🇺🇸 United States · metro 5.3M · 10,565 venues mapped

Chicago

Where Chicago 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 18 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Wheaton 38 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 704 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot

Come for everything else Chicago 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 & drink10,565 places mapped

08:00–22:00

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14%

open past midnight

91%

open on Sundays

90h

open per week

open 24/7

Shops & errands3,523 places mapped

08:00–22:00

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open past midnight

98%

open on Sundays

98h

open per week

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,626

volcanoes within 100 km

1647.3 km

to Dotsero

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

16:23

winter sunset (solar approx.)

15.2 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

17,663

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Chicago	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	14%	160 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Stamford 14.1%🇷🇺 Yaroslavl 14.1%🇮🇹 Arezzo 14%🇪🇸 Burgos 14%Chicago🇺🇸 Jacksonville Beach 14%🇮🇹 Matera 14%🇺🇸 Normal 14%🇲🇽 Puerto Vallarta 14%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	89.5 h	66 of 1,878	🇷🇺 Kirov 90 h🇺🇸 New Hope 90 h🇱🇾 Tripoli 90 h🇺🇸 San Marcos 89.8 hChicago🇺🇸 St. Louis 89.5 h🇨🇳 Changsha 89.2 h🇷🇺 Cherepovets 89.2 h🇨🇳 Wenjiang 89.2 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	39%	105 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Aurora 39.1%🇧🇸 Nassau 39.1%🇺🇸 Norman 39.1%🇺🇸 Blue Springs 39%Chicago🇦🇱 Tirana 39%🇺🇸 Baltimore 38.9%🇮🇩 Gresik 38.9%🇵🇭 Santo Tomas 38.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	1%	374 of 1,878	🇨🇦 Vaudreuil-Dorion 1.1%🇺🇸 Wichita 1.1%🇷🇺 Anapa 1%🇺🇸 Asbury Park 1%Chicago🇺🇸 Detroit 1%🇬🇧 Glasgow 1%🇨🇺 Havana 1%🇺🇸 Irving 1%
Never close at all% open 24/7	7.1%	160 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Baton Rouge 7.2%🇺🇦 Dnipro 7.2%🇺🇦 Lviv 7.2%🇯🇵 Tokyo 7.2%Chicago🇬🇧 Dunfermline 7.1%🇯🇵 Hanno 7.1%🇹🇷 Izmir 7.1%🇮🇪 Kilkenny 7.1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	98.1%	18 of 1,704	🇰🇷 Seoul 98.2%🇵🇭 Tagaytay 98.2%🇹🇼 Tainan 98.2%🇷🇺 Yeysk 98.2%Chicago🇬🇧 Durham 98.1%🇺🇸 Las Vegas 98.1%🇵🇭 Manila 98.1%🇺🇸 Miami 98.1%

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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