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Eindhoven

Where Eindhoven places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is kitchens open past midnight, where it ranks 200 of 1,878.

This city has a full profile Read Eindhoven in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇳🇱 Helmond 13 km Nearest written profile 🇧🇪 Brussels 📖 103 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not a wet month.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,740 places mapped
12:00–22:00
0006121824
10%
open past midnight
88%
open on Sundays
53h
open per week
Shops & errands633 places mapped
08:00–20:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
67%
open on Sundays
80h
open per week
3%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
152
umbrella days a year
35.6 m
of rain since 1981
126
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
171.1 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.8
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:32
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
10
public holidays, 2024
14,092
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureEindhoven RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 10% 200 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Warren 10.1%🇮🇳 Agra 10%🇪🇸 Alicante 10%🇺🇸 Antioch 10%Eindhoven🇺🇸 Fairland 10%🇵🇪 Huancayo 10%🇯🇵 Kishiwada 10%🇨🇳 Kunming 10%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 53 h 211 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Celle 53 h🇫🇷 Creil 53 h🇪🇸 Córdoba 53 h🇩🇪 Detmold 53 hEindhoven🇩🇪 Kleve 53 h🇬🇧 Lowestoft 53 h🇮🇹 Cuneo 52.9 h🇳🇱 Alkmaar 52.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 2% 452 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Volgograd 2.2%🇫🇷 Chalon-sur-Saône 2.1%🇧🇷 Santos 2.1%🇳🇱 Amersfoort 2%Eindhoven🇷🇺 Khabarovsk 2%🇫🇷 Agen 1.9%🇩🇪 Lüdenscheid 1.9%🇫🇷 Quimper 1.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 2.8% 356 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Washington 2.9%🇨🇦 Winnipeg 2.9%🇬🇧 East Kilbride 2.8%🇺🇸 Eau Claire 2.8%Eindhoven🇨🇦 Kelowna 2.8%🇭🇳 La Lima 2.8%🇧🇴 La Paz 2.8%🇺🇸 Lincoln 2.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Dénia 0%🇺🇸 Easton 0%🇺🇸 Eau Claire 0%🇮🇱 Eilat 0%Eindhoven🇪🇸 Elda 0%🇳🇱 Enschede 0%🇩🇰 Esbjerg 0%🇺🇸 Evansville 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 67.3% 272 of 1,704 🇫🇷 Aix-en-Provence 67.8%🇳🇱 Hilversum 67.7%🇭🇷 Pula 67.4%🇪🇸 Vilanova i la Geltrú 67.4%Eindhoven🇭🇺 Debrecen 67%🇫🇷 Angoulême 66.9%🇳🇱 Helmond 66.7%🇺🇸 Idaho Falls 66.7%

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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