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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 681k · 4,595 venues mapped

Bristol

Where Bristol 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 111 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Bath 19 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 171 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 & drink4,595 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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6%
open past midnight
82%
open on Sundays
65h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
Shops & errands1,526 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
88%
open on Sundays
102h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Culture681 places mapped
10:00–17:00
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0%
open past midnight
28%
open on Sundays
28h
open per week
5%
open 24/7
Services390 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
20%
open on Sundays
49h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
168
umbrella days a year
36.7 m
of rain since 1981
36
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
678.4 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:04
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,650
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBristol RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 6.3% 237 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Wigan 6.4%🇻🇳 Đà Nẵng 6.4%🇫🇷 Arras 6.3%🇨🇴 Bogota 6.3%Bristol🇩🇪 Dessau 6.3%🇩🇪 Essen 6.3%🇩🇪 Münster 6.3%🇺🇸 Pensacola 6.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 65 h 160 of 1,878 🇭🇺 Pécs 65.5 h🇦🇹 Wels 65.5 h🇨🇿 Zlín 65.5 h🇬🇧 Leeds 65.2 hBristol🇧🇷 Campina Grande 65 h🇩🇰 Copenhagen 65 h🇳🇴 Drammen 65 h🇮🇪 Dublin 65 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 15.5% 317 of 1,878 🇦🇺 Bendigo 15.6%🇯🇵 Hachioji 15.6%🇵🇰 Lahore 15.6%🇬🇧 Margate 15.6%Bristol🇬🇧 Ipswich 15.5%🇨🇦 Montreal 15.5%🇬🇧 Aberdeen 15.4%🇬🇧 Aldershot 15.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 5.8% 326 of 1,878 🇬🇷 Ioannina 5.9%🇲🇽 La Paz 5.9%🇧🇷 Macapá 5.9%🇺🇸 Santa Barbara 5.9%Bristol🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur 5.8%🇦🇺 Melbourne 5.8%🇬🇧 York 5.8%🇬🇧 Bangor 5.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.1% 220 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Araraquara 1.1%🇺🇸 Bend 1.1%🇨🇴 Bogota 1.1%🇺🇸 Boulder 1.1%Bristol🇭🇺 Budapest 1.1%🇦🇺 Canberra 1.1%🇩🇪 Coburg 1.1%🇸🇻 Cojutepeque 1.1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 88.2% 111 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Cambridge 88.3%🇺🇸 Duncanville 88.3%🇺🇸 Fall River 88.3%🇺🇸 Trenton 88.3%Bristol🇬🇧 Cardiff 88.2%🇺🇸 Grand Junction 88.2%🇷🇸 Niš 88.2%🇧🇩 Savar 88.2%

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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