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🇺🇸 United States · metro 200k · 559 venues mapped

Amarillo

Where Amarillo 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 115 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Lubbock 183 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Austin 📖 670 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Sep, Oct — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink559 places mapped
10:30–22:00
0006121824
4%
open past midnight
77%
open on Sundays
76h
open per week
9%
take a midday break
6%
open 24/7
Shops & errands185 places mapped
06:00–23:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
119h
open per week
20%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
2
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
71
umbrella days a year
23.2 m
of rain since 1981
4,858
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
408.3 km
to Carrizozo
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:39
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.5 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
16,526
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureAmarillo RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.5% 255 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Trenton 4.7%🇸🇪 Karlstad 4.6%🇮🇳 Pune 4.6%🇫🇷 Agde 4.5%Amarillo🇵🇭 Cabiao 4.5%🇧🇪 Charleroi 4.5%🇺🇸 Coeur d'Alene 4.5%🇮🇩 Gresik 4.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 76 h 115 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Fort Collins 76.5 h🇨🇦 London 76.5 h🇪🇨 Puyo 76.5 h🇬🇧 Runcorn 76.5 hAmarillo🇨🇦 Barrie 76 h🇬🇧 Birmingham 76 h🇬🇧 Camberley 76 h🇺🇸 Chester 76 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 29.7% 185 of 1,878 🇩🇿 Tizi Ouzou 30%🇪🇨 Tulcán 30%🇲🇻 Malé 29.9%🇮🇹 Udine 29.9%Amarillo🇺🇸 Cookeville 29.7%🇺🇸 Green Bay 29.7%🇺🇸 Mount Vernon 29.7%🇺🇸 Las Vegas 29.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 8.6% 298 of 1,878 🇧🇸 Nassau 8.7%🇦🇺 Newcastle 8.7%🇬🇧 Norwich 8.7%🇵🇹 Albufeira 8.6%Amarillo🇯🇵 Hirosaki 8.6%🇰🇷 Jeonju 8.6%🇬🇧 Canterbury 8.5%🇧🇷 Santa Maria 8.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 6.4% 167 of 1,878 🇮🇷 Mashhad 6.5%🇻🇳 Phan Thiết 6.5%🇧🇴 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 6.5%🇮🇳 Thiruvananthapuram 6.5%Amarillo🇨🇴 Barranquilla 6.4%🇹🇯 Dushanbe 6.4%🇨🇦 Guelph 6.4%🇨🇴 Ibagué 6.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 82.9% 153 of 1,704 🇨🇦 Halifax 83%🇮🇹 Lecco 83%🇰🇪 Nairobi 83%🇨🇦 St. John's 83%Amarillo🇧🇷 Lago Norte 82.8%🇬🇧 Shrewsbury 82.7%🇳🇿 Christchurch 82.6%🇧🇷 Novo Hamburgo 82.6%

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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