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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
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The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 81k · 481 venues mapped

Hamilton

Where Hamilton places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is open before 8 a.m., where it ranks 14 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Cincinnati 31 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 643 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Hamilton 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 & drink481 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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17%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
104h
open per week
6%
open 24/7
Shops & errands165 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
6%
open past midnight
97%
open on Sundays
110h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
40
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
127
umbrella days a year
47.8 m
of rain since 1981
1,533
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1922.6 km
to Dotsero
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:18
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,999
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHamilton RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 16.9% 132 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Saint Cloud 17.1%🇵🇹 Vila Real 17.1%🇨🇦 Cambridge 17%🇱🇺 Luxembourg 17%Hamilton🇮🇹 Asti 16.7%🇦🇷 La Plata 16.7%🇺🇸 Little Elm 16.7%🇵🇪 Pisco 16.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 104 h 19 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Wichita Falls 105 h🇺🇿 Yangiyul 105 h🇩🇿 Zeralda 105 h🇺🇸 Arlington 104 hHamilton🇺🇸 Daytona Beach 103.5 h🇺🇸 El Paso 103.5 h🇺🇸 Montgomery 103.5 h🇸🇦 Dammam 103.2 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 56.6% 14 of 1,878 🇦🇱 Shkoder 57.6%🇺🇸 Montgomery 57.5%🇺🇸 New Bedford 57.4%🇨🇳 Nanchang 57.1%Hamilton🇺🇸 The Woodlands 56.5%🇺🇸 Wichita Falls 56%🇺🇸 Bayonet Point 55.4%🇺🇸 San Clemente 55%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇹🇷 Gölbaşı 0%🇹🇷 Gölcük 0%🇳🇱 Haarlem 0%🇮🇱 Haifa 0%Hamilton🇻🇳 Hanoi 0%🇨🇳 Harbin 0%🇹🇭 Hat Yai 0%🇺🇸 Hazel Park 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 5.9% 172 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Blackpool 5.9%🇺🇸 Cookeville 5.9%🇺🇸 Dayton 5.9%🇺🇸 Flagstaff 5.9%Hamilton🇲🇾 Kuching 5.9%🇧🇷 Manaus 5.9%🇺🇸 Mesa 5.9%🇺🇸 Pharr 5.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 97.1% 28 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Cannock 97.1%🇺🇸 Fargo 97.1%🇯🇵 Gamagori 97.1%🇷🇺 Gelendzhik 97.1%Hamilton🇬🇧 Northampton 97.1%🇺🇸 Spokane 97.1%🇯🇵 Tanabe 97.1%🇳🇵 Bharatpur 97%

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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