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The weather6
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 81k · 1,501 venues mapped

Chester

Where Chester 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 57 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Runcorn 20 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇪 Dublin 📖 224 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Chester does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,501 places mapped
09:30–22:00
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6%
open past midnight
86%
open on Sundays
68h
open per week
5%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands461 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
101h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Services185 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
22%
open on Sundays
44h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
187
umbrella days a year
40.2 m
of rain since 1981
1
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
750.1 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.6
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:56
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,670
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureChester RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 6.1% 239 of 1,878 🇮🇳 Udaipur 6.2%🇳🇿 Wellington 6.2%🇦🇺 Wollongong 6.2%🇩🇪 Aachen 6.1%Chester🇺🇸 Draper 6.1%🇯🇵 Hiroshima 6.1%🇷🇺 Odintsovo 6.1%🇹🇭 Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 6.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 68 h 148 of 1,878 🇮🇩 Pekanbaru 68.2 h🇨🇾 Protaras 68.2 h🇵🇹 Braga 68 h🇪🇸 Burgos 68 hChester🇬🇧 Manchester 68 h🇬🇧 Mansfield 68 h🇸🇪 Norrköping 68 h🇨🇱 Temuco 68 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 20.8% 266 of 1,878 🇮🇳 Mangalagiri 20.9%🇬🇧 Reading 20.9%🇱🇰 Ambalangoda 20.8%🇧🇿 Belize City 20.8%Chester🇨🇳 Fangshan 20.8%🇨🇳 Nanjing 20.8%🇮🇹 Fano 20.7%🇨🇭 Locarno 20.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 4.6% 338 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Gloucester 4.7%🇨🇾 Larnaca 4.7%🇺🇸 Simi Valley 4.7%🇬🇧 Telford 4.7%Chester🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street 4.6%🇦🇷 Mar del Plata 4.6%🇺🇸 Asheville 4.5%🇵🇭 Cabiao 4.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.6% 195 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Tampa 3.7%🇺🇦 Zhytomyr 3.7%🇺🇸 Ames 3.6%🇬🇧 Ashford 3.6%Chester🇺🇸 College Station 3.6%🇺🇸 Colorado Springs 3.6%🇬🇧 Folkestone 3.6%🇹🇭 Hat Yai 3.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 94.2% 57 of 1,704 🇺🇸 St. Louis 94.3%🇨🇳 Zhujiajiao 94.3%🇬🇧 Basildon 94.2%🇺🇸 Canton 94.2%Chester🇺🇸 Eugene 94.2%🇮🇪 Galway 94.2%🇺🇸 Kansas City 94.2%🇬🇧 Reigate 94.2%

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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