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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 226k · 974 venues mapped

Baton Rouge

Where Baton Rouge places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 43 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Lafayette 84 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Austin 📖 629 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Baton Rouge 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 & drink974 places mapped
09:00–22:00
0006121824
12%
open past midnight
86%
open on Sundays
91h
open per week
7%
open 24/7
Shops & errands399 places mapped
06:00–23:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
119h
open per week
35%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
149
muggy days a year
8
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
163
umbrella days a year
72.8 m
of rain since 1981
5,477
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1332.3 km
to Naolinco Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:09
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.1 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,444
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBaton Rouge RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 11.9% 181 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Scunthorpe 12%🇨🇭 Thun 12%🇦🇹 Wels 12%🇳🇱 's-Hertogenbosch 11.9%Baton Rouge🇫🇷 Bordeaux 11.9%🇺🇸 Chico 11.9%🇯🇵 Kofu 11.9%🇸🇮 Maribor 11.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 91 h 58 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Astrakhan 91 h🇺🇸 Aurora 91 h🇷🇺 Azov 91 h🇷🇺 Bataysk 91 hBaton Rouge🇬🇪 Batumi 91 h🇷🇺 Belgorod 91 h🇷🇸 Belgrade 91 h🇺🇸 Bethlehem 91 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 38.3% 111 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Scranton 38.5%🇺🇸 Harrisburg 38.4%🇺🇸 Henderson 38.4%🇺🇸 Newport News 38.4%Baton Rouge🇺🇸 Palmdale 38.1%🇺🇸 Pensacola 38%🇦🇺 Cairns 37.9%🇺🇸 Camarillo 37.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.6% 368 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Sheffield 1.7%🇳🇱 Utrecht 1.7%🇺🇸 Wilmington 1.7%🇷🇺 Astrakhan 1.6%Baton Rouge🇲🇦 Casablanca 1.6%🇺🇸 Cinco Ranch 1.6%🇺🇸 Denver 1.6%🇯🇵 Fuji 1.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 7.2% 159 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Astrakhan 7.3%🇦🇺 Perth 7.3%🇨🇦 Winnipeg 7.3%🇷🇺 Barnaul 7.2%Baton Rouge🇺🇦 Dnipro 7.2%🇺🇦 Lviv 7.2%🇯🇵 Tokyo 7.2%🇺🇸 Chicago 7.1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 95.6% 43 of 1,704 🇨🇴 Rionegro 95.7%🇺🇸 Rockford 95.7%🇨🇦 Victoria 95.7%🇩🇿 Algiers 95.6%Baton Rouge🇿🇦 Cape Town 95.6%🇬🇧 Livingston 95.6%🇲🇽 Mérida 95.6%🇺🇸 New York City 95.6%

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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