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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 91k · 1,167 venues mapped

Hastings

Where Hastings 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 148 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Royal Tunbridge Wells 38 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 88 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, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,167 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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2%
open past midnight
80%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week
8%
take a midday break
Shops & errands380 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
84%
open on Sundays
91h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Culture227 places mapped
10:00–16:00
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0%
open past midnight
38%
open on Sundays
30h
open per week
Services121 places mapped
08:45–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
39%
open on Sundays
53h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
145
umbrella days a year
34.3 m
of rain since 1981
1
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
449.7 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:54
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.5 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,425
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHastings RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 1.5% 285 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Bedford 1.5%🇧🇷 Blumenau 1.5%🇦🇺 Cairns 1.5%🇩🇪 Chemnitz 1.5%Hastings🇵🇪 Arequipa 1.4%🇮🇩 Bandung 1.4%🇬🇧 Harrogate 1.4%🇮🇩 Medan 1.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 54 h 207 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Freilassing 54 h🇯🇵 Fujikawaguchiko 54 h🇦🇺 Geelong 54 h🇩🇪 Gütersloh 54 hHastings🇩🇪 Heidelberg 54 h🇨🇴 Ibagué 54 h🇩🇪 Kaiserslautern 54 h🇩🇪 Kassel 54 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 10.3% 369 of 1,878 🇦🇷 Mendoza 10.4%🇧🇷 Boa Vista 10.3%🇫🇷 Bourges 10.3%🇪🇨 Cuenca 10.3%Hastings🇸🇪 Norrköping 10.3%🇦🇷 San Juan 10.3%🇬🇧 Sheffield 10.3%🇧🇷 São Carlos 10.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 7.9% 305 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Grimsby 8%🇦🇺 Perth 8%🇦🇺 Toowoomba 8%🇬🇧 Walton-on-Thames 8%Hastings🇨🇳 Nanjing 7.9%🇬🇧 Southampton 7.9%🇨🇲 Yaoundé 7.9%🇬🇧 Cardiff 7.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Haarlem 0%🇯🇵 Hamamatsu 0%🇩🇪 Hamm 0%🇨🇳 Hangzhou 0%Hastings🇳🇱 Heemskerk 0%🇳🇱 Heerlen 0%🇩🇪 Hennigsdorf 0%🇬🇧 Hereford 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 83.6% 148 of 1,704 🇰🇪 Ngong 83.9%🇫🇮 Lahti 83.8%🇮🇹 Albano Laziale 83.7%🇷🇸 Novi Sad 83.7%Hastings🇺🇸 Provo 83.6%🇧🇬 Varna 83.5%🇺🇸 Abilene 83.3%🇬🇧 Bangor 83.3%

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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