🇿🇦 South Africa · metro 3.3M · 490 venues mapped

Durban

Where Durban 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 10 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇲🇿 Maputo 459 km Nearest written profile 🇿🇦 Cape Town 📖 1,272 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit May, 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 & drink490 places mapped

08:00–22:00

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open past midnight

97%

open on Sundays

91h

open per week

Shops & errands394 places mapped

00:00–24:00

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open past midnight

99%

open on Sundays

168h

open per week

51%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

121

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,626

volcanoes within 100 km

1958.5 km

to Prince Edward Island

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

17:04

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.1 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

7,867

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Durban	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	1%	290 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Hilo 1.1%🇦🇱 Shkoder 1.1%🇷🇸 Subotica 1.1%🇲🇲 Twante 1.1%Durban🇺🇦 Dnipro 0.9%🇬🇧 Milton Keynes 0.9%🇹🇲 Ashgabat 0.8%🇹🇿 Mwanza 0.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	91 h	58 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Dayton 91 h🇺🇸 Dearborn Heights 91 h🇺🇸 Detroit 91 h🇭🇷 Dubrovnik 91 hDurban🇹🇯 Dushanbe 91 h🇷🇺 Elektrostal 91 h🇺🇸 Evansville 91 h🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 91 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	40.8%	89 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Tuscaloosa 41%🇺🇸 Franklin 40.9%🇺🇸 Huntington Station 40.9%🇺🇸 Dayton 40.8%Durban🇺🇸 Oklahoma City 40.8%🇮🇹 Parma 40.8%🇺🇸 Stamford 40.8%🇺🇸 Redlands 40.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	2.9%	355 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Bozeman 2.9%🇺🇸 College Station 2.9%🇩🇰 Copenhagen 2.9%🇨🇳 Dalian 2.9%Durban🇨🇦 Hamilton 2.9%🇬🇧 Leicester 2.9%🇨🇦 London 2.9%🇬🇧 Manchester 2.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7	1%	221 of 1,878	🇮🇳 Bengaluru 1%🇻🇪 Caracas 1%🇺🇸 Corvallis 1%🇳🇴 Drammen 1%Durban🇪🇸 Girona 1%🇦🇺 Hobart 1%🇨🇿 Hradec Králové 1%🇫🇮 Joensuu 1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	98.9%	10 of 1,704	🇷🇺 Vyborg 99%🇯🇵 Akita 98.9%🇷🇺 Chelyabinsk 98.9%🇺🇸 Dunwoody 98.9%Durban🇮🇩 Malang 98.9%🇺🇸 Phoenix 98.9%🇱🇾 Tripoli 98.9%🇷🇺 Zelenograd 98.9%

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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