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🇺🇸 United States · metro 62k · 224 venues mapped

Chapel Hill

Where Chapel Hill 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 🇺🇸 Durham 17 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 867 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Chapel Hill 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 & drink224 places mapped
11:00–22:00
0006121824
10%
open past midnight
82%
open on Sundays
77h
open per week
11%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands54 places mapped
07:00–23:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
119h
open per week
26%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
66
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
129
umbrella days a year
53.2 m
of rain since 1981
3,850
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2456.1 km
to Carrizozo
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:06
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.6 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,572
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureChapel Hill RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 10.1% 199 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Reno 10.2%🇫🇷 Saint-Nazaire 10.2%🇨🇦 Sherbrooke 10.2%🇪🇸 Benidorm 10.1%Chapel Hill🇺🇸 College Station 10.1%🇺🇸 Dunwoody 10.1%🇯🇵 Kanazawa 10.1%🇬🇦 Libreville 10.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 77 h 111 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Bozeman 77 h🇺🇸 Campbell 77 h🇨🇴 Cartagena 77 h🇨🇷 Cartago 77 hChapel Hill🇺🇸 Coeur d'Alene 77 h🇭🇺 Debrecen 77 h🇵🇭 Dumaguete 77 h🇲🇦 Essaouira 77 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 23.9% 238 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Bloomington 24%🇬🇧 Peterborough 24%🇺🇸 Santa Barbara 24%🇺🇸 Athens 23.9%Chapel Hill🇺🇸 Manhattan 23.9%🇮🇩 Semarang 23.8%🇮🇹 Viareggio 23.8%🇺🇸 Asheville 23.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 11% 280 of 1,878 🇲🇾 George Town 11.1%🇦🇷 La Plata 11.1%🇧🇷 Pelotas 11.1%🇵🇪 Pisco 11.1%Chapel Hill🇬🇧 Reading 11%🇩🇪 Bremen 10.9%🇲🇾 Kota Kinabalu 10.9%🇮🇳 Chennai 10.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.8% 203 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Segovia 2.9%🇺🇸 Syracuse 2.9%🇬🇧 York 2.9%🇫🇷 Auxerre 2.8%Chapel Hill🇮🇹 Civitanova Marche 2.8%🇺🇸 Denver 2.8%🇫🇮 Helsinki 2.8%🇯🇵 Kumagaya 2.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 100% 1 of 1,704 🇵🇭 Cagayan de Oro 100%🇺🇸 Camarillo 100%🇺🇸 Campbell 100%🇺🇸 Cedar Rapids 100%Chapel Hill🇹🇭 Chiang Rai 100%🇹🇭 Chon Buri 100%🇺🇸 Cinco Ranch 100%🇺🇸 Coeur d'Alene 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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