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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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🇩🇪 Germany · metro 120k · 2,296 venues mapped

Darmstadt

Where Darmstadt places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 155 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Rüsselsheim am Main 21 km Nearest written profile 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 📖 183 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink2,296 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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5%
open past midnight
74%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week
26%
take a midday break
Shops & errands1,201 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
24%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
5%
take a midday break
Culture538 places mapped
10:30–18:00
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2%
open past midnight
45%
open on Sundays
16h
open per week
7%
take a midday break
Services467 places mapped
08:30–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
9%
open on Sundays
48h
open per week
38%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
137
umbrella days a year
31.1 m
of rain since 1981
728
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
132.8 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:27
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.3 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,844
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureDarmstadt RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.8% 252 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Alkmaar 4.8%🇧🇦 Banja Luka 4.8%🇩🇪 Bielefeld 4.8%🇬🇫 Cayenne 4.8%Darmstadt🇺🇦 Druzhkivka 4.8%🇮🇹 Ferrara 4.8%🇵🇱 Gliwice 4.8%🇯🇵 Marugame 4.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 54 h 207 of 1,878 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 54.2 h🇩🇪 Ulm 54.2 h🇩🇪 Aalen 54 h🇨🇱 Antofagasta 54 hDarmstadt🇦🇹 Dornbirn 54 h🇩🇪 Erlangen 54 h🇩🇪 Flensburg 54 h🇩🇪 Freilassing 54 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 5.6% 416 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Bataysk 5.6%🇹🇷 Batman 5.6%🇫🇷 Béziers 5.6%🇧🇷 Chapecó 5.6%Darmstadt🇨🇺 Holguín 5.6%🇯🇵 Iida 5.6%🇧🇪 Kortrijk 5.6%🇩🇪 Neumünster 5.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 25.5% 155 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Lugo 25.8%🇮🇹 Anzio 25.7%🇩🇪 Unna 25.7%🇮🇹 Arezzo 25.6%Darmstadt🇪🇸 Gijón 25.4%🇮🇹 Massa 25.4%🇯🇵 Nagano 25.4%🇮🇹 Chieti 25.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.7% 224 of 1,878 🇧🇦 Banja Luka 0.7%🇩🇪 Bensheim 0.7%🇪🇸 Bilbao 0.7%🇬🇧 Canterbury 0.7%Darmstadt🇺🇸 Des Moines 0.7%🇺🇸 Grand Rapids 0.7%🇺🇸 Joliet 0.7%🇩🇪 Kehl 0.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 24% 487 of 1,704 🇩🇪 Karlsruhe 24.3%🇩🇪 Mannheim 24.2%🇪🇸 Valladolid 24.2%🇪🇸 Reus 24.1%Darmstadt🇩🇪 Iserlohn 23.9%🇨🇭 Kreuzlingen 23.9%🇩🇪 Aschaffenburg 23.7%🇩🇪 Neuwied 23.6%

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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