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🇺🇸 United States · metro 293k · 1,113 venues mapped

Grand Rapids

Where Grand Rapids 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 🇺🇸 Holland 41 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 514 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Grand Rapids 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 & drink1,113 places mapped
10:00–22:00
0006121824
14%
open past midnight
88%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
Shops & errands341 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
89%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
26%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
16
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
134
umbrella days a year
43.1 m
of rain since 1981
386
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1816.8 km
to Dotsero
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:11
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.4 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,765
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureGrand Rapids RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 14.3% 157 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Oklahoma City 14.4%🇺🇸 Waco 14.4%🇺🇸 Atlantic City 14.3%🇬🇧 Bangor 14.3%Grand Rapids🇮🇹 Modena 14.3%🇬🇧 Newry 14.3%🇯🇵 Osaki 14.3%🇸🇷 Paramaribo 14.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 84 h 82 of 1,878 🇲🇽 Ensenada 84 h🇨🇳 Fuyang 84 h🇺🇸 Gainesville 84 h🇱🇰 Galle 84 hGrand Rapids🇬🇧 Great Yarmouth 84 h🇯🇵 Hachioji 84 h🇨🇳 Harbin 84 h🇨🇺 Havana 84 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 41.3% 85 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Houston 41.4%🇱🇦 Pakse 41.4%🇺🇸 Toledo 41.4%🇹🇭 Chon Buri 41.3%Grand Rapids🇺🇸 Riverside 41.2%🇧🇿 San Pedro 41.2%🇺🇸 Thousand Oaks 41.2%🇺🇸 Tuscaloosa 41%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.2% 372 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Barrie 1.2%🇺🇸 Bentonville 1.2%🇰🇷 Daegu 1.2%🇺🇸 Eugene 1.2%Grand Rapids🇮🇳 Kochi 1.2%🇰🇼 Kuwait City 1.2%🇮🇳 Mangalagiri 1.2%🇭🇺 Miskolc 1.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.7% 224 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Bilbao 0.7%🇬🇧 Canterbury 0.7%🇩🇪 Darmstadt 0.7%🇺🇸 Des Moines 0.7%Grand Rapids🇺🇸 Joliet 0.7%🇩🇪 Kehl 0.7%🇫🇷 Poissy 0.7%🇮🇹 Rimini 0.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 89% 106 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Camberley 89.1%🇵🇹 Setúbal 89.1%🇸🇪 Umeå 89.1%🇧🇷 Arujá 89%Grand Rapids🇨🇴 Bogota 88.9%🇬🇧 Bridgend 88.9%🇺🇦 Chernihiv 88.9%🇺🇸 Gainesville 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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