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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 190k · 734 venues mapped

Peterborough

Where Peterborough 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 33 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 King's Lynn 48 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 119 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jun, 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 & drink734 places mapped
09:00–22:00
0006121824
5%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
73h
open per week
7%
take a midday break
12%
open 24/7
Shops & errands366 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
97%
open on Sundays
96h
open per week
7%
open 24/7
Services95 places mapped
09:00–17:30
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
8%
open on Sundays
44h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
136
umbrella days a year
30.5 m
of rain since 1981
28
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
560.2 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:49
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.8 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,492
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasurePeterborough RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.8% 252 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Ferrara 4.8%🇵🇱 Gliwice 4.8%🇯🇵 Marugame 4.8%🇭🇺 Miskolc 4.8%Peterborough🇷🇴 Târgu Mureș 4.8%🇮🇹 Viareggio 4.8%🇲🇲 Yangon 4.8%🇮🇪 Cork 4.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 73 h 129 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Grays 73 h🇵🇱 Katowice 73 h🇺🇸 Lancaster 73 h🇨🇿 Olomouc 73 hPeterborough🇪🇸 Talavera de la Reina 73 h🇸🇰 Žilina 73 h🇬🇧 Blackburn 72.8 h🇰🇷 Changwon 72.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 24% 237 of 1,878 🇿🇦 Cape Town 24.1%🇭🇺 Kecskemét 24.1%🇺🇸 North Charleston 24.1%🇺🇸 Bloomington 24%Peterborough🇺🇸 Santa Barbara 24%🇺🇸 Athens 23.9%🇺🇸 Chapel Hill 23.9%🇺🇸 Manhattan 23.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 6.7% 317 of 1,878 🇨🇱 La Serena 6.7%🇬🇧 Loughborough 6.7%🇯🇵 Mito 6.7%🇳🇪 Niamey 6.7%Peterborough🇬🇧 Stafford 6.7%🇦🇹 Villach 6.7%🇯🇵 Yamagata 6.7%🇬🇧 Chelmsford 6.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 11.5% 116 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Tsukuba 11.6%🇷🇺 Volgograd 11.6%🇺🇸 Hemet 11.5%🇷🇺 Ivanteyevka 11.5%Peterborough🇺🇸 Puyallup 11.5%🇺🇸 Scranton 11.5%🇷🇺 Yekaterinburg 11.5%🇿🇦 Pretoria 11.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 96.6% 33 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Hemel Hempstead 96.6%🇺🇸 Lake Ronkonkoma 96.6%🇺🇸 Lincoln 96.6%🇺🇸 Medford 96.6%Peterborough🇺🇸 Troy 96.6%🇹🇷 Antalya 96.5%🇲🇾 Johor Bahru 96.5%🇺🇸 Manassas Park 96.5%

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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