🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 268k · 493 venues mapped

Luton

Where Luton 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 122 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Hemel Hempstead 14 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 46 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

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 & drink493 places mapped

11:30–22:15

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open past midnight

78%

open on Sundays

61h

open per week

open 24/7

Shops & errands238 places mapped

07:00–22:00

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open past midnight

87%

open on Sundays

96h

open per week

22%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

542.4 km

to West Eifel Volcanic Field

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

15:53

winter sunset (solar approx.)

16.7 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

14,501

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Luton	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	2.5%	275 of 1,878	🇷🇴 Brasov 2.5%🇵🇱 Kołobrzeg 2.5%🇫🇷 Lens 2.5%🇬🇧 Littlehampton 2.5%Luton🇩🇪 Lüneburg 2.5%🇬🇧 Perth 2.5%🇸🇰 Trenčín 2.5%🇩🇪 Weil am Rhein 2.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	60.8 h	178 of 1,878	🇸🇪 Umeå 61 h🇪🇸 Valencia 61 h🇬🇧 York 61 h🇬🇧 Ipswich 60.8 hLuton🇳🇱 Zwolle 60.8 h🇩🇪 Lübeck 60.5 h🇫🇷 Saint-Louis 60.5 h🇦🇺 Perth 60.2 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	7.5%	397 of 1,878	🇪🇸 Dénia 7.5%🇯🇵 Fukuoka 7.5%🇲🇽 Guadalajara 7.5%🇩🇪 Iserlohn 7.5%Luton🇫🇷 Rennes 7.5%🇯🇵 Wakayama 7.5%🇩🇪 Ingolstadt 7.4%🇨🇾 Kyrenia 7.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0%	384 of 1,878	🇦🇴 Luanda 0%🇦🇴 Lubango 0%🇺🇦 Luhansk 0%🇿🇲 Lusaka 0%Luton🇺🇦 Lutsk 0%🇺🇦 Lviv 0%🇭🇰 Ma On Shan 0%🇮🇩 Malang 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7	5%	181 of 1,878	🇵🇪 Huancayo 5%🇪🇨 Ibarra 5%🇮🇷 Isfahan 5%🇮🇹 Lido di Ostia 5%Luton🇺🇸 Manassas Park 5%🇯🇵 Mito 5%🇺🇾 Montevideo 5%🇨🇦 Montreal 5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	87%	122 of 1,704	🇺🇸 Manchester 87.1%🇧🇷 Campinas 87%🇹🇷 Izmir 87%🇨🇿 Liberec 87%Luton🇲🇽 Mexico City 87%🇨🇦 Regina 86.8%🇺🇸 Ames 86.7%🇮🇹 Civitanova Marche 86.7%

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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