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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 59k · 620 venues mapped

Livingston

Where Livingston 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 43 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Dunfermline 19 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇪 Dublin 📖 335 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Livingston 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 & drink620 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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6%
open past midnight
89%
open on Sundays
62h
open per week
7%
open 24/7
Shops & errands357 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
9%
open 24/7
Services105 places mapped
09:00–17:52
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0%
open past midnight
15%
open on Sundays
49h
open per week
5%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
200
umbrella days a year
46 m
of rain since 1981
0
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
940.2 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:42
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,699
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureLivingston RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 5.8% 242 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Flensburg 5.8%🇺🇸 Harrisburg 5.8%🇨🇳 Jiangshan 5.8%🇷🇺 Kislovodsk 5.8%Livingston🇯🇵 Nagano 5.8%🇭🇺 Nyíregyháza 5.8%🇵🇱 Przemyśl 5.8%🇮🇳 Puducherry 5.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 62.5 h 170 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Worcester 63 h🇸🇻 Sonsonate 62.8 h🇬🇧 High Wycombe 62.6 h🇫🇷 Agde 62.5 hLivingston🇨🇭 Olten 62.5 h🇵🇱 Świdnica 62.5 h🇮🇹 Cosenza 62.1 h🇬🇧 Bath 62 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 19.2% 281 of 1,878 🇨🇴 Medellín 19.3%🇮🇹 Verona 19.3%🇨🇦 Abbotsford 19.2%🇬🇧 Gloucester 19.2%Livingston🇪🇸 Terrassa 19.2%🇦🇹 Wiener Neustadt 19.2%🇺🇸 Key West 19.1%🇱🇾 Tripoli 19.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0.8% 376 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Las Cruces 0.8%🇺🇸 Las Vegas 0.8%🇺🇸 Lexington 0.8%🇺🇸 Little Rock 0.8%Livingston🇺🇸 Louisville 0.8%🇨🇴 Medellín 0.8%🇺🇸 Mesa 0.8%🇨🇦 Nanaimo 0.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 6.7% 164 of 1,878 🇨🇴 Duitama 6.7%🇲🇾 Ipoh 6.7%🇮🇳 Koyilandy 6.7%🇧🇷 Lago Norte 6.7%Livingston🇺🇸 Murfreesboro 6.7%🇺🇸 New Orleans 6.7%🇬🇧 Nottingham 6.7%🇮🇳 Puducherry 6.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 95.6% 43 of 1,704 🇨🇦 Victoria 95.7%🇩🇿 Algiers 95.6%🇺🇸 Baton Rouge 95.6%🇿🇦 Cape Town 95.6%Livingston🇲🇽 Mérida 95.6%🇺🇸 New York City 95.6%🇺🇦 Odesa 95.6%🇷🇺 Stavropol 95.6%

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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