🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 52k · 885 venues mapped
Canterbury
Where Canterbury 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 64 of 1,704.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
Best time to visit Jul, Aug, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink885 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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7%
open past midnight
88%
open on Sundays
66h
open per week
8%
take a midday break
Shops & errands248 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
96h
open per week
Services82 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
26%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week
Vital absurdities
measured0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
135
umbrella days a year
31 m
of rain since 1981
0
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
424.3 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:50
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,394
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venuesThe 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.