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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 146k · 898 venues mapped

Gloucester

Where Gloucester 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 95 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Cheltenham 12 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 151 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 & drink898 places mapped
10:00–22:00
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6%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
70h
open per week
5%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7
Shops & errands310 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
96h
open per week
8%
open 24/7
Culture273 places mapped
10:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
45%
open on Sundays
30h
open per week
10%
take a midday break
Services123 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
26%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
166
umbrella days a year
34.8 m
of rain since 1981
21
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
662.9 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.6
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
14,626
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureGloucester RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 5.7% 243 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Wilhelmshaven 5.8%🇺🇸 Wilmington 5.8%🇨🇭 Winterthur 5.8%🇨🇳 Dalian 5.7%Gloucester🇯🇵 Hirosaki 5.7%🇹🇼 Hsinchu 5.7%🇻🇳 Huế 5.7%🇸🇮 Ljubljana 5.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 70 h 139 of 1,878 🇵🇱 Gdansk 70 h🇵🇱 Gdynia 70 h🇲🇾 George Town 70 h🇬🇧 Glasgow 70 hGloucester🇵🇱 Gorzów Wielkopolski 70 h🇭🇺 Gyor 70 h🇨🇦 Halifax 70 h🇯🇵 Hiroshima 70 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 19.2% 281 of 1,878 🇮🇩 Denpasar 19.3%🇨🇴 Medellín 19.3%🇮🇹 Verona 19.3%🇨🇦 Abbotsford 19.2%Gloucester🇬🇧 Livingston 19.2%🇪🇸 Terrassa 19.2%🇦🇹 Wiener Neustadt 19.2%🇺🇸 Key West 19.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 4.7% 337 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 4.8%🇧🇷 Santa Luzia 4.8%🇨🇳 Suzhou 4.8%🇬🇧 Swansea 4.8%Gloucester🇨🇾 Larnaca 4.7%🇺🇸 Simi Valley 4.7%🇬🇧 Telford 4.7%🇬🇧 Chester 4.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.7% 184 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Bloomington 4.7%🇬🇧 Bury St Edmunds 4.7%🇨🇦 Calgary 4.7%🇺🇸 Edmond 4.7%Gloucester🇺🇸 Hartford 4.7%🇹🇼 Hsinchu 4.7%🇷🇴 Iași 4.7%🇨🇿 Jihlava 4.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 90.2% 95 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Harrisonburg 90.3%🇬🇧 Norwich 90.3%🇧🇷 Uberlândia 90.3%🇬🇧 Coventry 90.2%Gloucester🇬🇧 Littlehampton 90.2%🇸🇪 Malmo 90.2%🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen 90.2%🇸🇪 Västerås 90.2%

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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