🇺🇸 United States · metro 137k · 1,027 venues mapped

Birmingham

Where Birmingham 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 46 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Tuscaloosa 79 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Miami 📖 1,072 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot

Come for everything else Birmingham 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 & drink1,027 places mapped

08:00–22:00

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17%

open past midnight

83%

open on Sundays

91h

open per week

10%

open 24/7

Shops & errands294 places mapped

07:00–22:00

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open past midnight

95%

open on Sundays

105h

open per week

15%

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

1768.2 km

to Carrizozo

0.4

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

16:43

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.4 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

17,892

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Birmingham	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	17.3%	128 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Palmdale 17.5%🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg 17.5%🇺🇸 Hazel Park 17.4%🇨🇦 Saskatoon 17.4%Birmingham🇮🇹 Busto Arsizio 17.3%🇺🇸 National City 17.3%🇺🇸 Stockton 17.3%🇺🇸 Visalia 17.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	91 h	58 of 1,878	🇷🇸 Belgrade 91 h🇺🇸 Bethlehem 91 h🇳🇵 Bharatpur 91 h🇺🇸 Billings 91 hBirmingham🇺🇸 Bossier City 91 h🇨🇺 Camagüey 91 h🇲🇩 Chișinău 91 h🇺🇸 Columbia 91 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	36%	129 of 1,878	🇬🇧 Coventry 36.2%🇮🇹 Asti 36.1%🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 36.1%🇺🇸 Mount Pleasant 36.1%Birmingham🇦🇺 Toowoomba 36%🇺🇸 Asbury Park 35.9%🇺🇸 Lawrence 35.9%🇺🇸 Southgate 35.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	1.1%	373 of 1,878	🇬🇧 Worcester 1.2%🇷🇺 Yaroslavl 1.2%🇨🇦 Abbotsford 1.1%🇺🇸 Baltimore 1.1%Birmingham🇰🇬 Bishkek 1.1%🇬🇷 Chania 1.1%🇸🇳 Dakar 1.1%🇮🇩 Denpasar 1.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7	10.1%	130 of 1,878	🇷🇺 Kaluga 10.2%🇲🇲 Mawlamyine 10.2%🇹🇭 Pattaya 10.2%🇹🇷 Antalya 10.1%Birmingham🇺🇸 Killeen 10.1%🇬🇧 Lincoln 10.1%🇷🇺 Novorossiysk 10.1%🇯🇵 Akashi 10%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	95.3%	46 of 1,704	🇺🇸 Williamsburg 95.5%🇺🇸 Winston-Salem 95.5%🇺🇸 El Paso 95.4%🇺🇸 Portland 95.4%Birmingham🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street 95.3%🇺🇸 Daytona Beach 95.3%🇷🇸 Kragujevac 95.3%🇺🇦 Rivne 95.3%

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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