🇦🇺 Australia · metro 153k · 234 venues mapped
Cairns
Where Cairns places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is open before 8 a.m., where it ranks 114 of 1,878.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
Best time to visit Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink234 places mapped
10:00–20:52
0006121824
2%
open past midnight
80%
open on Sundays
56h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7
Vital absurdities
measured153
muggy days a year
1
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
142
umbrella days a year
91.8 m
of rain since 1981
2,069
days over 30 °C, of 16,629
0
volcanoes within 100 km
204.7 km
to McBride Volcanic Province
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:51
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.1 h
longest day of the year
7
public holidays, 2024
3,440
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venues| Measure | Cairns | Rank | Nearest company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink | 1.5% | 285 of 1,878 | 🇮🇳 Kottayam 1.6%🇬🇧 Oxford 1.6%🇬🇧 Bedford 1.5%🇧🇷 Blumenau 1.5%Cairns🇩🇪 Chemnitz 1.5%🇬🇧 Hastings 1.5%🇵🇪 Arequipa 1.4%🇮🇩 Bandung 1.4% |
| Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink | 56 h | 197 of 1,878 | 🇩🇪 Bonn 56 h🇮🇹 Brescia 56 h🇨🇴 Bucaramanga 56 h🇬🇧 Bury St Edmunds 56 hCairns🇬🇧 Crewe 56 h🇩🇪 Cuxhaven 56 h🇮🇹 Forlì 56 h🇪🇸 Fuengirola 56 h |
| Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink | 37.9% | 114 of 1,878 | 🇺🇸 Newport News 38.4%🇺🇸 Baton Rouge 38.3%🇺🇸 Palmdale 38.1%🇺🇸 Pensacola 38%Cairns🇺🇸 Camarillo 37.9%🇺🇸 Palm Bay 37.8%🇭🇰 Sha Tin 37.8%🇲🇦 Agadir 37.5% |
| Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break | 6.1% | 323 of 1,878 | 🇬🇧 Banbury 6.2%🇬🇧 Llandudno 6.2%🇧🇭 Manama 6.2%🇴🇲 Seeb 6.2%Cairns🇧🇷 Curitiba 6.1%🇬🇧 Keighley 6.1%🇺🇸 Livermore 6.1%🇸🇪 Malmo 6.1% |
| Never close at all% open 24/7 | 4.5% | 186 of 1,878 | 🇺🇸 Riverside 4.6%🇦🇱 Shkoder 4.6%🇫🇷 Ajaccio 4.5%🇮🇳 Alappuzha 4.5%Cairns🇬🇧 Durham 4.5%🇧🇾 Hrodna 4.5%🇩🇪 Neumünster 4.5%🇪🇨 Otavalo 4.5% |
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.