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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 192k · 1,318 venues mapped

Swindon

Where Swindon 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 37 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Newbury 36 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 115 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 & drink1,318 places mapped
10:00–22:00
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7%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
62h
open per week
10%
take a midday break
Shops & errands519 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
10%
open 24/7
Culture311 places mapped
10:00–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
32%
open on Sundays
37h
open per week
Services179 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
15%
open on Sundays
41h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
157
umbrella days a year
36.6 m
of rain since 1981
62
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
624.7 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:00
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,593
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSwindon RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 6.8% 232 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Purmerend 6.8%🇵🇱 Radom 6.8%🇨🇴 Riohacha 6.8%🇺🇸 Schenectady 6.8%Swindon🇷🇺 Vladikavkaz 6.8%🇱🇹 Šiauliai 6.8%🇮🇹 Acireale 6.7%🇳🇱 Apeldoorn 6.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 62 h 172 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Brighton 62 h🇯🇵 Koriyama 62 h🇨🇭 Lausanne 62 h🇮🇹 Ravenna 62 hSwindon🇪🇸 Tarragona 62 h🇮🇹 Varese 62 h🇵🇱 Zielona Góra 62 h🇮🇹 Ancona 61.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 19% 283 of 1,878 🇸🇰 Prešov 19%🇧🇩 Savar 19%🇯🇵 Shizuoka 19%🇬🇧 Slough 19%Swindon🇨🇦 Toronto 19%🇲🇽 Monterrey 18.9%🇷🇸 Subotica 18.9%🇬🇧 Sunderland 18.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 10.5% 283 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Novo Hamburgo 10.5%🇯🇵 Otaru 10.5%🇵🇪 Pucallpa 10.5%🇺🇸 San Francisco 10.5%Swindon🇹🇼 Tainan 10.5%🇬🇧 Bedford 10.4%🇨🇳 Fangshan 10.4%🇩🇪 Flensburg 10.4%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.7% 214 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Nanaimo 1.7%🇵🇹 Porto 1.7%🇺🇸 Redlands 1.7%🇧🇷 Sorocaba 1.7%Swindon🇮🇱 Tel Aviv 1.7%🇸🇪 Uppsala 1.7%🇷🇺 Vladikavkaz 1.7%🇩🇪 Wilhelmshaven 1.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 96.2% 37 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Philadelphia 96.2%🇺🇦 Poltava 96.2%🇬🇧 Reading 96.2%🇺🇸 Rochester 96.2%Swindon🇹🇼 Taitung 96.2%🇺🇸 Ann Arbor 96.1%🇺🇸 Brockton 96.1%🇺🇸 Dearborn Heights 96.1%

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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