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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 129k · 865 venues mapped

Margate

Where Margate 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 64 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Canterbury 24 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 106 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, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink865 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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2%
open past midnight
86%
open on Sundays
55h
open per week
Shops & errands278 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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1%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
104h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Culture104 places mapped
10:00–17:00
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0%
open past midnight
53%
open on Sundays
37h
open per week
Services75 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
25%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
135
umbrella days a year
31 m
of rain since 1981
0
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
407 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:48
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,373
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureMargate RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 1.9% 281 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Winchester 2%🇸🇰 Banská Bystrica 1.9%🇬🇧 Crewe 1.9%🇬🇧 High Wycombe 1.9%Margate🇧🇷 Natal 1.9%🇫🇷 Chartres 1.8%🇩🇪 Cuxhaven 1.8%🇳🇱 Geleen 1.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 55 h 203 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Gießen 55 h🇳🇱 Haarlem 55 h🇫🇮 Joensuu 55 h🇳🇱 Leiden 55 hMargate🇩🇪 Münster 55 h🇪🇨 Quito 55 h🇩🇪 Sindelfingen 55 h🇩🇪 Bensheim 54.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 15.6% 316 of 1,878 🇸🇰 Poprad 15.7%🇦🇺 Bendigo 15.6%🇯🇵 Hachioji 15.6%🇵🇰 Lahore 15.6%Margate🇬🇧 Bristol 15.5%🇬🇧 Ipswich 15.5%🇨🇦 Montreal 15.5%🇬🇧 Aberdeen 15.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 3.1% 353 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Hoorn 3.1%🇬🇧 Leeds 3.1%🇮🇳 Lucknow 3.1%🇨🇦 Maple Ridge 3.1%Margate🇨🇦 Milton 3.1%🇺🇦 Uzhhorod 3.1%🇳🇦 Windhoek 3.1%🇭🇷 Zadar 3.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.3% 218 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Le Mée-sur-Seine 1.3%🇺🇸 Levittown 1.3%🇬🇧 Loughborough 1.3%🇩🇪 Lüdenscheid 1.3%Margate🇸🇪 Norrköping 1.3%🇨🇭 Olten 1.3%🇨🇿 Pardubice 1.3%🇮🇹 Perugia 1.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 93.5% 64 of 1,704 🇫🇮 Jyväskylä 93.6%🇬🇧 Canterbury 93.5%🇻🇳 Cần Thơ 93.5%🇺🇸 Huntsville 93.5%Margate🇲🇽 Monterrey 93.5%🇺🇸 Murfreesboro 93.5%🇬🇧 Redditch 93.5%🇺🇸 Seattle 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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