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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 82k · 353 venues mapped

Scunthorpe

Where Scunthorpe 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 53 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Doncaster 32 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 233 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 & drink353 places mapped
11:30–23:45
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12%
open past midnight
84%
open on Sundays
56h
open per week
16%
open 24/7
Shops & errands150 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
95%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
5%
open 24/7
Services71 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
18%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
146
umbrella days a year
32.9 m
of rain since 1981
5
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
639.1 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:45
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17.1 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,522
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureScunthorpe RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 12% 180 of 1,878 🇹🇷 Bandırma 12%🇨🇴 Cali 12%🇺🇸 Daytona Beach 12%🇺🇸 Los Angeles 12%Scunthorpe🇨🇭 Thun 12%🇦🇹 Wels 12%🇳🇱 's-Hertogenbosch 11.9%🇺🇸 Baton Rouge 11.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 56 h 197 of 1,878 🇲🇺 Port Louis 56 h🇦🇷 Rosario 56 h🇮🇹 Rovereto 56 h🇧🇷 Sao Jose dos Campos 56 hScunthorpe🇩🇪 Stralsund 56 h🇹🇼 Taitung 56 h🇮🇹 Turin 56 h🇯🇵 Utsunomiya 56 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 8% 392 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Kanazawa 8%🇫🇷 Mulhouse 8%🇷🇺 Obninsk 8%🇫🇷 Reims 8%Scunthorpe🇬🇧 Taunton 8%🇧🇬 Varna 8%🇵🇱 Bielsko-Biała 7.9%🇫🇷 Cergy 7.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 4% 344 of 1,878 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik 4%🇺🇸 Killeen 4%🇷🇺 Obninsk 4%🇲🇾 Putrajaya 4%Scunthorpe🇯🇵 Tokushima 4%🇨🇦 Victoria 4%🇬🇧 Barry 3.9%🇬🇧 Crewe 3.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 16% 79 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Elektrostal 16.3%🇬🇧 Telford 16.3%🇱🇧 Beirut 16.2%🇷🇺 Podolsk 16%Scunthorpe🇯🇵 Tokushima 16%🇸🇳 Dakar 15.9%🇨🇴 Riohacha 15.9%🇹🇷 Yalova 15.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 94.6% 53 of 1,704 🇻🇳 Vũng Tàu 94.7%🇦🇺 Bendigo 94.6%🇬🇧 Manchester 94.6%🇺🇸 Reno 94.6%Scunthorpe🇯🇵 Yokote 94.6%🇬🇧 Derby 94.5%🇺🇸 Milwaukee 94.5%🇮🇳 New Delhi 94.5%

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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