Bishopbriggs weather in July

In July, Bishopbriggs sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 95 mm of rain across 15.6 wet days and about 16.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Bishopbriggs's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bishopbriggs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
1st warmest
Overnight low
11°
12th coldest
Rainfall
95 mm
15.6 wet days
Daylight
16 h 48 min
4:00 AM – 8:45 PM
Cloud cover
79%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
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 July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical July day in Bishopbriggs reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Bishopbriggs

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bishopbriggs weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 8th-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 July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
31684
41684
51585
61585
71684
81684
91684
101783
111783
121783
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Bishopbriggs gets around 95 mm of rain over 15.6 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 50% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
148
249
349
449
549
649
749
849
949
1049
1149
1249
1349
1450
1550
1650
1750
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2753
2853
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3153

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 75% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
185141
284151
382162
481172
580182
680182
779192
879192
978202
1078202
1177212
1277212
1376222
1476222
1575232
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1774242
1873252
1973252
2071263
2171263
2270273
2369283
2469283
2568284
2667294
2767294
2867294
2968284
3068284
3168284

Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:43 AM to 4:25 AM, and sunset from 8:57 PM to 8:21 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.23:438:57
217.23:448:57
317.23:458:56
417.23:468:56
517.13:468:55
617.13:478:55
717.13:488:54
817.13:508:53
917.03:518:53
1017.03:528:52
1117.03:538:51
1216.93:548:50
1316.93:568:49
1416.83:578:48
1516.83:588:46
1616.84:008:45
1716.74:018:44
1816.74:038:43
1916.64:048:41
2016.64:068:40
2116.54:078:38
2216.54:098:37
2316.44:118:35
2416.44:128:34
2516.34:148:32
2616.24:168:30
2716.24:178:29
2816.14:198:27
2916.14:218:25
3016.04:238:23
3115.94:258:21

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.15 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 — July's 4.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
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44.3Bright
54.3Bright
64.3Bright
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224.0Bright
234.0Bright
244.0Bright
254.0Moderate
264.0Moderate
273.9Moderate
283.9Moderate
293.9Moderate
303.9Moderate
313.8Moderate
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Bishopbriggs?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Bishopbriggs for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bishopbriggs in July

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

In July, Bishopbriggs sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. About 16 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Bishopbriggs in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in July — 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 July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. 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
July 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).