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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 35k · 234 venues mapped

Bury St Edmunds

Where Bury St Edmunds 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 118 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Ipswich 37 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 100 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jun, 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 & drink234 places mapped
10:00–22:00
0006121824
1%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
56h
open per week
8%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7
Shops & errands73 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
88%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
5%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
137
umbrella days a year
31.2 m
of rain since 1981
12
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
485.8 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:47
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.8 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,426
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBury St Edmunds RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 1.2% 288 of 1,878 🇲🇲 Sagaing 1.3%🇮🇳 Thiruvananthapuram 1.3%🇧🇷 Vitória 1.3%🇵🇱 Świdnica 1.3%Bury St Edmunds🇬🇧 Folkestone 1.2%🇺🇸 Santa Fe 1.2%🇸🇻 Cojutepeque 1.1%🇩🇪 Görlitz 1.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 56 h 197 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Bologna 56 h🇩🇪 Bonn 56 h🇮🇹 Brescia 56 h🇨🇴 Bucaramanga 56 hBury St Edmunds🇦🇺 Cairns 56 h🇬🇧 Crewe 56 h🇩🇪 Cuxhaven 56 h🇮🇹 Forlì 56 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 10.5% 367 of 1,878 🇲🇰 Skopje 10.6%🇪🇸 Toledo 10.6%🇨🇺 Trinidad 10.6%🇭🇺 Veszprém 10.6%Bury St Edmunds🇵🇭 Cebu City 10.5%🇮🇳 Kozhikode 10.5%🇬🇭 Kumasi 10.5%🇯🇵 Misawa 10.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 8.1% 303 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Elland 8.2%🇬🇧 Harrogate 8.2%🇯🇵 Kitakyushu 8.2%🇨🇾 Limassol 8.2%Bury St Edmunds🇦🇺 Gold Coast 8.1%🇦🇺 Sydney 8.1%🇬🇧 Grimsby 8%🇦🇺 Perth 8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.7% 184 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Torremolinos 4.8%🇺🇸 Abilene 4.7%🇬🇧 Belfast 4.7%🇺🇸 Bloomington 4.7%Bury St Edmunds🇨🇦 Calgary 4.7%🇺🇸 Edmond 4.7%🇬🇧 Gloucester 4.7%🇺🇸 Hartford 4.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 87.5% 118 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Salem 87.8%🇬🇧 Dundee 87.7%🇬🇧 York 87.7%🇸🇪 Stockholm 87.6%Bury St Edmunds🇧🇷 Chapecó 87.5%🇺🇸 Chattanooga 87.5%🇧🇩 Chattogram 87.5%🇺🇸 Cookeville 87.5%

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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