🇺🇸 United States · metro 4.3M · 3,857 venues mapped

Houston

Where Houston 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 13 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Atascocita 32 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Austin 📖 236 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot

Come for everything else Houston 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 & drink3,857 places mapped

08:00–22:00

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10%

open past midnight

92%

open on Sundays

95h

open per week

open 24/7

Shops & errands1,479 places mapped

06:00–23:00

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open past midnight

99%

open on Sundays

112h

open per week

22%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

146

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,626

volcanoes within 100 km

1093.4 km

to Carrizozo

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

17:27

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.1 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

17,035

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Houston	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	9.8%	202 of 1,878	🇵🇹 Barreiro 9.8%🇷🇴 Bucharest 9.8%🇺🇸 Florence 9.8%🇷🇴 Giurgiu 9.8%Houston🇯🇵 Kitakyushu 9.8%🇵🇪 Lima 9.8%🇫🇷 Reims 9.8%🇯🇵 Sano 9.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	95 h	47 of 1,878	🇷🇺 Zelenograd 96 h🇱🇧 Beirut 95.8 h🇰🇿 Atyrau 95 h🇺🇸 Boise 95 hHouston🇺🇸 New Braunfels 95 h🇺🇸 North Richland Hills 95 h🇺🇸 Wilkes-Barre 95 h🇭🇷 Zagreb 95 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	41.4%	84 of 1,878	🇺🇸 West Haven 41.7%🇺🇸 Manchester 41.5%🇻🇳 Ninh Bình 41.5%🇲🇽 Nuevo Laredo 41.5%Houston🇱🇦 Pakse 41.4%🇺🇸 Toledo 41.4%🇹🇭 Chon Buri 41.3%🇺🇸 Grand Rapids 41.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0.9%	375 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Charlotte 0.9%🇺🇦 Chernivtsi 0.9%🇬🇹 Guatemala City 0.9%🇺🇸 Harrisonburg 0.9%Houston🇷🇴 Iași 0.9%🇭🇺 Kecskemét 0.9%🇺🇦 Kharkiv 0.9%🇺🇸 Nashville 0.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7	6.5%	166 of 1,878	🇰🇷 Changwon 6.5%🇷🇴 Craiova 6.5%🇧🇷 Criciúma 6.5%🇿🇦 Diepsloot 6.5%Houston🇺🇸 Little Rock 6.5%🇬🇧 Maidstone 6.5%🇮🇷 Mashhad 6.5%🇻🇳 Phan Thiết 6.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	98.6%	13 of 1,704	🇰🇿 Shymkent 98.7%🇬🇪 Tbilisi 98.7%🇷🇺 Anapa 98.6%🇺🇸 Dale City 98.6%Houston🇺🇸 Tucson 98.6%🇷🇺 Tver 98.6%🇺🇸 Fairland 98.5%🇯🇵 Muroran 98.5%

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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