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The weather6
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 456k · 2,594 venues mapped

Brighton

Where Brighton 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 48 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Littlehampton 28 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 76 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 & drink2,594 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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6%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
62h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
Shops & errands775 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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1%
open past midnight
95%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
7%
open 24/7
Culture410 places mapped
10:00–17:00
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0%
open past midnight
40%
open on Sundays
36h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Services251 places mapped
09:00–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
38%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
142
umbrella days a year
34.8 m
of rain since 1981
5
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
499.6 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:57
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.5 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,476
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBrighton RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 5.9% 241 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Trento 6%🇺🇸 Williamsburg 6%🇯🇵 Aomori 5.9%🇮🇹 Aosta 5.9%Brighton🇪🇨 Cuenca 5.9%🇺🇸 Edmond 5.9%🇺🇸 Honolulu 5.9%🇺🇸 Kenosha 5.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 62 h 172 of 1,878 🇵🇱 Świdnica 62.5 h🇮🇹 Cosenza 62.1 h🇬🇧 Bath 62 h🇨🇭 Biel/Bienne 62 hBrighton🇯🇵 Koriyama 62 h🇨🇭 Lausanne 62 h🇮🇹 Ravenna 62 h🇬🇧 Swindon 62 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 12.4% 348 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Donostia / San Sebastián 12.5%🇻🇪 Maracaibo 12.5%🇯🇵 Matsue 12.5%🇫🇷 Saint-Louis 12.5%Brighton🇬🇧 Milton Keynes 12.4%🇫🇷 Nimes 12.4%🇵🇹 Coimbra 12.3%🇷🇴 Iași 12.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 5.9% 325 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Lowell 6%🇬🇧 Maidenhead 6%🇬🇧 Warwick 6%🇬🇧 Blackpool 5.9%Brighton🇵🇾 Ciudad del Este 5.9%🇬🇷 Ioannina 5.9%🇲🇽 La Paz 5.9%🇧🇷 Macapá 5.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.3% 218 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Asheville 1.3%🇺🇸 Aurora 1.3%🇮🇹 Bari 1.3%🇵🇱 Białystok 1.3%Brighton🇪🇸 Burgos 1.3%🇬🇧 Cheltenham 1.3%🇪🇸 Donostia / San Sebastián 1.3%🇮🇪 Dublin 1.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 95.1% 48 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Las Cruces 95.2%🇺🇸 Manhattan 95.2%🇨🇦 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 95.2%🇺🇸 San Francisco 95.2%Brighton🇦🇺 Brisbane 95.1%🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 95.1%🇺🇸 Lafayette 95.1%🇬🇧 London 95.1%

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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