🇺🇸 United States · metro 95k · 448 venues mapped

Boulder

Where Boulder 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 30 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Denver 39 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Austin 📖 1,281 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

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

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink448 places mapped

10:30–21:00

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open past midnight

87%

open on Sundays

70h

open per week

take a midday break

Shops & errands80 places mapped

06:00–22:30

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open past midnight

97%

open on Sundays

112h

open per week

31%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,627

volcanoes within 100 km

155.7 km

to Dotsero

0.6

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

16:39

winter sunset (solar approx.)

15 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

16,242

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Boulder	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	4%	260 of 1,878	🇺🇬 Kampala 4.1%🇸🇰 Nitra 4.1%🇬🇧 Torquay 4.1%🇨🇭 Basel 4%Boulder🇩🇪 Bremerhaven 4%🇩🇪 Hildesheim 4%🇨🇳 Nanjing 4%🇨🇦 Peterborough 4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	70 h	139 of 1,878	🇦🇺 Ballarat 70 h🇮🇩 Banjarmasin 70 h🇺🇸 Bellingham 70 h🇬🇧 Blackpool 70 hBoulder🇭🇺 Budapest 70 h🇵🇱 Bydgoszcz 70 h🇻🇪 Caracas 70 h🇪🇸 Castelló de la Plana 70 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	30.5%	179 of 1,878	🇲🇽 Ensenada 30.6%🇹🇭 Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 30.6%🇺🇸 Turlock 30.6%🇬🇧 Weston-super-Mare 30.6%Boulder🇺🇸 Lexington 30.5%🇺🇸 San Diego 30.5%🇺🇸 Fair Oaks 30.3%🇺🇸 Saint Cloud 30.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	4.8%	336 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Logan 4.9%🇺🇸 Raleigh 4.9%🇸🇻 San Salvador 4.9%🇹🇳 Tunis 4.9%Boulder🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 4.8%🇯🇵 Fukuchiyama 4.8%🇲🇾 Ipoh 4.8%🇺🇸 Madison 4.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7	1.1%	220 of 1,878	🇭🇷 Zagreb 1.2%🇧🇷 Araraquara 1.1%🇺🇸 Bend 1.1%🇨🇴 Bogota 1.1%Boulder🇬🇧 Bristol 1.1%🇭🇺 Budapest 1.1%🇦🇺 Canberra 1.1%🇩🇪 Coburg 1.1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	96.9%	30 of 1,704	🇸🇬 Singapore 97%🇺🇸 Washington 97%🇹🇲 Ashgabat 96.9%🇺🇸 Bloomington 96.9%Boulder🇺🇸 Concord 96.9%🇺🇸 Conway 96.9%🇯🇵 Fujieda 96.9%🇯🇵 Matsuyama 96.9%

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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