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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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Heilbronn

Where Heilbronn 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 177 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Gerlingen 40 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇭 Zurich 📖 203 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Heilbronn 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 & drink1,813 places mapped
11:00–22:00
0006121824
4%
open past midnight
78%
open on Sundays
50h
open per week
23%
take a midday break
Shops & errands929 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
19%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
Services485 places mapped
08:30–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
1%
open on Sundays
41h
open per week
48%
take a midday break
Culture472 places mapped
10:00–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
52%
open on Sundays
20h
open per week
16%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
151
umbrella days a year
36.9 m
of rain since 1981
448
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
205.5 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.8
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:28
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.2 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,788
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHeilbronn RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.5% 255 of 1,878 🇧🇪 Charleroi 4.5%🇺🇸 Coeur d'Alene 4.5%🇮🇩 Gresik 4.5%🇪🇨 Guayaquil 4.5%Heilbronn🇩🇪 Hennigsdorf 4.5%🇯🇵 Himeji 4.5%🇨🇳 Jinan 4.5%🇬🇧 King's Lynn 4.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 50 h 224 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Carcassonne 50 h🇮🇹 Cervia 50 h🇩🇪 Chemnitz 50 h🇫🇷 Clermont-Ferrand 50 hHeilbronn🇳🇱 Hilversum 50 h🇧🇪 Mechelen 50 h🇩🇪 Minden 50 h🇯🇵 Naha 50 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 7% 402 of 1,878 🇧🇬 Plovdiv 7.1%🇸🇪 Örebro 7.1%🇯🇵 Akita 7%🇩🇪 Berlin 7%Heilbronn🇩🇪 Jena 7%🇵🇱 Katowice 7%🇯🇵 Koriyama 7%🇯🇵 Kumamoto 7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 23.1% 177 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Koblenz 23.3%🇯🇵 Kanazawa 23.2%🇰🇿 Oral 23.2%🇨🇭 Biel/Bienne 23.1%Heilbronn🇨🇭 Kreuzlingen 23.1%🇨🇭 Olten 23.1%🇪🇸 Talavera de la Reina 23.1%🇪🇸 Terrassa 23.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.4% 217 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Cedar Rapids 1.4%🇧🇷 Fortaleza 1.4%🇵🇱 Gliwice 1.4%🇯🇵 Hakodate 1.4%Heilbronn🇳🇱 Hoofddorp 1.4%🇩🇪 Ingolstadt 1.4%🇧🇪 La Louvière 1.4%🇺🇸 Manhattan 1.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 18.9% 517 of 1,704 🇦🇹 Innsbruck 19.6%🇩🇪 Pforzheim 19.6%🇨🇭 Schaffhausen 19.3%🇦🇹 Linz 19%Heilbronn🇪🇸 Avilés 18.8%🇪🇸 Burgos 18.6%🇩🇪 Stralsund 18.5%🇦🇹 Graz 18.4%

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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