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The weather6
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 116k · 595 venues mapped

Lincoln

Where Lincoln 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 1 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Scunthorpe 40 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 193 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 & drink595 places mapped
10:00–22:00
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9%
open past midnight
81%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
10%
open 24/7
Shops & errands167 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
5%
open 24/7
Culture120 places mapped
09:15–17:00
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0%
open past midnight
25%
open on Sundays
40h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
145
umbrella days a year
31.9 m
of rain since 1981
7
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
611.7 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:46
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,513
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureLincoln RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 8.7% 213 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Angers 8.7%🇺🇦 Chernihiv 8.7%🇬🇧 Grimsby 8.7%🇺🇸 Kennewick 8.7%Lincoln🇧🇷 Maceió 8.7%🇦🇺 Newcastle 8.7%🇫🇷 Quimper 8.7%🇨🇦 Saint John 8.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 63 h 167 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Le Mée-sur-Seine 63 h🇮🇹 Lecco 63 h🇫🇷 Les Sables-d'Olonne 63 h🇪🇸 León 63 hLincoln🇪🇸 Marbella 63 h🇹🇼 Miaoli 63 h🇺🇾 Montevideo 63 h🇳🇴 Oslo 63 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 20.3% 271 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Ottawa 20.4%🇺🇸 San Francisco 20.4%🇬🇧 Camberley 20.3%🇲🇾 Kota Kinabalu 20.3%Lincoln🇮🇹 Pordenone 20.3%🇸🇻 Cojutepeque 20.2%🇮🇹 Pisa 20.2%🇮🇹 Acireale 20%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 4.3% 341 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Anchorage 4.3%🇹🇭 Chon Buri 4.3%🇲🇽 Guadalajara 4.3%🇮🇳 Hyderabad 4.3%Lincoln🇧🇷 Maceió 4.3%🇺🇸 Manhattan 4.3%🇻🇳 Phan Thiết 4.3%🇧🇷 Santos 4.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 10.1% 130 of 1,878 🇹🇭 Pattaya 10.2%🇹🇷 Antalya 10.1%🇺🇸 Birmingham 10.1%🇺🇸 Killeen 10.1%Lincoln🇷🇺 Novorossiysk 10.1%🇯🇵 Akashi 10%🇺🇿 Asaka 10%🇮🇩 Bandung 10%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 100% 1 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Lake in the Hills 100%🇺🇸 Lawrenceville 100%🇺🇸 Levittown 100%🇮🇪 Limerick 100%Lincoln🇺🇸 Longview 100%🇮🇳 Lucknow 100%🇭🇰 Ma On Shan 100%🇲🇴 Macau 100%

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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