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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 480k · 2,888 venues mapped

Portsmouth

Where Portsmouth 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 86 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Southampton 25 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 104 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, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink2,888 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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6%
open past midnight
82%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week
12%
take a midday break
Shops & errands994 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
91%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
6%
open 24/7
Culture597 places mapped
09:30–17:00
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0%
open past midnight
19%
open on Sundays
33h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Services384 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
34%
open on Sundays
49h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
144
umbrella days a year
35.8 m
of rain since 1981
71
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
565.9 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:01
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.5 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,542
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasurePortsmouth RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 5.9% 241 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Levittown 5.9%🇬🇧 Mansfield 5.9%🇮🇩 Mataram 5.9%🇻🇳 Nha Trang 5.9%Portsmouth🇧🇹 Thimphu 5.9%🇷🇴 Timișoara 5.9%🇮🇹 Tivoli 5.9%🇩🇪 Villingen-Schwenningen 5.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 54 h 207 of 1,878 🇧🇴 La Paz 54 h🇩🇪 Landshut 54 h🇩🇪 Leipzig 54 h🇯🇵 Otaru 54 hPortsmouth🇳🇱 Purmerend 54 h🇩🇪 Regensburg 54 h🇩🇪 Reutlingen 54 h🇩🇪 Rosenheim 54 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 13.6% 336 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Blackburn 13.6%🇸🇰 Bratislava 13.6%🇷🇴 Constanța 13.6%🇵🇪 Lima 13.6%Portsmouth🇪🇸 San Fernando 13.6%🇩🇿 Sidi Moussa 13.6%🇵🇭 Tagaytay 13.6%🇩🇪 Weil am Rhein 13.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 12.4% 266 of 1,878 🇳🇿 Hamilton 12.5%🇯🇵 Matsue 12.5%🇯🇵 Saga 12.5%🇦🇺 Canberra 12.4%Portsmouth🇯🇵 Wakayama 12.3%🇦🇺 Geelong 12.2%🇪🇸 Ibiza 12.2%🇲🇴 Macau 12.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.6% 215 of 1,878 🇫🇮 Jyväskylä 1.6%🇮🇪 Limerick 1.6%🇺🇸 Palmdale 1.6%🇲🇺 Port Louis 1.6%Portsmouth🇺🇸 South Bend 1.6%🇲🇽 Toluca 1.6%🇫🇮 Turku 1.6%🇨🇦 Victoria 1.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 91.1% 86 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Pensacola 91.3%🇬🇧 Bognor Regis 91.2%🇱🇻 Riga 91.2%🇨🇦 Oshawa 91.1%Portsmouth🇦🇺 Sydney 91.1%🇬🇧 Wigan 91.1%🇵🇹 Barreiro 91%🇮🇹 San Giuseppe Vesuviano 91%

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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