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Cuxhaven

Where Cuxhaven 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 197 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Bremerhaven 36 km Nearest written profile 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 📖 304 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Come for everything else Cuxhaven 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 & drink214 places mapped
11:00–21:00
0006121824
2%
open past midnight
75%
open on Sundays
56h
open per week
19%
take a midday break
Shops & errands91 places mapped
07:00–19:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
46%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
168
umbrella days a year
39.1 m
of rain since 1981
1
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
430.2 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:06
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17.1 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,911
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureCuxhaven RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 1.8% 282 of 1,878 🇬🇧 High Wycombe 1.9%🇬🇧 Margate 1.9%🇧🇷 Natal 1.9%🇫🇷 Chartres 1.8%Cuxhaven🇳🇱 Geleen 1.8%🇹🇭 Hat Yai 1.8%🇮🇩 Malang 1.8%🇵🇭 Nasugbu 1.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 56 h 197 of 1,878 🇨🇴 Bucaramanga 56 h🇬🇧 Bury St Edmunds 56 h🇦🇺 Cairns 56 h🇬🇧 Crewe 56 hCuxhaven🇮🇹 Forlì 56 h🇪🇸 Fuengirola 56 h🇪🇸 Gijón 56 h🇲🇽 Guadalajara 56 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 10.7% 365 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Cambridge 10.7%🇫🇷 Chambéry 10.7%🇫🇷 Clermont-Ferrand 10.7%🇮🇪 Cork 10.7%Cuxhaven🇺🇦 Kherson 10.7%🇯🇵 Osaki 10.7%🇱🇹 Vilnius 10.7%🇵🇱 Zakopane 10.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 18.8% 214 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Tsuruoka 19%🇯🇵 Fukuyama 18.9%🇩🇪 Kaiserslautern 18.9%🇹🇼 Taichung 18.9%Cuxhaven🇩🇪 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 18.8%🇯🇵 Matsumoto 18.8%🇩🇪 Mannheim 18.7%🇦🇷 Posadas 18.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Creil 0%🇲🇽 Cuernavaca 0%🇲🇽 Culiacán 0%🇮🇹 Cuneo 0%Cuxhaven🇪🇸 Cáceres 0%🇪🇸 Córdoba 0%🇨🇴 Cúcuta 0%🇵🇦 David 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 46.1% 388 of 1,704 🇪🇸 Mataró 47.2%🇫🇷 Rennes 47%🇫🇷 Quimper 46.6%🇮🇹 Ancona 46.2%Cuxhaven🇪🇸 Sant Boi de Llobregat 46.1%🇨🇿 Frýdek-Místek 45.8%🇵🇱 Gliwice 45.6%🇮🇹 Aosta 45.5%

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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