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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇨🇿 Czech Republic · metro 94k · 382 venues mapped

České Budějovice

Where České Budějovice places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 139 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇦🇹 Linz 76 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇿 Prague 📖 124 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else České Budějovice 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 & drink382 places mapped
10:00–22:00
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4%
open past midnight
62%
open on Sundays
70h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands161 places mapped
07:00–21:00
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0%
open past midnight
71%
open on Sundays
92h
open per week
6%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
133
umbrella days a year
31.5 m
of rain since 1981
316
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
565.3 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:07
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.2 h
longest day of the year
13
public holidays, 2024
13,411
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureČeské Budějovice RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.2% 258 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Bath 4.2%🇩🇪 Delmenhorst 4.2%🇵🇱 Katowice 4.2%🇧🇴 La Paz 4.2%České Budějovice🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte 4.1%🇩🇪 Bensheim 4.1%🇵🇭 Cagayan de Oro 4.1%🇬🇧 Chesterfield 4.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 70 h 139 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Wigan 70 h🇺🇸 Williamsburg 70 h🇵🇱 Wrocław 70 h🇯🇵 Yamagata 70 hČeské Budějovice🇵🇱 Świnoujście 70 h🇮🇹 Ascoli Piceno 69.8 h🇬🇧 Cardiff 69.5 h🇺🇸 Concord 69.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 18.3% 289 of 1,878 🇨🇭 Lausanne 18.4%🇮🇹 Mestre 18.4%🇮🇹 Naples 18.4%🇬🇷 Chania 18.3%České Budějovice🇹🇷 Adana 18.2%🇵🇾 Asuncion 18.2%🇬🇷 Athens 18.2%🇨🇦 Barrie 18.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.4% 370 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Schenectady 1.4%🇺🇸 Stamford 1.4%🇳🇴 Stavanger 1.4%🇬🇧 Sunderland 1.4%České Budějovice🇱🇹 Šiauliai 1.4%🇺🇸 Boston 1.3%🇺🇸 Brandon 1.3%🇭🇺 Budapest 1.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.8% 203 of 1,878 🇵🇱 Sosnowiec 2.8%🇺🇸 Spokane Valley 2.8%🇬🇧 Warwick 2.8%🇺🇸 Washington 2.8%České Budějovice🇬🇧 Cardiff 2.7%🇬🇧 Chesterfield 2.7%🇭🇷 Dubrovnik 2.7%🇺🇸 Green Bay 2.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 71.4% 240 of 1,704 🇮🇹 Brescia 71.4%🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca 71.4%🇳🇮 Managua 71.4%🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada 71.4%České Budějovice🇮🇹 Busto Arsizio 71.2%🇮🇹 Treviso 71.2%🇭🇺 Pécs 71.1%🇵🇹 Évora 71.1%

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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