🇺🇸 United States · metro 291k · 424 venues mapped

Anchorage

Where Anchorage 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 129 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇨🇦 Nanaimo 2,099 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Vancouver 📖 2,132 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot

Come for everything else Anchorage 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 & drink424 places mapped

10:30–21:00

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open past midnight

79%

open on Sundays

73h

open per week

open 24/7

Shops & errands110 places mapped

06:00–24:00

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23%

open past midnight

81%

open on Sundays

126h

open per week

23%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,626

volcanoes within 100 km

126 km

to Spurr

28.2

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

15:42

winter sunset (solar approx.)

19.4 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

13,300

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Anchorage	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	7.1%	229 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Poway 7.2%🇩🇪 Rosenheim 7.2%🇹🇼 Tainan 7.2%🇨🇦 White Rock 7.2%Anchorage🇺🇸 Appleton 7.1%🇺🇸 Bellingham 7.1%🇧🇷 Belém 7.1%🇨🇦 Fredericton 7.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	73 h	129 of 1,878	🇪🇪 Tallinn 73.5 h🇨🇦 Vaudreuil-Dorion 73.5 h🇪🇸 Ferrol 73.2 h🇪🇸 Ibiza 73.2 hAnchorage🇺🇸 Asheville 73 h🇨🇦 Fredericton 73 h🇬🇧 Grays 73 h🇵🇱 Katowice 73 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	22.9%	246 of 1,878	🇨🇦 Airdrie 23.1%🇹🇭 Chiang Rai 23.1%🇰🇭 Kampot 23.1%🇹🇼 Tainan 23.1%Anchorage🇺🇸 Appleton 22.9%🇮🇹 Pavia 22.9%🇳🇿 Rotorua 22.9%🇺🇸 Seattle 22.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	4.3%	341 of 1,878	🇯🇵 Hino 4.4%🇨🇴 Santa Marta 4.4%🇺🇸 Thousand Oaks 4.4%🇨🇱 Valdivia 4.4%Anchorage🇹🇭 Chon Buri 4.3%🇲🇽 Guadalajara 4.3%🇮🇳 Hyderabad 4.3%🇬🇧 Lincoln 4.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7	5.7%	174 of 1,878	🇬🇧 Runcorn 5.8%🇮🇷 Shiraz 5.8%🇷🇺 Sochi 5.8%🇺🇸 Tacoma 5.8%Anchorage🇮🇹 Anzio 5.7%🇺🇸 Conway 5.7%🇺🇸 Franklin 5.7%🇯🇵 Hirosaki 5.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	80.6%	176 of 1,704	🇫🇷 Toulon 80.9%🇺🇸 Layton 80.8%🇫🇷 Maurepas 80.8%🇧🇦 Banja Luka 80.7%Anchorage🇧🇷 Macapá 80.6%🇬🇹 Guatemala City 80.5%🇲🇨 Monaco 80.5%🇬🇧 Swansea 80.5%

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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