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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 200k · 3,015 venues mapped

Walton-on-Thames

Where Walton-on-Thames 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 77 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Slough 19 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇧 London 📖 24 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 & drink3,015 places mapped
11:00–22:30
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4%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
8%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands1,086 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
92%
open on Sundays
102h
open per week
10%
open 24/7
Culture525 places mapped
09:30–17:00
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0%
open past midnight
31%
open on Sundays
38h
open per week
Services401 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
24%
open on Sundays
49h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
143
umbrella days a year
33.2 m
of rain since 1981
94
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
528.1 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:55
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,498
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureWalton-on-Thames RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.4% 256 of 1,878 🇮🇷 Isfahan 4.4%🇩🇪 Krefeld 4.4%🇫🇷 Perpignan 4.4%🇹🇭 Ubon Ratchathani 4.4%Walton-on-Thames🇵🇱 Bydgoszcz 4.3%🇫🇷 Chalon-sur-Saône 4.3%🇺🇦 Chernivtsi 4.3%🇵🇦 David 4.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 75 h 120 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Siena 75 h🇭🇺 Sopron 75 h🇸🇰 Trenčín 75 h🇵🇪 Trujillo 75 hWalton-on-Thames🇸🇰 Banská Bystrica 74.8 h🇨🇦 Maple Ridge 74.7 h🇨🇦 Milton 74.5 h🇵🇪 Cusco 74.2 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 19.8% 275 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Wuhan 20%🇬🇧 Grays 19.9%🇨🇳 Jiangshan 19.8%🇨🇦 Vaudreuil-Dorion 19.8%Walton-on-Thames🇺🇸 Williamsburg 19.8%🇷🇸 Novi Sad 19.7%🇮🇩 Ubud 19.7%🇮🇹 Caserta 19.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 8% 304 of 1,878 🇦🇺 Sydney 8.1%🇬🇧 Grimsby 8%🇦🇺 Perth 8%🇦🇺 Toowoomba 8%Walton-on-Thames🇬🇧 Hastings 7.9%🇨🇳 Nanjing 7.9%🇬🇧 Southampton 7.9%🇨🇲 Yaoundé 7.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.3% 198 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Pistoia 3.3%🇺🇸 Reno 3.3%🇭🇷 Rijeka 3.3%🇺🇸 Spring Valley 3.3%Walton-on-Thames🇬🇷 Chania 3.2%🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street 3.2%🇮🇹 Cremona 3.2%🇺🇸 Lake in the Hills 3.2%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 92.1% 77 of 1,704 🇱🇹 Kaunas 92.1%🇦🇴 Luanda 92.1%🇨🇦 Saskatoon 92.1%🇺🇦 Ternopil 92.1%Walton-on-Thames🇬🇧 Mansfield 92%🇺🇸 Visalia 92%🇺🇸 Yuma 92%🇸🇪 Örebro 92%

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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