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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 72k · 744 venues mapped

Guildford

Where Guildford 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 71 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Aldershot 13 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 43 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink744 places mapped
11:00–22:30
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6%
open past midnight
85%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
19%
take a midday break
Shops & errands246 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
93%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
5%
open 24/7
Services78 places mapped
09:00–17:00
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0%
open past midnight
14%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
143
umbrella days a year
35.3 m
of rain since 1981
28
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
535.9 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:57
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,508
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureGuildford RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 6.2% 238 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Cannock 6.2%🇨🇦 Charlottetown 6.2%🇨🇿 Frýdek-Místek 6.2%🇬🇧 Glasgow 6.2%Guildford🇭🇺 Gyor 6.2%🇯🇵 Iizuka 6.2%🇮🇳 Kasaragod 6.2%🇯🇵 Kochi 6.2%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 63 h 167 of 1,878 🇮🇪 Galway 63 h🇯🇵 Gamagori 63 h🇪🇸 Girona 63 h🇪🇨 Guayaquil 63 hGuildford🇬🇧 Harlow 63 h🇸🇪 Helsingborg 63 h🇯🇵 Himeji 63 h🇬🇧 Hinckley 63 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 22.3% 252 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Zhaoqing 22.5%🇵🇭 Cagayan de Oro 22.4%🇳🇿 Christchurch 22.4%🇮🇹 Brescia 22.3%Guildford🇮🇹 Busto Arsizio 22.2%🇵🇷 Caguas 22.2%🇪🇸 Elda 22.2%🇨🇳 Harbin 22.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 19.4% 208 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Villingen-Schwenningen 19.6%🇩🇪 Lüdenscheid 19.5%🇪🇸 Murcia 19.5%🇩🇪 Stuttgart 19.5%Guildford🇵🇹 Lisbon 19.4%🇮🇹 Viterbo 19.3%🇪🇸 Girona 19.2%🇩🇪 Aschaffenburg 19.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.9% 222 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Dortmund 0.9%🇩🇪 Dusseldorf 0.9%🇩🇪 Erfurt 0.9%🇵🇹 Funchal 0.9%Guildford🇺🇸 Hazel Park 0.9%🇸🇪 Helsingborg 0.9%🇩🇪 Jena 0.9%🇵🇹 Lisbon 0.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 92.8% 71 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Maidstone 92.9%🇬🇧 Royal Tunbridge Wells 92.9%🇬🇧 Stevenage 92.9%🇺🇸 Winchester 92.9%Guildford🇺🇸 Toledo 92.8%🇨🇦 Abbotsford 92.7%🇺🇸 Rapid City 92.7%🇨🇦 Trois-Rivières 92.7%

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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