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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 110k · 326 venues mapped

Basingstoke

Where Basingstoke 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 15 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Aldershot 23 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 72 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 — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink326 places mapped
10:00–22:00
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4%
open past midnight
87%
open on Sundays
77h
open per week
11%
take a midday break
6%
open 24/7
Shops & errands140 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
98%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
13%
open 24/7
Services63 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
41%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
149
umbrella days a year
34 m
of rain since 1981
91
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
571.5 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:59
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,544
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBasingstoke RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.2% 258 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Reading 4.3%🇩🇪 Siegen 4.3%🇵🇪 Trujillo 4.3%🇺🇸 Watsonville 4.3%Basingstoke🇬🇧 Bath 4.2%🇩🇪 Delmenhorst 4.2%🇵🇱 Katowice 4.2%🇧🇴 La Paz 4.2%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 77 h 111 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Eugene 77.5 h🇺🇸 Redding 77.5 h🇧🇬 Sofia 77.2 h🇪🇸 Torrevieja 77.2 hBasingstoke🇬🇧 Belfast 77 h🇺🇸 Bend 77 h🇬🇧 Blantyre 77 h🇺🇸 Boston 77 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 31% 174 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Charlottetown 31.2%🇺🇸 Gainesville 31.2%🇺🇸 Durham 31.1%🇺🇸 Puyallup 31.1%Basingstoke🇺🇸 Bossier City 31%🇺🇸 Normal 31%🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán 31%🇺🇸 Charlotte 30.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 11.3% 277 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Erfurt 11.4%🇩🇪 Essen 11.4%🇯🇵 Sendai 11.4%🇩🇿 Algiers 11.3%Basingstoke🇨🇳 Guangzhou 11.2%🇩🇪 Halle (Saale) 11.2%🇬🇧 St Albans 11.2%🇬🇧 Taunton 11.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 5.6% 175 of 1,878 🇺🇦 Rivne 5.7%🇬🇧 Scarborough 5.7%🇷🇺 Taganrog 5.7%🇪🇸 Almuñécar 5.6%Basingstoke🇺🇸 Dallas 5.6%🇮🇩 Denpasar 5.6%🇺🇸 Duncanville 5.6%🇦🇱 Elbasan 5.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 98.4% 15 of 1,704 🇷🇺 Voronezh 98.5%🇹🇷 Adana 98.4%🇯🇴 Amman 98.4%🇮🇶 Baghdad 98.4%Basingstoke🇷🇺 Belgorod 98.4%🇺🇸 Columbia 98.4%🇺🇦 Donetsk 98.4%🇯🇵 Kofu 98.4%

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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