🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 42k · 518 venues mapped

Durham

Where Durham 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 18 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street 9 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇪 Dublin 📖 345 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot

Come for everything else Durham 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 & drink518 places mapped

10:30–23:00

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open past midnight

89%

open on Sundays

70h

open per week

open 24/7

Shops & errands140 places mapped

07:00–22:00

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open past midnight

98%

open on Sundays

94h

open per week

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

765.9 km

to West Eifel Volcanic Field

0.2

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

15:41

winter sunset (solar approx.)

17.3 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

14,581

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Durham	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	9.1%	209 of 1,878	🇮🇳 Alappuzha 9.1%🇺🇸 Billings 9.1%🇬🇧 Blackburn 9.1%🇩🇪 Coburg 9.1%Durham🇺🇸 Franklin 9.1%🇫🇷 Grenoble 9.1%🇲🇾 Kota Bharu 9.1%🇺🇸 Pittsburgh 9.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	69.5 h	141 of 1,878	🇮🇹 Ascoli Piceno 69.8 h🇬🇧 Cardiff 69.5 h🇺🇸 Concord 69.5 h🇪🇸 Dos Hermanas 69.5 hDurham🇨🇱 La Serena 69.5 h🇬🇧 Llandudno 69.5 h🇨🇱 Valdivia 69.5 h🇬🇧 Warrington 69.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	15.9%	313 of 1,878	🇬🇧 Warwick 16%🇬🇧 Worcester 16%🇹🇭 Chiang Mai 15.9%🇵🇪 Cusco 15.9%Durham🇵🇱 Radom 15.9%🇮🇩 Rangkasbitung 15.9%🇮🇩 Banjarmasin 15.8%🇬🇧 Exeter 15.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0%	384 of 1,878	🇳🇴 Drammen 0%🇺🇦 Druzhkivka 0%🇨🇴 Duitama 0%🇬🇧 Dunfermline 0%Durham🇦🇱 Durrës 0%🇹🇯 Dushanbe 0%🇺🇸 Easton 0%🇺🇸 Edmond 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7	4.5%	186 of 1,878	🇦🇱 Shkoder 4.6%🇫🇷 Ajaccio 4.5%🇮🇳 Alappuzha 4.5%🇦🇺 Cairns 4.5%Durham🇧🇾 Hrodna 4.5%🇩🇪 Neumünster 4.5%🇪🇨 Otavalo 4.5%🇫🇮 Oulu 4.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	98.1%	18 of 1,704	🇵🇭 Tagaytay 98.2%🇹🇼 Tainan 98.2%🇷🇺 Yeysk 98.2%🇺🇸 Chicago 98.1%Durham🇺🇸 Las Vegas 98.1%🇵🇭 Manila 98.1%🇺🇸 Miami 98.1%🇺🇸 Sacramento 98.1%

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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