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🇺🇸 United States · metro 138k · 338 venues mapped

Cedar Rapids

Where Cedar Rapids 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 1 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Iowa City 40 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 1,015 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Cedar Rapids does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink338 places mapped
10:00–22:00
0006121824
24%
open past midnight
85%
open on Sundays
86h
open per week
Shops & errands85 places mapped
06:00–23:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
119h
open per week
15%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
30
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
108
umbrella days a year
41.1 m
of rain since 1981
1,304
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1319 km
to Dotsero
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:38
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.2 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,344
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureCedar Rapids RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 23.8% 74 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Missoula 24.2%🇰🇼 Kuwait City 24.1%🇺🇸 Texarkana 24.1%🇦🇿 Baku 23.9%Cedar Rapids🇪🇸 A Coruña 23.7%🇶🇦 Doha 23.6%🇹🇷 Istanbul 23.6%🇮🇹 Barletta 23.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 86 h 76 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Harrisburg 86.5 h🇷🇺 Vladimir 86.5 h🇷🇺 Voronezh 86.5 h🇮🇹 Catania 86 hCedar Rapids🇺🇦 Chernivtsi 86 h🇮🇩 Denpasar 86 h🇺🇸 Eau Claire 86 h🇷🇺 Kemerovo 86 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 32.2% 164 of 1,878 🇱🇦 Luang Prabang 32.5%🇺🇸 Dearborn Heights 32.4%🇺🇸 Philadelphia 32.4%🇺🇸 Cape Coral 32.3%Cedar Rapids🇦🇺 Geelong 32.2%🇺🇸 Poway 32.2%🇮🇹 Taranto 32.2%🇺🇸 Bentonville 32.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Campina Grande 0%🇬🇧 Cannock 0%🇺🇸 Canton 0%🇻🇪 Caracas 0%Cedar Rapids🇿🇦 Centurion 0%🇮🇳 Chandigarh 0%🇰🇷 Changwon 0%🇨🇦 Charlottetown 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.4% 217 of 1,878 🇵🇪 Arequipa 1.4%🇳🇱 Breda 1.4%🇺🇸 Campbell 1.4%🇨🇴 Cartagena 1.4%Cedar Rapids🇧🇷 Fortaleza 1.4%🇵🇱 Gliwice 1.4%🇯🇵 Hakodate 1.4%🇩🇪 Heilbronn 1.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 100% 1 of 1,704 🇵🇭 Cabiao 100%🇵🇭 Cagayan de Oro 100%🇺🇸 Camarillo 100%🇺🇸 Campbell 100%Cedar Rapids🇺🇸 Chapel Hill 100%🇹🇭 Chiang Rai 100%🇹🇭 Chon Buri 100%🇺🇸 Cinco Ranch 100%

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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