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The weather6
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 81k · 1,055 venues mapped

Harlow

Where Harlow 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 76 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Chelmsford 25 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 34 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 — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,055 places mapped
10:00–23:00
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8%
open past midnight
89%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
13%
take a midday break
6%
open 24/7
Shops & errands322 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
92%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
7%
open 24/7
Culture257 places mapped
10:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
38%
open on Sundays
29h
open per week
Services132 places mapped
09:00–17:00
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3%
open past midnight
18%
open on Sundays
40h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
138
umbrella days a year
31.1 m
of rain since 1981
39
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
504.3 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:51
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.7 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,464
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHarlow RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 8.4% 216 of 1,878 🇲🇽 Tijuana 8.5%🇦🇱 Tirana 8.5%🇻🇳 Vũng Tàu 8.5%🇺🇸 Wheaton 8.5%Harlow🇫🇷 Poitiers 8.4%🇷🇺 Sochi 8.4%🇭🇷 Split 8.4%🇮🇹 Venice 8.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 63 h 167 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Gamagori 63 h🇪🇸 Girona 63 h🇪🇨 Guayaquil 63 h🇬🇧 Guildford 63 hHarlow🇸🇪 Helsingborg 63 h🇯🇵 Himeji 63 h🇬🇧 Hinckley 63 h🇹🇭 Hua Hin 63 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 16.8% 304 of 1,878 🇷🇸 Kragujevac 16.9%🇪🇸 León 16.9%🇮🇷 Mashhad 16.9%🇮🇪 Dublin 16.8%Harlow🇮🇹 Venice 16.8%🇬🇧 Warrington 16.8%🇪🇬 Cairo 16.7%🇧🇷 Campo Grande 16.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 13.3% 259 of 1,878 🇦🇷 Bahía Blanca 13.6%🇳🇿 Christchurch 13.6%🇧🇪 Mechelen 13.6%🇮🇹 Catania 13.5%Harlow🇮🇳 Koyilandy 13.3%🇯🇵 Nagasaki 13.3%🇩🇪 Paderborn 13.3%🇧🇷 Araraquara 13.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 6.3% 168 of 1,878 🇨🇴 Ibagué 6.4%🇯🇵 Kisarazu 6.4%🇺🇸 North Richland Hills 6.4%🇮🇹 Salerno 6.4%Harlow🇯🇵 Marugame 6.3%🇺🇸 Nashville 6.3%🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo 6.3%🇺🇸 Tulsa 6.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 92.2% 76 of 1,704 🇵🇰 Islamabad 92.3%🇬🇧 Milton Keynes 92.3%🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán 92.3%🇭🇰 Sha Tin 92.3%Harlow🇺🇸 Albuquerque 92.1%🇮🇹 Catania 92.1%🇺🇸 Honolulu 92.1%🇱🇹 Kaunas 92.1%

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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