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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 65k · 696 venues mapped

Harrogate

Where Harrogate 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 68 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Leeds 22 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 292 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 — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not a wet month.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink696 places mapped
09:30–21:00
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1%
open past midnight
85%
open on Sundays
56h
open per week
8%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands220 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
Services89 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
9%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
158
umbrella days a year
33.6 m
of rain since 1981
3
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
712.7 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:46
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17.1 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,580
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHarrogate RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 1.4% 286 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Chemnitz 1.5%🇬🇧 Hastings 1.5%🇵🇪 Arequipa 1.4%🇮🇩 Bandung 1.4%Harrogate🇮🇩 Medan 1.4%🇯🇵 Shibata 1.4%🇱🇦 Vientiane 1.4%🇩🇪 Wolfsburg 1.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 55.5 h 200 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Lüdenscheid 55.8 h🇩🇪 Wolfsburg 55.8 h🇳🇱 Bussum 55.5 h🇫🇷 Béziers 55.5 hHarrogate🇳🇿 Dunedin 55.4 h🇪🇸 Granollers 55.2 h🇩🇰 Odense 55.2 h🇬🇧 Bedford 55 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 20.5% 269 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Nanaimo 20.7%🇨🇦 Regina 20.7%🇪🇸 Granollers 20.6%🇻🇳 Hanoi 20.6%Harrogate🇬🇧 London 20.5%🇨🇴 Riohacha 20.5%🇸🇰 Banská Bystrica 20.4%🇯🇵 Kisarazu 20.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 8.2% 302 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Chapecó 8.3%🇬🇧 Folkestone 8.3%🇺🇸 Campbell 8.2%🇬🇧 Elland 8.2%Harrogate🇯🇵 Kitakyushu 8.2%🇨🇾 Limassol 8.2%🇬🇧 Bury St Edmunds 8.1%🇦🇺 Gold Coast 8.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.1% 190 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Vancouver 4.2%🇬🇧 Warrington 4.2%🇨🇷 Cartago 4.1%🇷🇺 Gelendzhik 4.1%Harrogate🇬🇧 Leicester 4.1%🇺🇸 New Britain 4.1%🇸🇰 Nitra 4.1%🇹🇭 Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 4.1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 93.1% 68 of 1,704 🇻🇳 Đà Nẵng 93.2%🇬🇧 Bournemouth 93.1%🇬🇧 Edinburgh 93.1%🇬🇧 Exeter 93.1%Harrogate🇲🇽 Puebla 93.1%🇷🇺 Astrakhan 93%🇳🇿 Auckland 93%🇬🇧 Pontefract 93%

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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