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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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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 992k · 1,482 venues mapped

Glasgow

Where Glasgow 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 50 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 East Kilbride 12 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇪 Dublin 📖 309 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Glasgow 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 & drink1,482 places mapped
10:00–22:00
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6%
open past midnight
92%
open on Sundays
70h
open per week
6%
open 24/7
Shops & errands757 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
95%
open on Sundays
104h
open per week
9%
open 24/7
Culture338 places mapped
10:00–20:00
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6%
open past midnight
44%
open on Sundays
47h
open per week
Services237 places mapped
09:00–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
16%
open on Sundays
49h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
225
umbrella days a year
61.8 m
of rain since 1981
0
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
974.2 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:45
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17.6 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,745
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureGlasgow RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 6.2% 238 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Bolingbrook 6.2%🇬🇧 Cannock 6.2%🇨🇦 Charlottetown 6.2%🇨🇿 Frýdek-Místek 6.2%Glasgow🇬🇧 Guildford 6.2%🇭🇺 Gyor 6.2%🇯🇵 Iizuka 6.2%🇮🇳 Kasaragod 6.2%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 70 h 139 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Fuji 70 h🇵🇱 Gdansk 70 h🇵🇱 Gdynia 70 h🇲🇾 George Town 70 hGlasgow🇬🇧 Gloucester 70 h🇵🇱 Gorzów Wielkopolski 70 h🇭🇺 Gyor 70 h🇨🇦 Halifax 70 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 14.9% 323 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Hefei 15%🇬🇧 Manchester 15%🇧🇷 Maringá 15%🇨🇴 Barranquilla 14.9%Glasgow🇪🇸 Ibiza 14.9%🇪🇸 Murcia 14.9%🇮🇷 Tabriz 14.9%🇷🇴 Arad 14.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1% 374 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Anapa 1%🇺🇸 Asbury Park 1%🇺🇸 Chicago 1%🇺🇸 Detroit 1%Glasgow🇨🇺 Havana 1%🇺🇸 Irving 1%🇫🇮 Joensuu 1%🇸🇮 Ljubljana 1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 5.6% 175 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Dallas 5.6%🇮🇩 Denpasar 5.6%🇺🇸 Duncanville 5.6%🇦🇱 Elbasan 5.6%Glasgow🇵🇱 Gorzów Wielkopolski 5.6%🇯🇵 Hachioji 5.6%🇬🇧 Manchester 5.6%🇪🇸 Nerja 5.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 94.9% 50 of 1,704 🇱🇹 Vilnius 95%🇦🇺 Adelaide 94.9%🇬🇧 Bracknell 94.9%🇨🇦 Edmonton 94.9%Glasgow🇺🇦 Ivano-Frankivsk 94.9%🇺🇸 Louisville 94.9%🇬🇧 Oxford 94.9%🇰🇿 Almaty 94.8%

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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