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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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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
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇭🇰 Hong Kong · metro 7.5M · 7,441 venues mapped

Hong Kong

Where Hong Kong places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 26 of 1,704.

This city has a full profile Read Hong Kong in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇭🇰 Sha Tin 12 km Nearest written profile 🇹🇼 Taipei 📖 810 km

Typical weather

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

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink7,441 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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12%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
77h
open per week
7%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands2,800 places mapped
07:30–22:00
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1%
open past midnight
97%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
29%
open 24/7
Services708 places mapped
09:30–17:00
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0%
open past midnight
15%
open on Sundays
44h
open per week
Culture228 places mapped
10:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
73%
open on Sundays
66h
open per week
4%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
203
muggy days a year
138
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
175
umbrella days a year
74.3 m
of rain since 1981
2,888
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
487 km
to Hainan Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:45
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.5 h
longest day of the year
14
public holidays, 2024
6,033
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHong Kong RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 12.4% 176 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Riverside 12.5%🇴🇲 Seeb 12.5%🇭🇰 Tai Po 12.5%🇹🇷 Yalova 12.5%Hong Kong🇺🇸 Lansing 12.4%🇫🇷 Lyon 12.4%🇫🇷 Nimes 12.4%🇺🇸 Providence 12.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 77 h 111 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Grand Junction 77 h🇺🇸 Greensboro 77 h🇮🇩 Gresik 77 h🇲🇽 Guadalupe 77 hHong Kong🇺🇸 Johnson City 77 h🇲🇾 Johor Bahru 77 h🇨🇦 Kamloops 77 h🇰🇭 Kampot 77 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 18.8% 285 of 1,878 🇹🇼 Taichung 18.9%🇹🇼 Taipei 18.9%🇨🇴 Bogota 18.8%🇬🇧 Cannock 18.8%Hong Kong🇷🇺 Izhevsk 18.8%🇯🇵 Kochi 18.8%🇲🇽 Mérida 18.8%🇲🇦 Tangier 18.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 6.9% 315 of 1,878 🇦🇹 Vienna 7%🇧🇷 Boa Vista 6.9%🇬🇧 Bracknell 6.9%🇦🇺 Hobart 6.9%Hong Kong🇲🇿 Maputo 6.9%🇯🇵 Naha 6.9%🇧🇷 Salvador 6.9%🇮🇱 Yavne 6.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.9% 202 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Dalian 2.9%🇪🇸 Dos Hermanas 2.9%🇦🇺 Geelong 2.9%🇺🇸 Greensboro 2.9%Hong Kong🇺🇸 Idaho Falls 2.9%🇺🇸 Iowa City 2.9%🇨🇦 Kitchener 2.9%🇺🇸 Laurel 2.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 97.3% 26 of 1,704 🇨🇦 Pickering 97.4%🇷🇺 Volgograd 97.4%🇰🇷 Daegu 97.3%🇯🇵 Himeji 97.3%Hong Kong🇷🇺 Kislovodsk 97.3%🇺🇦 Kyiv 97.3%🇺🇸 Lawrence 97.3%🇷🇺 Pskov 97.3%

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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