🇨🇭 Switzerland · metro 286k · 860 venues mapped
Basel
Where Basel places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 114 of 1,878.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot
Come for everything else Basel does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink860 places mapped
11:00–22:30
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4%
open past midnight
68%
open on Sundays
50h
open per week
30%
take a midday break
Shops & errands442 places mapped
07:30–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
27%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week
9%
take a midday break
Services82 places mapped
08:30–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
7%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week
53%
take a midday break
Vital absurdities
measured0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
172
umbrella days a year
47.5 m
of rain since 1981
103
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
295.2 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
1.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:41
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16 h
longest day of the year
4
public holidays, 2024
13,873
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venuesThe 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.