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The weather6
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 193k · 458 venues mapped

Dale City

Where Dale City 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 13 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Manassas Park 21 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 590 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Dale City 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 & drink458 places mapped
08:00–22:00
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12%
open past midnight
95%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
5%
open 24/7
Shops & errands225 places mapped
06:00–23:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
99%
open on Sundays
119h
open per week
34%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
45
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
126
umbrella days a year
49.2 m
of rain since 1981
3,162
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2554 km
to Dotsero
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:52
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.9 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,610
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureDale City RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 11.5% 185 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Stavropol 11.6%🇬🇧 Telford 11.6%🇺🇸 Washington 11.6%🇨🇦 Airdrie 11.5%Dale City🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 11.5%🇫🇷 La Rochelle 11.5%🇺🇸 Lawrence 11.5%🇷🇺 Podolsk 11.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 98 h 37 of 1,878 🇲🇦 Bouskoura 98 h🇺🇿 Bukhara 98 h🇧🇬 Burgas 98 h🇺🇸 Cape Coral 98 hDale City🇺🇸 Davenport 98 h🇮🇶 Erbil 98 h🇺🇸 Erie 98 h🇹🇷 Eskisehir 98 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 42.7% 73 of 1,878 🇦🇷 Mar del Plata 43.1%🇺🇸 Reno 43.1%🇺🇸 Syracuse 43.1%🇺🇸 Worcester 42.9%Dale City🇺🇸 Glen Burnie 42.6%🇺🇸 North Richland Hills 42.5%🇺🇸 Killeen 42.4%🇺🇸 Panama City 42.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Criciúma 0%🇲🇽 Cuernavaca 0%🇲🇽 Culiacán 0%🇵🇱 Częstochowa 0%Dale City🇸🇦 Dammam 0%🇺🇸 Davenport 0%🇵🇦 David 0%🇺🇸 Daytona Beach 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.6% 185 of 1,878 🇺🇸 St. Louis 4.7%🇱🇹 Vilnius 4.7%🇺🇸 Buffalo 4.6%🇺🇸 Charlotte 4.6%Dale City🇬🇧 East Kilbride 4.6%🇺🇸 Kansas City 4.6%🇹🇭 Khon Kaen 4.6%🇺🇸 Norman 4.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 98.6% 13 of 1,704 🇦🇱 Shkoder 98.7%🇰🇿 Shymkent 98.7%🇬🇪 Tbilisi 98.7%🇷🇺 Anapa 98.6%Dale City🇺🇸 Houston 98.6%🇺🇸 Tucson 98.6%🇷🇺 Tver 98.6%🇺🇸 Fairland 98.5%

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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