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How Bonfire Night Affects Sleep
On Bonfire Night 2025, Brits got 11 minutes less sleep and woke up 7% less often than on a typical Wednesday night.
Fireworks, late displays and spooked pets: we compared the night of November 5th with the same weekday in the weeks around it for Sleepiest sleepers in the UK.
Updated daily · data to Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure
Sleep vs normal
−11 min
6h 34m vs 6h 45m
Wake-ups vs normal
−7%
3.4 vs 3.7 per night
Bedtime
10:29pm
+2 min vs usual 10:27pm
Under 6 hours of sleep
30%
+1 pts vs usual 29%
What the data shows
- Brits slept an average of 6h 34m, compared with 6h 45m on a typical Wednesday night.
- The next morning, people got up at 8:19am on average, 5 minutes later than usual.
- 30% of sleepers got less than six hours, against 29% on a normal Wednesday.
Sleep in the nights around Bonfire Night 2025
United Kingdom · dashed line is a typical Wednesday
- Sleep
- Typical Wednesday
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Night | Sleep | Wake-ups | Bedtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2025 | 6h 53m | 3.58 | 10:28pm |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 6h 41m | 3.35 | 10:31pm |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 6h 37m | 3.48 | 10:45pm |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 6h 52m | 3.88 | 10:32pm |
| Nov 2, 2025 | 6h 41m | 3.51 | 10:40pm |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 6h 43m | 3.32 | 10:21pm |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 6h 37m | 3.49 | 10:28pm |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 6h 34m | 3.41 | 10:29pm |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 6h 30m | 3.45 | 10:19pm |
| Nov 7, 2025 | 6h 51m | 3.63 | 10:36pm |
| Nov 8, 2025 | 7h 00m | 3.52 | 10:43pm |
| Nov 9, 2025 | 6h 39m | 3.52 | 10:37pm |
| Nov 10, 2025 | 6h 34m | 3.56 | 10:34pm |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 6h 36m | 3.67 | 10:32pm |
| Nov 12, 2025 | 6h 40m | 3.43 | 10:36pm |
Wake-ups in the nights around Bonfire Night 2025
United Kingdom · average times sleep was broken per night
- Wake-ups
- Typical Wednesday
Source: Sleepiest sleep data · to Nov 1, 2026
| Night | Wake-ups |
|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2025 | 3.58 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 3.35 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 3.48 |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 3.88 |
| Nov 2, 2025 | 3.51 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 3.32 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 3.49 |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 3.41 |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 3.45 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | 3.63 |
| Nov 8, 2025 | 3.52 |
| Nov 9, 2025 | 3.52 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | 3.56 |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 3.67 |
| Nov 12, 2025 | 3.43 |
Upcoming dates
- Bonfire Night 2027Friday, November 5, 2027
Frequently asked questions
Do fireworks disturb sleep?
The figures above show how sleep on Bonfire Night compared with a normal night in the UK. Fireworks often carry on for several nights around the 5th.
How can I sleep through fireworks?
Close windows and curtains, and use steady background sound such as rain or brown noise to mask sudden bangs.
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Figures are anonymised averages from Sleepiest app users who track their sleep, not a representative sample of the population. Nights are compared with the same weekday in the surrounding weeks. Groups with too few sleepers are never shown. Methodology