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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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🇺🇸 United States · metro 414k · 3,478 venues mapped

Cincinnati

Where Cincinnati 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 44 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Hamilton 31 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 664 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Cincinnati 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 & drink3,478 places mapped
10:00–22:00
0006121824
17%
open past midnight
87%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands1,040 places mapped
07:30–22:00
0006121824
1%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
13%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
43
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
127
umbrella days a year
49.6 m
of rain since 1981
2,330
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1931.1 km
to Dotsero
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:19
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.9 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,012
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureCincinnati RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 17.1% 130 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Saint Joseph 17.2%🇺🇸 Toledo 17.2%🇮🇱 Yavne 17.2%🇺🇸 Bozeman 17.1%Cincinnati🇰🇷 Jeonju 17.1%🇺🇸 Saint Cloud 17.1%🇵🇹 Vila Real 17.1%🇨🇦 Cambridge 17%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 84 h 82 of 1,878 🇰🇷 Cheongju-si 84 h🇺🇦 Cherkasy 84 h🇺🇦 Chernihiv 84 h🇨🇺 Cienfuegos 84 hCincinnati🇮🇹 Civitanova Marche 84 h🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca 84 h🇺🇸 College Station 84 h🇺🇸 Columbus 84 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 33.7% 152 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Layton 34%🇺🇸 Harrisonburg 33.9%🇺🇸 Merced 33.9%🇮🇹 Pescara 33.8%Cincinnati🇨🇦 Kelowna 33.6%🇺🇸 Medford 33.6%🇹🇷 Ankara 33.3%🇨🇳 Bao'an 33.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.9% 365 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Berlin 1.9%🇬🇧 Chesterfield 1.9%🇹🇭 Chiang Rai 1.9%🇨🇺 Cienfuegos 1.9%Cincinnati🇺🇸 Dallas 1.9%🇺🇸 Durham 1.9%🇮🇩 Gresik 1.9%🇳🇱 Groningen 1.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.8% 193 of 1,878 🇧🇬 Sofia 3.9%🇹🇼 Taitung 3.9%🇺🇸 Wilmington 3.9%🇱🇰 Ambalangoda 3.8%Cincinnati🇺🇸 Draper 3.8%🇹🇳 Hammamet 3.8%🇰🇭 Kampot 3.8%🇹🇼 Kaohsiung 3.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 95.5% 44 of 1,704 🇲🇽 Mérida 95.6%🇺🇸 New York City 95.6%🇺🇦 Odesa 95.6%🇷🇺 Stavropol 95.6%Cincinnati🇵🇪 Cusco 95.5%🇻🇳 Huế 95.5%🇺🇸 Lowell 95.5%🇯🇵 Oita 95.5%

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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