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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 43k · 248 venues mapped

King's Lynn

Where King's Lynn places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is never close at all, where it ranks 64 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Peterborough 48 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 143 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 — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink248 places mapped
10:15–23:00
0006121824
4%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
82h
open per week
9%
take a midday break
18%
open 24/7
Shops & errands107 places mapped
08:00–21:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
78%
open on Sundays
90h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
143
umbrella days a year
32.8 m
of rain since 1981
0
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
531.1 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:45
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.9 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,450
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureKing's Lynn RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.5% 255 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Heilbronn 4.5%🇩🇪 Hennigsdorf 4.5%🇯🇵 Himeji 4.5%🇨🇳 Jinan 4.5%King's Lynn🇳🇱 Oss 4.5%🇧🇦 Tuzla 4.5%🇭🇺 Veszprém 4.5%🇵🇱 Zielona Góra 4.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 81.5 h 93 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Segovia 82 h🇺🇸 Spokane 82 h🇪🇸 Zamora 82 h🇪🇸 Bilbao 81.8 hKing's Lynn🇺🇸 Los Angeles 81.5 h🇪🇸 Avilés 81 h🇵🇭 Bamban 81 h🇺🇸 Bloomington 81 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 18.2% 290 of 1,878 🇵🇾 Asuncion 18.2%🇬🇷 Athens 18.2%🇨🇦 Barrie 18.2%🇫🇷 Creil 18.2%King's Lynn🇲🇾 Kota Bharu 18.2%🇦🇺 Langwarrin 18.2%🇪🇸 Ourense 18.2%🇮🇩 Pekanbaru 18.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 9.1% 293 of 1,878 🇧🇴 Cochabamba 9.3%🇬🇧 High Wycombe 9.3%🇰🇷 Busan 9.1%🇬🇧 Cambridge 9.1%King's Lynn🇺🇸 Portland 9.1%🇨🇱 Puerto Montt 9.1%🇬🇷 Volos 9.1%🇯🇵 Kofu 9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 18.2% 64 of 1,878 🇻🇳 Cần Thơ 18.4%🇵🇭 Nasugbu 18.3%🇬🇧 Blackburn 18.2%🇷🇺 Cherepovets 18.2%King's Lynn🇷🇺 Serpukhov 18.1%🇷🇺 Voronezh 18%🇦🇪 Dubai 17.9%🇮🇩 Gresik 17.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 78.3% 193 of 1,704 🇲🇱 Bamako 78.6%🇧🇷 Maceió 78.6%🇨🇱 Puerto Montt 78.6%🇵🇰 Karachi 78.4%King's Lynn🇳🇱 Maastricht 78.3%🇭🇺 Miskolc 78.2%🇳🇱 Hoofddorp 78.1%🇫🇷 Marignane 78%

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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