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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 93k · 815 venues mapped

Stevenage

Where Stevenage 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 70 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Luton 15 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 44 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 & drink815 places mapped
11:00–22:30
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10%
open past midnight
84%
open on Sundays
71h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7
Shops & errands266 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
93%
open on Sundays
96h
open per week
Services126 places mapped
09:00–18:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
28%
open on Sundays
51h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
138
umbrella days a year
31.1 m
of rain since 1981
39
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
529.1 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:52
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.7 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,486
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureStevenage RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 9.9% 201 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Le Mans 9.9%🇺🇸 Palm Desert 9.9%🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo 9.9%🇬🇧 St Albans 9.9%Stevenage🇪🇸 Tarragona 9.9%🇷🇺 Yoshkar-Ola 9.9%🇳🇱 Amersfoort 9.8%🇵🇹 Barreiro 9.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 71 h 136 of 1,878 🇵🇪 Pisco 71 h🇸🇰 Prievidza 71 h🇵🇱 Rzeszów 71 h🇵🇱 Sosnowiec 71 hStevenage🇸🇪 Örebro 70.8 h🇫🇮 Helsinki 70.5 h🇵🇱 Koszalin 70.5 h🇮🇹 Rome 70.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 17.5% 297 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Barnsley 17.5%🇬🇧 Falkirk 17.5%🇬🇧 Kidderminster 17.5%🇪🇸 Santander 17.5%Stevenage🇮🇹 Vicenza 17.5%🇮🇹 Alghero 17.4%🇪🇨 Guayaquil 17.4%🇪🇸 Lleida 17.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 5.7% 327 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Fuyang 5.7%🇧🇷 Joinville 5.7%🇮🇩 Pekanbaru 5.7%🇮🇳 Pune 5.7%Stevenage🇹🇼 Toufen 5.7%🇬🇧 Dundee 5.6%🇻🇳 Phú Quốc 5.6%🇺🇸 Pleasanton 5.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 5.2% 179 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Quebec 5.2%🇰🇭 Siem Reap 5.2%🇺🇸 Smyrna 5.2%🇬🇧 Southend-on-Sea 5.2%Stevenage🇺🇸 Tallahassee 5.2%🇯🇵 Tsuruoka 5.2%🇬🇧 Barnsley 5.1%🇺🇦 Chernihiv 5.1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 92.9% 70 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Cheyenne 92.9%🇦🇺 Hobart 92.9%🇬🇧 Maidstone 92.9%🇬🇧 Royal Tunbridge Wells 92.9%Stevenage🇺🇸 Winchester 92.9%🇬🇧 Guildford 92.8%🇺🇸 Toledo 92.8%🇨🇦 Abbotsford 92.7%

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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