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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
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The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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Hamm

Where Hamm places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 190 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Unna 18 km Nearest written profile 🇳🇱 Eindhoven 📖 164 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Hamm 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 & drink967 places mapped
11:30–22:00
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4%
open past midnight
87%
open on Sundays
57h
open per week
22%
take a midday break
Shops & errands642 places mapped
07:00–21:00
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0%
open past midnight
27%
open on Sundays
81h
open per week
10%
take a midday break
Culture311 places mapped
14:00–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
67%
open on Sundays
8h
open per week
11%
take a midday break
Services270 places mapped
08:15–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
6%
open on Sundays
45h
open per week
47%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
169
umbrella days a year
40.5 m
of rain since 1981
201
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
181.2 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:21
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.7 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,935
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHamm RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 3.8% 262 of 1,878 🇨🇺 Camagüey 3.8%🇮🇳 Chandigarh 3.8%🇬🇧 Colchester 3.8%🇫🇷 Douai 3.8%Hamm🇹🇳 Hammamet 3.8%🇮🇳 Jaipur 3.8%🇮🇩 Jakarta 3.8%🇸🇪 Norrköping 3.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 57 h 193 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Darlington 57 h🇧🇷 Fortaleza 57 h🇩🇪 Fulda 57 h🇩🇪 Hagen 57 hHamm🇪🇸 Jaén 57 h🇩🇪 Koblenz 57 h🇲🇾 Kota Bharu 57 h🇪🇨 Latacunga 57 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 4.4% 428 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Paranoá 4.5%🇨🇦 St. John's 4.5%🇺🇦 Donetsk 4.4%🇩🇪 Dormagen 4.4%Hamm🇵🇱 Lublin 4.4%🇪🇸 Málaga 4.4%🇧🇪 Ostend 4.4%🇳🇱 's-Hertogenbosch 4.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 21.6% 190 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Lleida 21.7%🇨🇦 Saint John 21.7%🇮🇹 Forlì 21.6%🇯🇵 Gamagori 21.6%Hamm🇦🇹 Wels 21.5%🇦🇺 Launceston 21.4%🇯🇵 Toyohashi 21.4%🇩🇪 Neuwied 21.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇸🇪 Gävle 0%🇩🇪 Göttingen 0%🇳🇱 Haarlem 0%🇯🇵 Hamamatsu 0%Hamm🇨🇳 Hangzhou 0%🇬🇧 Hastings 0%🇳🇱 Heemskerk 0%🇳🇱 Heerlen 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 27.4% 464 of 1,704 🇬🇭 Accra 27.8%🇩🇪 Lüneburg 27.7%🇩🇪 Fulda 27.6%🇦🇹 Salzburg 27.5%Hamm🇨🇭 Basel 27.2%🇩🇪 Celle 27.2%🇨🇭 Wettingen 27.2%🇩🇪 Sindelfingen 27.1%

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, shops open on sunday.

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