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The weather6
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 116k · 940 venues mapped

Cheltenham

Where Cheltenham 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 66 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Gloucester 12 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 142 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 & drink940 places mapped
11:00–22:15
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10%
open past midnight
85%
open on Sundays
62h
open per week
15%
take a midday break
Shops & errands257 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
93%
open on Sundays
104h
open per week
9%
open 24/7
Culture180 places mapped
10:00–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
35%
open on Sundays
32h
open per week
5%
open 24/7
Services101 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
16%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
156
umbrella days a year
35.9 m
of rain since 1981
34
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
652.9 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:00
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.7 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,615
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureCheltenham RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 9.6% 204 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Hilversum 9.7%🇺🇸 Huntington Station 9.7%🇯🇵 Numazu 9.7%🇷🇴 Râmnicu Vâlcea 9.7%Cheltenham🇺🇸 Henderson 9.6%🇬🇧 London 9.6%🇷🇺 Murmansk 9.6%🇺🇸 New Britain 9.6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 61.5 h 174 of 1,878 🇵🇱 Zielona Góra 62 h🇮🇹 Ancona 61.8 h🇧🇿 Belize City 61.5 h🇧🇷 Campo Grande 61.5 hCheltenham🇪🇸 Granada 61.5 h🇪🇸 Salamanca 61.5 h🇧🇷 Santa Luzia 61.5 h🇮🇹 Trento 61.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 11.6% 356 of 1,878 🇳🇴 Oslo 11.7%🇨🇿 Pardubice 11.7%🇫🇷 Angoulême 11.6%🇨🇴 Armenia 11.6%Cheltenham🇨🇾 Limassol 11.6%🇬🇧 Torquay 11.6%🇪🇸 Burgos 11.5%🇬🇧 Derby 11.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 15.1% 243 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Porto Alegre 15.3%🇵🇹 Setúbal 15.3%🇨🇴 Cali 15.2%🇩🇪 Leipzig 15.2%Cheltenham🇦🇹 Innsbruck 15%🇮🇳 Kannur 15%🇯🇵 Tanabe 15%🇬🇧 Hinckley 14.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.3% 218 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Bari 1.3%🇵🇱 Białystok 1.3%🇬🇧 Brighton 1.3%🇪🇸 Burgos 1.3%Cheltenham🇪🇸 Donostia / San Sebastián 1.3%🇮🇪 Dublin 1.3%🇩🇪 Essen 1.3%🇮🇹 Gallarate 1.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 93.3% 66 of 1,704 🇱🇹 Klaipėda 93.4%🇧🇷 Araraquara 93.3%🇲🇽 Cabo San Lucas 93.3%🇺🇸 Champaign 93.3%Cheltenham🇻🇳 Hanoi 93.3%🇫🇮 Helsinki 93.3%🇧🇾 Hrodna 93.3%🇺🇸 Lynchburg 93.3%

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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