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The weather6
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 109k · 433 venues mapped

High Wycombe

Where High Wycombe 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 60 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Maidenhead 12 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 45 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 & drink433 places mapped
10:30–22:15
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2%
open past midnight
85%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
9%
take a midday break
Shops & errands146 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
103h
open per week
12%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
143
umbrella days a year
33.2 m
of rain since 1981
93
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
556.8 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:56
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.7 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,523
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHigh Wycombe RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 1.9% 281 of 1,878 🇪🇨 Riobamba 2%🇺🇸 Winchester 2%🇸🇰 Banská Bystrica 1.9%🇬🇧 Crewe 1.9%High Wycombe🇬🇧 Margate 1.9%🇧🇷 Natal 1.9%🇫🇷 Chartres 1.8%🇩🇪 Cuxhaven 1.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 62.6 h 169 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Takaoka 63 h🇨🇦 Victoria 63 h🇬🇧 Worcester 63 h🇸🇻 Sonsonate 62.8 hHigh Wycombe🇫🇷 Agde 62.5 h🇬🇧 Livingston 62.5 h🇨🇭 Olten 62.5 h🇵🇱 Świdnica 62.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 11.1% 361 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Anapa 11.1%🇧🇷 Blumenau 11.1%🇲🇽 Culiacán 11.1%🇪🇸 Granada 11.1%High Wycombe🇩🇪 Hof 11.1%🇪🇸 Nerja 11.1%🇵🇪 Piura 11.1%🇮🇩 Seririt 11.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 9.3% 292 of 1,878 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 9.4%🇧🇷 Fortaleza 9.4%🇦🇺 Wollongong 9.4%🇧🇴 Cochabamba 9.3%High Wycombe🇰🇷 Busan 9.1%🇬🇧 Cambridge 9.1%🇬🇧 King's Lynn 9.1%🇺🇸 Portland 9.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Heerlen 0%🇩🇪 Hennigsdorf 0%🇬🇧 Hereford 0%🇲🇽 Hermosillo 0%High Wycombe🇳🇱 Hilversum 0%🇩🇪 Hof 0%🇳🇱 Hoorn 0%🇹🇭 Hua Hin 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 93.9% 60 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Fort Collins 94%🇺🇸 Greensboro 94%🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 94%🇨🇦 Hamilton 93.9%High Wycombe🇺🇸 Iowa City 93.9%🇸🇦 Jeddah 93.9%🇬🇧 Nottingham 93.9%🇺🇸 Tulsa 93.9%

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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