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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 74k · 409 venues mapped

Ashford

Where Ashford places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 35 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Canterbury 21 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 80 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jul, Aug, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink409 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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6%
open past midnight
92%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
10%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands152 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
103h
open per week
7%
open 24/7
Services64 places mapped
09:00–17:30
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
36%
open on Sundays
50h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
145
umbrella days a year
34.3 m
of rain since 1981
1
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
434.9 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:52
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,407
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureAshford RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 6% 240 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Trier 6.1%🇪🇸 Vic 6.1%🇷🇺 Arkhangelsk 6%🇺🇿 Asaka 6%Ashford🇩🇪 Dortmund 6%🇺🇦 Ivano-Frankivsk 6%🇩🇪 Koblenz 6%🇮🇹 La Spezia 6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 63 h 167 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Alcalá de Henares 63 h🇮🇹 Alessandria 63 h🇧🇷 Aracaju 63 h🇯🇵 Asahikawa 63 hAshford🇬🇧 Bridgend 63 h🇲🇽 Cabo San Lucas 63 h🇲🇽 Cholula 63 h🇳🇿 Christchurch 63 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 9.5% 377 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Kobe 9.6%🇮🇷 Tehran 9.6%🇦🇹 Vienna 9.6%🇲🇾 Alor Setar 9.5%Ashford🇨🇿 Brno 9.5%🇨🇦 Cambridge 9.5%🇨🇩 Kinshasa 9.5%🇯🇵 Matsuyama 9.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 9.5% 290 of 1,878 🇳🇿 Auckland 9.8%🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 9.8%🇬🇧 Oxford 9.6%🇦🇹 Wiener Neustadt 9.6%Ashford🇯🇵 Sapporo 9.5%🇭🇰 Tsuen Wan 9.5%🇮🇹 Viareggio 9.5%🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 9.4%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.6% 195 of 1,878 🇮🇳 Talegaon Dabhade 3.7%🇺🇸 Tampa 3.7%🇺🇦 Zhytomyr 3.7%🇺🇸 Ames 3.6%Ashford🇬🇧 Chester 3.6%🇺🇸 College Station 3.6%🇺🇸 Colorado Springs 3.6%🇬🇧 Folkestone 3.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 96.4% 35 of 1,704 🇲🇾 Johor Bahru 96.5%🇺🇸 Manassas Park 96.5%🇬🇧 Sunderland 96.5%🇺🇸 Akron 96.4%Ashford🇬🇧 Birmingham 96.4%🇵🇭 Cebu City 96.4%🇺🇸 Greeley 96.4%🇺🇸 Huntington Station 96.4%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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