🇪🇹 Ethiopia · metro 7.3M · 1,195 venues mapped

Addis Ababa

Where Addis Ababa places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 37 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇸🇩 Khartoum 991 km Nearest written profile 🇰🇪 Nairobi 📖 1,166 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Jan, Feb, Mar — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink1,195 places mapped

08:00–22:00

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12%

open past midnight

89%

open on Sundays

98h

open per week

14%

open 24/7

Services1,051 places mapped

08:30–18:00

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open past midnight

16%

open on Sundays

57h

open per week

Shops & errands554 places mapped

07:30–21:00

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open past midnight

75%

open on Sundays

97h

open per week

19%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

37.4 km

to Bishoftu Volcanic Field

0.4

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

18:11

winter sunset (solar approx.)

12.6 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

9,345

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Addis Ababa	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	11.7%	183 of 1,878	🇫🇷 Sète 11.8%🇹🇳 Tunis 11.8%🇮🇹 Vercelli 11.8%🇰🇷 Wonju 11.8%Addis Ababa🇺🇸 Cleveland 11.7%🇺🇸 Dallas 11.7%🇳🇿 Hamilton 11.7%🇺🇸 Las Vegas 11.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	98 h	37 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Saint Joseph 99 h🇺🇸 Bakersfield 98.8 h🇺🇸 Blue Springs 98.4 h🇺🇸 Lake Charles 98.2 hAddis Ababa🇰🇿 Aktobe 98 h🇺🇸 Albany 98 h🇯🇴 Amman 98 h🇹🇷 Ankara 98 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	25.2%	226 of 1,878	🇵🇪 Trujillo 25.5%🇺🇸 Campbell 25.4%🇺🇸 Raleigh 25.4%🇺🇸 Lincoln 25.3%Addis Ababa🇺🇸 Corvallis 25.2%🇪🇸 Avilés 25%🇮🇹 Civitanova Marche 25%🇮🇹 Cosenza 25%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	2.7%	357 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Norristown 2.8%🇺🇸 Olympia 2.8%🇨🇿 Prague 2.8%🇺🇸 Santa Rosa 2.8%Addis Ababa🇲🇾 Alor Setar 2.7%🇺🇸 Antioch 2.7%🇺🇸 Corpus Christi 2.7%🇹🇭 Hua Hin 2.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7	13.5%	98 of 1,878	🇵🇭 Cabiao 13.6%🇺🇸 Indio 13.6%🇧🇷 Jundiaí 13.6%🇷🇺 Orenburg 13.6%Addis Ababa🇺🇸 Bayonet Point 13.5%🇦🇷 Cipolletti 13.3%🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince 13.3%🇱🇧 Sidon 13.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	75%	215 of 1,704	🇭🇷 Split 75.4%🇫🇷 Béziers 75.3%🇪🇨 Cuenca 75.3%🇧🇷 Blumenau 75.2%Addis Ababa🇧🇷 Boa Vista 75%🇮🇹 Genoa 75%🇮🇹 L'Aquila 75%🇨🇱 Rancagua 75%

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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