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🇺🇸 United States · metro 108k · 672 venues mapped

Fort Wayne

Where Fort Wayne 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 48 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Muncie 106 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 551 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Fort Wayne 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 & drink672 places mapped
08:00–22:00
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12%
open past midnight
91%
open on Sundays
91h
open per week
5%
take a midday break
Shops & errands214 places mapped
08:00–22:00
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2%
open past midnight
95%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
16%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
25
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
123
umbrella days a year
43.1 m
of rain since 1981
1,101
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1857.4 km
to Dotsero
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:15
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.1 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,888
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureFort Wayne RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 11.5% 185 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Telford 11.6%🇺🇸 Washington 11.6%🇨🇦 Airdrie 11.5%🇺🇸 Dale City 11.5%Fort Wayne🇫🇷 La Rochelle 11.5%🇺🇸 Lawrence 11.5%🇷🇺 Podolsk 11.5%🇫🇷 Poissy 11.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 91 h 58 of 1,878 🇿🇦 Durban 91 h🇹🇯 Dushanbe 91 h🇷🇺 Elektrostal 91 h🇺🇸 Evansville 91 hFort Wayne🇷🇴 Giurgiu 91 h🇺🇸 Green Bay 91 h🇺🇸 Iowa City 91 h🇹🇷 Izmir 91 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 41.9% 80 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Iowa City 42.2%🇺🇸 Salem 42.2%🇺🇸 Albuquerque 42.1%🇺🇸 Muncie 42.1%Fort Wayne🇺🇸 Florence 41.8%🇺🇸 Brandon 41.7%🇺🇸 West Haven 41.7%🇺🇸 Manchester 41.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 4.8% 336 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Raleigh 4.9%🇸🇻 San Salvador 4.9%🇹🇳 Tunis 4.9%🇺🇸 Boulder 4.8%Fort Wayne🇯🇵 Fukuchiyama 4.8%🇲🇾 Ipoh 4.8%🇺🇸 Madison 4.8%🇯🇵 Matsuyama 4.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Fall River 0%🇮🇹 Ferrara 0%🇪🇸 Ferrol 0%🇮🇹 Follonica 0%Fort Wayne🇩🇪 Freilassing 0%🇨🇿 Frýdek-Místek 0%🇪🇸 Fuengirola 0%🇯🇵 Fujikawaguchiko 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 95.1% 48 of 1,704 🇨🇦 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 95.2%🇺🇸 San Francisco 95.2%🇬🇧 Brighton 95.1%🇦🇺 Brisbane 95.1%Fort Wayne🇺🇸 Lafayette 95.1%🇬🇧 London 95.1%🇨🇳 Nanjing 95.1%🇹🇼 Taichung 95.1%

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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