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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 159k · 2,008 venues mapped

Huddersfield

Where Huddersfield 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 63 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Elland 5 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 263 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Huddersfield does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink2,008 places mapped
11:00–23:00
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9%
open past midnight
81%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands631 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
102h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Services260 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
10%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week
Culture217 places mapped
10:00–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
28%
open on Sundays
34h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
187
umbrella days a year
43.1 m
of rain since 1981
2
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
706.7 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:49
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17.1 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,596
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHuddersfield RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 8.8% 212 of 1,878 🇺🇦 Bila Tserkva 8.8%🇫🇷 Blois 8.8%🇦🇱 Durrës 8.8%🇪🇸 Granollers 8.8%Huddersfield🇳🇱 Leiden 8.8%🇺🇸 Tulsa 8.8%🇮🇹 Alghero 8.7%🇫🇷 Angers 8.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 54.5 h 205 of 1,878 🇨🇭 Wettingen 54.8 h🇫🇷 Belfort 54.5 h🇬🇧 Folkestone 54.5 h🇩🇪 Görlitz 54.5 hHuddersfield🇮🇹 Latina 54.5 h🇩🇪 Mannheim 54.5 h🇬🇧 Stoke-on-Trent 54.5 h🇯🇵 Komatsu 54.2 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 11.5% 357 of 1,878 🇨🇾 Limassol 11.6%🇬🇧 Torquay 11.6%🇪🇸 Burgos 11.5%🇬🇧 Derby 11.5%Huddersfield🇬🇷 Kos 11.5%🇿🇲 Lusaka 11.5%🇫🇷 Maurepas 11.5%🇮🇹 Piacenza 11.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 2.7% 357 of 1,878 🇲🇾 Alor Setar 2.7%🇺🇸 Antioch 2.7%🇺🇸 Corpus Christi 2.7%🇹🇭 Hua Hin 2.7%Huddersfield🇺🇸 Layton 2.7%🇬🇧 Milton Keynes 2.7%🇺🇸 Montgomery 2.7%🇺🇸 Naples 2.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.5% 196 of 1,878 🇸🇪 Örebro 3.6%🇷🇴 Brasov 3.5%🇺🇸 Gainesville 3.5%🇬🇧 Gillingham 3.5%Huddersfield🇨🇾 Larnaca 3.5%🇮🇹 Lecce 3.5%🇺🇸 Palm Bay 3.5%🇿🇦 Somerset West 3.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 93.6% 63 of 1,704 🇸🇪 Norrköping 93.7%🇦🇺 Point Cook 93.7%🇺🇸 Richmond 93.7%🇺🇸 Boise 93.6%Huddersfield🇷🇴 Iași 93.6%🇫🇮 Jyväskylä 93.6%🇬🇧 Canterbury 93.5%🇻🇳 Cần Thơ 93.5%

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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