°W, 60 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Glasgow, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Bishopbriggs

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bishopbriggs.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bishopbriggs has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 571 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,211 m.

The land around Bishopbriggs is covered by grassland (32%), artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), trees (28%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
571 m
80 km
1,211 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Glasgow 5.0 km · Kirkintilloch 5.0 km · Bearsden 7.0 km · Rutherglen 9.0 km · Cambuslang 11 km · Renfrew 12 km · Clydebank 12 km · Coatbridge 13 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bishopbriggs (55.9067°, -4.2187°, elevation 60 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).