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The 50 cities with the highest heating need in the United Kingdom

Heating degree days (long-term average): the higher the number, the more energy a home needs for heating.

Lowest
1,756
Median
2,480
Highest
3,537
1,133 Cities

Top 15

Show the data as a table
CitiesDegree days
Fort William3,537
Perth3,378
Hawick3,242
Galashiels3,242
Nairn3,242
Inverness3,242
Elgin3,242
Westhill3,195
Larkhall3,175
Dalserf3,175
Carluke3,175
Kendal3,123
Alloa3,101
Kirkintilloch3,101
Bishopbriggs3,101
RankCitiesRegionDegree days
1Fort WilliamHighland3,537
2PerthPerth and Kinross3,378
3HawickThe Scottish Borders3,242
4GalashielsThe Scottish Borders3,242
5NairnHighland3,242
6InvernessHighland3,242
7ElginMoray3,242
8WesthillAberdeenshire3,195
9LarkhallSouth Lanarkshire3,175
10DalserfSouth Lanarkshire3,175
11CarlukeSouth Lanarkshire3,175
12KendalCumbria3,123
13AlloaClackmannanshire3,101
14KirkintillochEast Dunbartonshire3,101
15BishopbriggsEast Dunbartonshire3,101
16GrangemouthFalkirk3,101
17FalkirkFalkirk3,101
18Bo’nessFalkirk3,101
19RosythFife3,101
20DunfermlineFife3,101
21CowdenbeathFife3,101
22WishawNorth Lanarkshire3,101
23MotherwellNorth Lanarkshire3,101
24MossendNorth Lanarkshire3,101
25CumbernauldNorth Lanarkshire3,101
26CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire3,101
27BellshillNorth Lanarkshire3,101
28AirdrieNorth Lanarkshire3,101
29ViewparkNorth Lanarkshire3,101
30RutherglenSouth Lanarkshire3,101
31Meikle EarnockSouth Lanarkshire3,101
32High BlantyreSouth Lanarkshire3,101
33HamiltonSouth Lanarkshire3,101
34East KilbrideSouth Lanarkshire3,101
35CambuslangSouth Lanarkshire3,101
36BlantyreSouth Lanarkshire3,101
37StirlingStirling3,101
38WhitburnWest Lothian3,101
39LivingstonWest Lothian3,101
40LinlithgowWest Lothian3,101
41BroxburnWest Lothian3,101
42BathgateWest Lothian3,101
43ArmadaleWest Lothian3,101
44HelensburghArgyll and Bute3,090
45MilngavieEast Dunbartonshire3,090
46BearsdenEast Dunbartonshire3,090
47Newton MearnsEast Renfrewshire3,090
48GiffnockEast Renfrewshire3,090
49BarrheadEast Renfrewshire3,090
50GlasgowGlasgow City3,090

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Cheapest cities to run a home in the United Kingdom
  1. Penzance£112
  2. Helston£112
  3. Camborne£112
Most expensive cities to run a home in the United Kingdom
  1. Fort William£154
  2. Perth£151
  3. Hawick£147
Best cities for solar panels in the United Kingdom
  1. Weymouth1,173 kWh/kWp
  2. Dorchester1,173 kWh/kWp
  3. Portland1,173 kWh/kWp
Cities with the cheapest rents in the United Kingdom
  1. Hartlepool£512
  2. Carlisle£562
  3. Stranraer£562