🇺🇸 United States · metro 1.7M · 5,231 venues mapped
Boston
Where Boston 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 27 of 1,704.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot
Come for everything else Boston does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink5,231 places mapped
10:00–22:00
0006121824
8%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
77h
open per week
Shops & errands1,369 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
1%
open past midnight
97%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
8%
open 24/7
Vital absurdities
measured17
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
132
umbrella days a year
55.1 m
of rain since 1981
721
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2797.2 km
to Pico Fracture Zone
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:15
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.3 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,707
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venuesThe 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.