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🇺🇸 United States · metro 60k · 232 venues mapped

Great Falls

Where Great Falls 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 30 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Bozeman 203 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Calgary 📖 443 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jul, Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink232 places mapped
09:00–24:00
0006121824
20%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
100h
open per week
5%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
106
umbrella days a year
21.2 m
of rain since 1981
1,289
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
454.6 km
to Hell's Half Acre
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:37
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
15,707
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureGreat Falls RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 20.5% 102 of 1,878 🇸🇪 Västerås 20.8%🇨🇱 Rancagua 20.6%🇮🇹 Bassano del Grappa 20.5%🇸🇳 Dakar 20.5%Great Falls🇷🇸 Niš 20.5%🇫🇮 Oulu 20.5%🇺🇸 North Charleston 20.4%🇮🇹 Parma 20.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 100 h 30 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Phoenix 101.5 h🇭🇷 Split 101.5 h🇺🇸 Smyrna 101 h🇧🇦 Sarajevo 100.5 hGreat Falls🇺🇸 Hemet 100 h🇺🇸 Lafayette 100 h🇮🇶 Mosul 100 h🇧🇫 Ouagadougou 100 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 43.6% 68 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Jacksonville 43.9%🇺🇸 Lynn 43.9%🇺🇸 San Marcos 43.9%🇺🇸 Moreno Valley 43.8%Great Falls🇺🇸 Oxford 43.6%🇺🇸 Peabody 43.6%🇺🇸 Virginia Beach 43.6%🇺🇸 Edmond 43.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇵🇱 Gniezno 0%🇧🇷 Goiânia 0%🇵🇱 Gorzów Wielkopolski 0%🇳🇮 Granada 0%Great Falls🇺🇸 Green Bay 0%🇺🇸 Greenville 0%🇲🇽 Guadalupe 0%🇸🇪 Gävle 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 5.1% 180 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Tsuruoka 5.2%🇬🇧 Barnsley 5.1%🇺🇦 Chernihiv 5.1%🇯🇵 Fukushima 5.1%Great Falls🇺🇸 Odessa 5.1%🇺🇸 Southgate 5.1%🇸🇰 Trenčín 5.1%🇺🇸 Vacaville 5.1%

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.

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