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🇺🇸 United States · metro 117k · 369 venues mapped

Gainesville

Where Gainesville places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 82 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Ocala 55 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Miami 📖 479 km

Typical weather

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

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink369 places mapped
10:00–23:00
0006121824
13%
open past midnight
88%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands95 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
2%
open past midnight
89%
open on Sundays
102h
open per week
18%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
144
muggy days a year
12
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
161
umbrella days a year
59.9 m
of rain since 1981
5,849
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1733 km
to Yojoa, Lago
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:35
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,262
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureGainesville RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 13.2% 168 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Yamagata 13.3%🇫🇷 Agen 13.2%🇺🇸 Cape Coral 13.2%🇮🇹 Chieti 13.2%Gainesville🇺🇸 Lake Ronkonkoma 13.2%🇸🇪 Stockholm 13.2%🇺🇸 Bentonville 13.1%🇺🇸 Lakeland 13.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 84 h 82 of 1,878 🇺🇦 Donetsk 84 h🇨🇦 Edmonton 84 h🇲🇽 Ensenada 84 h🇨🇳 Fuyang 84 hGainesville🇱🇰 Galle 84 h🇺🇸 Grand Rapids 84 h🇬🇧 Great Yarmouth 84 h🇯🇵 Hachioji 84 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 31.2% 172 of 1,878 🇭🇷 Rijeka 31.5%🇲🇾 Miri 31.4%🇧🇦 Sarajevo 31.4%🇨🇦 Charlottetown 31.2%Gainesville🇺🇸 Durham 31.1%🇺🇸 Puyallup 31.1%🇬🇧 Basingstoke 31%🇺🇸 Bossier City 31%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.4% 370 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Dearborn Heights 1.4%🇳🇱 Deventer 1.4%🇺🇸 El Paso 1.4%🇺🇸 Findlay 1.4%Gainesville🇨🇺 Holguín 1.4%🇺🇸 Idaho Falls 1.4%🇳🇱 Leiden 1.4%🇮🇩 Medan 1.4%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.5% 196 of 1,878 🇵🇱 Tychy 3.6%🇪🇸 Vilanova i la Geltrú 3.6%🇸🇪 Örebro 3.6%🇷🇴 Brasov 3.5%Gainesville🇬🇧 Gillingham 3.5%🇬🇧 Huddersfield 3.5%🇨🇾 Larnaca 3.5%🇮🇹 Lecce 3.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 88.9% 107 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Grand Rapids 89%🇨🇴 Bogota 88.9%🇬🇧 Bridgend 88.9%🇺🇦 Chernihiv 88.9%Gainesville🇷🇴 Sibiu 88.9%🇿🇦 Somerset West 88.9%🇺🇸 Stillwater 88.9%🇮🇹 Trapani 88.9%

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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