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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 53k · 389 venues mapped

Iowa City

Where Iowa City places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 58 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Cedar Rapids 40 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 1,016 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Iowa City 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 & drink389 places mapped
08:00–22:00
0006121824
11%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
91h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands193 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
27%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
34
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
106
umbrella days a year
41 m
of rain since 1981
1,708
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1324.8 km
to Dotsero
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:39
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.2 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,363
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureIowa City RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 10.8% 192 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Temecula 10.9%🇺🇸 Virginia Beach 10.9%🇺🇸 Dothan 10.8%🇺🇸 Huntsville 10.8%Iowa City🇬🇧 Lowestoft 10.8%🇵🇱 Lublin 10.8%🇺🇸 Mansfield 10.8%🇫🇷 Metz 10.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 91 h 58 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Evansville 91 h🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 91 h🇷🇴 Giurgiu 91 h🇺🇸 Green Bay 91 hIowa City🇹🇷 Izmir 91 h🇮🇩 Jakarta 91 h🇮🇷 Karaj 91 h🇺🇸 Kenosha 91 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 42.2% 78 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Panama City 42.4%🇺🇸 Huntington 42.3%🇺🇸 Lafayette 42.3%🇻🇳 Cần Thơ 42.2%Iowa City🇺🇸 Salem 42.2%🇺🇸 Albuquerque 42.1%🇺🇸 Muncie 42.1%🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 41.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 2% 364 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Calgary 2%🇺🇸 Colorado Springs 2%🇺🇸 Cookeville 2%🇺🇸 Evansville 2%Iowa City🇷🇺 Khabarovsk 2%🇦🇺 Langwarrin 2%🇬🇧 Liverpool 2%🇮🇳 New Delhi 2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.9% 202 of 1,878 🇦🇺 Geelong 2.9%🇺🇸 Greensboro 2.9%🇭🇰 Hong Kong 2.9%🇺🇸 Idaho Falls 2.9%Iowa City🇨🇦 Kitchener 2.9%🇺🇸 Laurel 2.9%🇺🇸 Medford 2.9%🇲🇽 Morelia 2.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 93.9% 60 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Greensboro 94%🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 94%🇨🇦 Hamilton 93.9%🇬🇧 High Wycombe 93.9%Iowa City🇸🇦 Jeddah 93.9%🇬🇧 Nottingham 93.9%🇺🇸 Tulsa 93.9%🇺🇸 Turlock 93.9%

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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