🇿🇦 South Africa · metro 8.6M · 1,449 venues mapped

Johannesburg

Where Johannesburg 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 19 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇿🇦 Diepsloot 30 km Nearest written profile 🇿🇦 Cape Town 📖 1,262 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Apr, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink1,449 places mapped

08:00–22:00

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open past midnight

94%

open on Sundays

84h

open per week

open 24/7

Shops & errands1,195 places mapped

07:00–20:00

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open past midnight

98%

open on Sundays

85h

open per week

39%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,626

volcanoes within 100 km

1982.2 km

to Kyejo

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

17:24

winter sunset (solar approx.)

13.8 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

8,314

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Johannesburg	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	1.3%	287 of 1,878	🇱🇦 Vientiane 1.4%🇩🇪 Wolfsburg 1.4%🇩🇪 Celle 1.3%🇩🇪 Gera 1.3%Johannesburg🇳🇵 Pokhara 1.3%🇲🇲 Sagaing 1.3%🇮🇳 Thiruvananthapuram 1.3%🇧🇷 Vitória 1.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	84 h	82 of 1,878	🇺🇦 Ivano-Frankivsk 84 h🇷🇺 Ivanovo 84 h🇷🇺 Ivanteyevka 84 h🇨🇳 Jiangshan 84 hJohannesburg🇳🇵 Kathmandu 84 h🇺🇦 Kharkiv 84 h🇺🇦 Kherson 84 h🇺🇦 Khmelnytskyi 84 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	35.7%	132 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Lawrence 35.9%🇺🇸 Southgate 35.9%🇺🇸 Sarasota 35.8%🇺🇸 Idaho Falls 35.7%Johannesburg🇦🇺 Launceston 35.7%🇺🇸 Boston 35.6%🇺🇸 Orlando 35.6%🇲🇪 Podgorica 35.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	1.6%	368 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Denver 1.6%🇯🇵 Fuji 1.6%🇬🇧 Grays 1.6%🇨🇿 Hradec Králové 1.6%Johannesburg🇮🇪 Limerick 1.6%🇺🇸 Pittsburgh 1.6%🇸🇰 Prievidza 1.6%🇺🇸 Reno 1.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7	6.8%	163 of 1,878	🇧🇾 Minsk 6.9%🇧🇷 Teresina 6.9%🇺🇸 Texarkana 6.9%🇺🇦 Cherkasy 6.8%Johannesburg🇺🇸 Lexington 6.8%🇻🇳 Nha Trang 6.8%🇧🇷 Paranoá 6.8%🇮🇩 Pekanbaru 6.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	98%	19 of 1,704	🇺🇿 Yangiyul 98.1%🇺🇸 Alafaya 98%🇯🇵 Hanno 98%🇺🇸 Irving 98%Johannesburg🇺🇸 Mesa 98%🇯🇵 Nagoya 98%🇺🇸 Peabody 98%🇷🇺 Penza 98%

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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