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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 51k · 1,385 venues mapped

Barry

Where Barry 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 73 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Cardiff 11 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 219 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Barry does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,385 places mapped
10:00–23:00
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9%
open past midnight
92%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands441 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
93%
open on Sundays
103h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Culture299 places mapped
09:00–19:00
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0%
open past midnight
38%
open on Sundays
49h
open per week
Services167 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
19%
open on Sundays
44h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
179
umbrella days a year
43.4 m
of rain since 1981
6
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
724.8 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:07
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,697
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBarry RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 9.2% 208 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Obninsk 9.3%🇨🇿 Ostrava 9.3%🇫🇷 Périgueux 9.3%🇬🇧 Redditch 9.3%Barry🇬🇧 Birmingham 9.2%🇫🇷 Bourges 9.2%🇳🇴 Drammen 9.2%🇫🇮 Lahti 9.2%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 75 h 120 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Kitchener 75.5 h🇹🇭 Chon Buri 75.2 h🇯🇵 Iizuka 75.2 h🇵🇱 Lublin 75.2 hBarry🇦🇷 Cipolletti 75 h🇺🇸 Corvallis 75 h🇬🇧 Doncaster 75 h🇹🇿 Mwanza 75 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 12.5% 347 of 1,878 🇲🇽 Mexico City 12.6%🇧🇬 Sofia 12.6%🇵🇭 Bamban 12.5%🇮🇩 Bandung 12.5%Barry🇭🇺 Budapest 12.5%🇪🇸 Castelló de la Plana 12.5%🇪🇸 Donostia / San Sebastián 12.5%🇻🇪 Maracaibo 12.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 3.9% 345 of 1,878 🇲🇾 Putrajaya 4%🇬🇧 Scunthorpe 4%🇯🇵 Tokushima 4%🇨🇦 Victoria 4%Barry🇬🇧 Crewe 3.9%🇬🇧 Redditch 3.9%🇺🇸 Sherwood 3.9%🇺🇸 Tallahassee 3.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.9% 192 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Stockton 4%🇦🇺 Toowoomba 4%🇭🇰 Tuen Mun 4%🇺🇸 Worcester 4%Barry🇧🇷 Brasilia 3.9%🇭🇺 Debrecen 3.9%🇬🇧 Falkirk 3.9%🇺🇸 Greenwood 3.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 92.6% 73 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Toledo 92.8%🇨🇦 Abbotsford 92.7%🇺🇸 Rapid City 92.7%🇨🇦 Trois-Rivières 92.7%Barry🇬🇧 Bath 92.6%🇬🇧 Chesterfield 92.6%🇷🇴 Craiova 92.6%🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 92.6%

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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