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The Anti-Awards

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇵🇱 Poland · metro 299k · 495 venues mapped

Białystok

Where Białystok places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is kitchens open past midnight, where it ranks 90 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇧🇾 Hrodna 75 km Nearest written profile 🇵🇱 Warsaw 📖 176 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Białystok does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Shops & errands937 places mapped
06:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
65%
open on Sundays
96h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Food & drink495 places mapped
10:00–23:00
0006121824
22%
open past midnight
86%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
2
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
136
umbrella days a year
29.8 m
of rain since 1981
259
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1169.8 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:12
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17 h
longest day of the year
13
public holidays, 2024
12,962
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBiałystok RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 21.9% 90 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Torrejón de Ardoz 22.1%🇷🇺 Vladivostok 22.1%🇷🇺 Astrakhan 22%🇯🇵 Otsu 22%Białystok🇹🇷 Gölcük 21.9%🇰🇬 Bishkek 21.8%🇹🇷 Gölbaşı 21.6%🇪🇸 Ibiza 21.6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 78 h 107 of 1,878 🇮🇹 San Giuseppe Vesuviano 78.5 h🇺🇸 Peabody 78.4 h🇮🇱 Netanya 78.2 h🇪🇸 A Coruña 78 hBiałystok🇵🇭 Cabiao 78 h🇵🇷 Caguas 78 h🇺🇸 Champaign 78 h🇨🇴 Chía 78 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 8.8% 384 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Kirov 8.9%🇫🇷 Nancy 8.9%🇷🇺 Novorossiysk 8.9%🇧🇷 Arujá 8.8%Białystok🇬🇧 Canterbury 8.8%🇵🇹 Faro 8.8%🇩🇪 Hagen 8.8%🇺🇦 Kyiv 8.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0.4% 380 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Zelenograd 0.5%🇺🇸 Akron 0.4%🇰🇿 Astana 0.4%🇺🇸 Athens 0.4%Białystok🇧🇾 Brest 0.4%🇺🇸 Brockton 0.4%🇺🇸 Fall River 0.4%🇨🇦 Halifax 0.4%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.3% 218 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Arras 1.3%🇺🇸 Asheville 1.3%🇺🇸 Aurora 1.3%🇮🇹 Bari 1.3%Białystok🇬🇧 Brighton 1.3%🇪🇸 Burgos 1.3%🇬🇧 Cheltenham 1.3%🇪🇸 Donostia / San Sebastián 1.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 65.1% 284 of 1,704 🇯🇵 Fukuchiyama 65.4%🇵🇹 Lagos 65.4%🇫🇷 Dijon 65.2%🇵🇱 Poznan 65.2%Białystok🇪🇸 Lugo 65%🇭🇷 Osijek 65%🇮🇹 Modena 64.9%🇮🇹 Venice 64.9%

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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