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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 205k · 864 venues mapped

Milton Keynes

Where Milton Keynes 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 75 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Bedford 22 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 73 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 & drink864 places mapped
10:30–22:30
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1%
open past midnight
86%
open on Sundays
70h
open per week
9%
open 24/7
Shops & errands320 places mapped
06:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
92%
open on Sundays
106h
open per week
8%
open 24/7
Services110 places mapped
09:00–18:15
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0%
open past midnight
31%
open on Sundays
52h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
140
umbrella days a year
32 m
of rain since 1981
48
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
570 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:53
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.7 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,525
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureMilton Keynes RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 0.9% 291 of 1,878 🇷🇸 Subotica 1.1%🇲🇲 Twante 1.1%🇿🇦 Durban 1%🇺🇦 Dnipro 0.9%Milton Keynes🇹🇲 Ashgabat 0.8%🇹🇿 Mwanza 0.8%🇵🇭 Agoo 0.7%🇻🇳 Cần Thơ 0.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 70 h 139 of 1,878 🇫🇮 Lahti 70 h🇳🇮 León 70 h🇹🇬 Lomé 70 h🇲🇽 Mazatlán 70 hMilton Keynes🇨🇦 Montreal 70 h🇯🇵 Muroran 70 h🇪🇸 Málaga 70 h🇵🇱 Olsztyn 70 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 12.4% 348 of 1,878 🇻🇪 Maracaibo 12.5%🇯🇵 Matsue 12.5%🇫🇷 Saint-Louis 12.5%🇬🇧 Brighton 12.4%Milton Keynes🇫🇷 Nimes 12.4%🇵🇹 Coimbra 12.3%🇷🇴 Iași 12.3%🇪🇸 Madrid 12.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 2.7% 357 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Corpus Christi 2.7%🇹🇭 Hua Hin 2.7%🇬🇧 Huddersfield 2.7%🇺🇸 Layton 2.7%Milton Keynes🇺🇸 Montgomery 2.7%🇺🇸 Naples 2.7%🇧🇷 Recife 2.7%🇺🇸 Wichita Falls 2.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 8.8% 143 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 8.9%🇬🇧 Stafford 8.9%🇬🇷 Athens 8.8%🇯🇵 Gamagori 8.8%Milton Keynes🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro 8.8%🇦🇺 Newcastle 8.7%🇨🇦 Saint John 8.7%🇷🇺 Tomsk 8.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 92.3% 75 of 1,704 🇲🇾 Miri 92.5%🇩🇰 Odense 92.5%🇺🇸 Bellingham 92.3%🇵🇰 Islamabad 92.3%Milton Keynes🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán 92.3%🇭🇰 Sha Tin 92.3%🇬🇧 Harlow 92.2%🇺🇸 Albuquerque 92.1%

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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