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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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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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🇯🇵 Japan · metro 2.2M · 4,255 venues mapped

Fukuoka

Where Fukuoka 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 21 of 1,704.

This city has a full profile Read Fukuoka in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇯🇵 Iizuka 25 km Nearest written profile 🇰🇷 Busan 📖 210 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Fukuoka 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 & drink4,255 places mapped
11:00–23:00
0006121824
14%
open past midnight
89%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week
14%
take a midday break
7%
open 24/7
Shops & errands2,284 places mapped
00:00–24:00
0006121824
1%
open past midnight
98%
open on Sundays
168h
open per week
52%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
94
muggy days a year
4
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
140
umbrella days a year
82.5 m
of rain since 1981
1,927
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
3
volcanoes within 100 km
93.9 km
to Unzendake
13.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:14
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.4 h
longest day of the year
21
public holidays, 2024
7,447
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureFukuoka RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 14.1% 159 of 1,878 🇺🇸 New York City 14.2%🇫🇷 Paris 14.2%🇦🇹 Villach 14.2%🇫🇷 Brest 14.1%Fukuoka🇦🇷 San Juan 14.1%🇺🇸 Stamford 14.1%🇷🇺 Yaroslavl 14.1%🇮🇹 Arezzo 14%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 72 h 133 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Calgary 72 h🇰🇷 Daegu 72 h🇵🇦 David 72 h🇺🇸 Easton 72 hFukuoka🇵🇱 Gniezno 72 h🇸🇪 Gävle 72 h🇯🇲 Kingston 72 h🇬🇧 Leicester 72 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 7.5% 397 of 1,878 🇵🇭 Apalit 7.5%🇫🇷 Boulogne-sur-Mer 7.5%🇩🇪 Dresden 7.5%🇪🇸 Dénia 7.5%Fukuoka🇲🇽 Guadalajara 7.5%🇩🇪 Iserlohn 7.5%🇬🇧 Luton 7.5%🇫🇷 Rennes 7.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 13.9% 255 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Wilhelmshaven 14.2%🇮🇹 Caserta 14.1%🇩🇪 Osnabrück 14%🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada 14%Fukuoka🇩🇪 Gera 13.9%🇯🇵 Kumagaya 13.9%🇯🇵 Tokyo 13.9%🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán 13.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 7% 161 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Longview 7.1%🇵🇭 Puerto Princesa 7.1%🇲🇽 Valladolid 7.1%🇨🇳 Zhujiajiao 7.1%Fukuoka🇯🇵 Kumamoto 7%🇮🇳 Mangalagiri 7%🇰🇪 Ngong 7%🇮🇹 San Giuseppe Vesuviano 7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 97.8% 21 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Buffalo 97.8%🇺🇸 Dallas 97.8%🇺🇸 Detroit 97.8%🇹🇷 Fethiye 97.8%Fukuoka🇯🇵 Kisarazu 97.8%🇯🇵 Sendai 97.8%🇬🇧 Wakefield 97.8%🇮🇱 Yavne 97.8%

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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