🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · metro 1.4M · 1,466 venues mapped

Bishkek

Where Bishkek 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 22 of 1,704.

Nearest city · in the atlas 🇰🇿 Almaty 📖 193 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit May, Jun, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Shops & errands2,056 places mapped

08:00–23:00

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open past midnight

98%

open on Sundays

107h

open per week

32%

open 24/7

Food & drink1,466 places mapped

09:00–24:00

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22%

open past midnight

96%

open on Sundays

102h

open per week

21%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

997.6 km

to Ashikule Volcanic Field

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

17:31

winter sunset (solar approx.)

15.3 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

9,322

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Bishkek	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	21.8%	91 of 1,878	🇷🇺 Astrakhan 22%🇯🇵 Otsu 22%🇵🇱 Białystok 21.9%🇹🇷 Gölcük 21.9%Bishkek🇹🇷 Gölbaşı 21.6%🇪🇸 Ibiza 21.6%🇮🇹 Naples 21.6%🇺🇸 Oshkosh 21.6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	101.8 h	26 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Martinez 103 h🇧🇭 Manama 102.5 h🇺🇸 Dothan 102.2 h🇳🇪 Niamey 102 hBishkek🇮🇳 Agra 101.5 h🇹🇷 Denizli 101.5 h🇹🇷 Gölcük 101.5 h🇹🇳 Hammamet 101.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	3.5%	437 of 1,878	🇩🇪 Baden-Baden 3.6%🇬🇪 Kutaisi 3.6%🇩🇪 Lippstadt 3.6%🇩🇪 Schweinfurt 3.6%Bishkek🇩🇪 Halle (Saale) 3.5%🇩🇪 Magdeburg 3.5%🇩🇰 Aalborg 3.4%🇳🇱 Alphen aan den Rijn 3.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	1.1%	373 of 1,878	🇷🇺 Yaroslavl 1.2%🇨🇦 Abbotsford 1.1%🇺🇸 Baltimore 1.1%🇺🇸 Birmingham 1.1%Bishkek🇬🇷 Chania 1.1%🇸🇳 Dakar 1.1%🇮🇩 Denpasar 1.1%🇵🇱 Gdansk 1.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7	21.1%	48 of 1,878	🇴🇲 Seeb 21.9%🇯🇵 Shizuoka 21.4%🇳🇬 Lagos 21.3%🇵🇸 Nablus 21.2%Bishkek🇹🇷 Fethiye 21.1%🇵🇰 Karachi 21%🇮🇶 Kirkuk 20.9%🇨🇺 Holguín 20.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	97.7%	22 of 1,704	🇯🇵 Sendai 97.8%🇬🇧 Wakefield 97.8%🇮🇱 Yavne 97.8%🇮🇩 Bandung 97.7%Bishkek🇿🇦 Centurion 97.7%🇺🇸 Denver 97.7%🇺🇸 Glen Burnie 97.7%🇷🇺 Ivanteyevka 97.7%

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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