Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Scotland
• Level 2: The Scottish Borders

Current local time in Galashiels:

11:29 AM, Friday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Galashiels on map:^[1]

Galashiels GPS coordinates^[2]

55° 36' 52.488" North, 2° 48' 25.02" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	56.00967°,	-3.51008°
Center:	55.61458°,	-2.80695°
Lower-right:	55.21547°,	-2.10383°
Map W x H:	88.3×88.3 km	= 54.9×54.9mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑10.6% North
Galashiels:	55.61458°
min Lat:	⇓89.4% South 34.60088°

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min Long	Galashiels	max Long
-7.64133°	-2.80695°	32.95536°
W 28.9%⇐		⇒71.1% E

Elevation

Elevation of Galashiels is 119 m = 390 ft, and this is 46.1 m = 151 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	19.4%
Galashiels	119 m 390 ft
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	80.6%

See also: United Kingdom elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Galashiels is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1217.4 km =756.5 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Galashiels
North Pole	3823.3	2375.7	to North
Arctic Circle	1217.4	756.5	to North
Tropic Cancer	3577.8	2223.1	to South
Equator	6183.8	3842.4	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Galashiels: (largest is in red/bold)

• Cardrona Mains 18.9 km =11.7 mi, 277°
• Denholm 19.1 km =11.9 mi, 156°
• Earlston 8.7 km =5.4 mi, 72°
• Hawick 21.4 km =13.3 mi, 176°
• Innerleithen 16.1 km =10 mi, 271°
• Jedburgh 21.9 km =13.6 mi, 133°
• Kelso 23.5 km =14.6 mi, 94°
• Lauder 12.2 km =7.6 mi, 17°
• Melrose 5.2 km =3.2 mi, 108°
• Newtown St Boswells 9.5 km =5.9 mi, 114°
• Saint Boswells 11.2 km =7 mi, 114°
• Selkirk 7.7 km =4.8 mi, 195°
• Stow 9.5 km =5.9 mi, 337°
• Tweedbank 2.8 km =1.7 mi, 114°
• Walkerburn 13.1 km =8.1 mi, 274°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Галашилс
• In Chinese: 加拉希尔斯