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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 133k · 368 venues mapped

Wishaw

Where Wishaw 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 54 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Blantyre 12 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇪 Dublin 📖 310 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Wishaw does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink368 places mapped
12:00–23:00
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13%
open past midnight
88%
open on Sundays
56h
open per week
9%
open 24/7
Shops & errands218 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
14%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
200
umbrella days a year
46 m
of rain since 1981
0
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
950.6 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:44
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,725
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureWishaw RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 13% 170 of 1,878 🇻🇳 Phan Thiết 13%🇪🇸 Sant Vicenç dels Horts 13%🇮🇹 Vigevano 13%🇺🇸 Wichita 13%Wishaw🇳🇱 Breda 12.9%🇧🇷 Criciúma 12.9%🇺🇸 Idaho Falls 12.9%🇨🇾 Larnaca 12.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 56 h 197 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Utsunomiya 56 h🇳🇱 Venlo 56 h🇮🇹 Verona 56 h🇮🇪 Waterford 56 hWishaw🇮🇹 Alghero 55.9 h🇬🇧 Carlisle 55.9 h🇬🇧 Grimsby 55.9 h🇩🇪 Bremen 55.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 14.5% 327 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street 14.5%🇬🇧 Dundee 14.5%🇵🇱 Przemyśl 14.5%🇲🇽 Toluca 14.5%Wishaw🇹🇷 Istanbul 14.4%🇬🇧 Coleraine 14.3%🇨🇳 Dalian 14.3%🇧🇷 Joinville 14.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇮🇩 Watampone 0%🇺🇸 Willoughby 0%🇺🇸 Winchester 0%🇨🇦 Windsor 0%Wishaw🇰🇷 Wonju 0%🇺🇸 Yakima 0%🇹🇷 Yalova 0%🇺🇦 Yalta 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 8.7% 144 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro 8.8%🇦🇺 Newcastle 8.7%🇨🇦 Saint John 8.7%🇷🇺 Tomsk 8.7%Wishaw🇧🇷 Aracaju 8.6%🇰🇷 Jeonju 8.6%🇺🇸 Saint Joseph 8.6%🇬🇧 Hinckley 8.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 94.5% 54 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Derby 94.5%🇺🇸 Milwaukee 94.5%🇮🇳 New Delhi 94.5%🇬🇧 Sheffield 94.5%Wishaw🇬🇧 East Kilbride 94.4%🇺🇸 Knoxville 94.4%🇺🇸 Madison 94.4%🇪🇨 Manta 94.4%

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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