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🇺🇸 United States · metro 54k · 219 venues mapped

Bentonville

Where Bentonville 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 1 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Springfield 124 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Austin 📖 754 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Bentonville 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 & drink219 places mapped
09:30–22:00
0006121824
13%
open past midnight
76%
open on Sundays
94h
open per week
5%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
58
muggy days a year
2
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
124
umbrella days a year
53.3 m
of rain since 1981
3,416
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1104.1 km
to Carrizozo
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:06
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.6 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,217
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBentonville RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 13.1% 169 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Chieti 13.2%🇺🇸 Gainesville 13.2%🇺🇸 Lake Ronkonkoma 13.2%🇸🇪 Stockholm 13.2%Bentonville🇺🇸 Lakeland 13.1%🇺🇸 Santa Rosa 13.1%🇲🇹 Valletta 13.1%🇪🇸 Vilanova i la Geltrú 13.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 94.5 h 48 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Wilkes-Barre 95 h🇭🇷 Zagreb 95 h🇷🇺 Anapa 94.5 h🇺🇿 Asaka 94.5 hBentonville🇨🇳 Chongqing 94.5 h🇧🇯 Cotonou 94.5 h🇺🇸 Findlay 94.5 h🇪🇸 Huelva 94.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 32.1% 165 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Cedar Rapids 32.2%🇦🇺 Geelong 32.2%🇺🇸 Poway 32.2%🇮🇹 Taranto 32.2%Bentonville🇺🇸 Colorado Springs 31.9%🇵🇭 Cabiao 31.8%🇹🇯 Proletar 31.8%🇮🇹 Salerno 31.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.2% 372 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Vitória 1.3%🇺🇸 Wheaton 1.3%🇷🇺 Abakan 1.2%🇨🇦 Barrie 1.2%Bentonville🇰🇷 Daegu 1.2%🇺🇸 Eugene 1.2%🇺🇸 Grand Rapids 1.2%🇮🇳 Kochi 1.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.8% 183 of 1,878 🇸🇻 San Salvador 4.9%🇹🇲 Ashgabat 4.8%🇺🇸 Atlantic City 4.8%🇬🇧 Basildon 4.8%Bentonville🇺🇦 Druzhkivka 4.8%🇨🇦 Fredericton 4.8%🇯🇵 Fukuchiyama 4.8%🇦🇺 Gold Coast 4.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 100% 1 of 1,704 🇹🇷 Bandırma 100%🇮🇩 Banjaran 100%🇹🇷 Batman 100%🇺🇸 Bayonet Point 100%Bentonville🇺🇦 Bila Tserkva 100%🇬🇧 Blackburn 100%🇺🇸 Blue Springs 100%🇺🇸 Boardman 100%

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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