🇿🇦 South Africa · metro 4.3M · 576 venues mapped

Cape Town

Where Cape Town 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 43 of 1,704.

This city has a full profile Read Cape Town in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.

Nearest city 🇿🇦 Somerset West 41 km Nearest written profile 🇷🇼 Kigali 📖 3,756 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov, Dec — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink576 places mapped

08:00–22:00

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open past midnight

91%

open on Sundays

85h

open per week

12%

open 24/7

Shops & errands440 places mapped

08:00–19:00

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open past midnight

96%

open on Sundays

77h

open per week

21%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

umbrella days a year

22 m

of rain since 1981

days over 30 °C, of 16,626

volcanoes within 100 km

2166.3 km

to Prince Edward Island

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

17:44

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.4 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

8,697

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Cape Town	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	0%	296 of 1,878	🇳🇵 Bharatpur 0%🇬🇧 Bracknell 0%🇧🇷 Campina Grande 0%🇧🇷 Campo Grande 0%Cape Town🇪🇸 Castelldefels 0%🇿🇦 Centurion 0%🇧🇷 Chapecó 0%🇧🇩 Chattogram 0%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	85 h	79 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Franklin 85.5 h🇺🇸 Sarasota 85.5 h🇿🇦 Somerset West 85.5 h🇨🇦 St. John's 85.5 hCape Town🇺🇸 Fairland 85 h🇷🇺 Khabarovsk 85 h🇺🇸 Lake in the Hills 85 h🇺🇦 Lutsk 85 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	24.1%	236 of 1,878	🇳🇮 Managua 24.2%🇧🇫 Ouagadougou 24.2%🇸🇻 Santa Ana 24.2%🇦🇺 Ballarat 24.1%Cape Town🇭🇺 Kecskemét 24.1%🇺🇸 North Charleston 24.1%🇺🇸 Bloomington 24%🇬🇧 Peterborough 24%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0.9%	375 of 1,878	🇷🇺 Tula 1%🇸🇪 Umeå 1%🇺🇸 Waco 1%🇺🇸 Albuquerque 0.9%Cape Town🇺🇸 Charlotte 0.9%🇺🇦 Chernivtsi 0.9%🇬🇹 Guatemala City 0.9%🇺🇸 Harrisonburg 0.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7	11.6%	115 of 1,878	🇮🇩 Mataram 11.8%🇧🇹 Thimphu 11.8%🇰🇿 Almaty 11.7%🇺🇸 New Braunfels 11.7%Cape Town🇺🇸 Naples 11.6%🇺🇸 Panama City 11.6%🇯🇵 Toyohashi 11.6%🇯🇵 Tsukuba 11.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	95.6%	43 of 1,704	🇺🇸 Rockford 95.7%🇨🇦 Victoria 95.7%🇩🇿 Algiers 95.6%🇺🇸 Baton Rouge 95.6%Cape Town🇬🇧 Livingston 95.6%🇲🇽 Mérida 95.6%🇺🇸 New York City 95.6%🇺🇦 Odesa 95.6%

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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