🇺🇬 Uganda · metro 5.2M · 1,544 venues mapped

Kampala

Where Kampala 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 18 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇹🇿 Mwanza 317 km Nearest written profile 🇷🇼 Kigali 📖 377 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Jul — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not a wet month.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Shops & errands1,898 places mapped

08:00–18:00

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open past midnight

49%

open on Sundays

60h

open per week

open 24/7

Food & drink1,544 places mapped

08:00–23:00

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open past midnight

85%

open on Sundays

105h

open per week

29%

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

226.9 km

to Homa Mountain

0.4

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

18:51

winter sunset (solar approx.)

12.1 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

9,393

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Kampala	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	4.1%	259 of 1,878	🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte 4.1%🇩🇪 Bensheim 4.1%🇵🇭 Cagayan de Oro 4.1%🇬🇧 Chesterfield 4.1%Kampala🇸🇰 Nitra 4.1%🇬🇧 Torquay 4.1%🇨🇭 Basel 4%🇺🇸 Boulder 4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	105 h	18 of 1,878	🇦🇪 Dubai 105 h🇻🇳 Huế 105 h🇺🇸 Jacksonville 105 h🇺🇸 Jonesboro 105 hKampala🇵🇰 Karachi 105 h🇺🇸 Longview 105 h🇧🇦 Mostar 105 h🇺🇸 New Haven 105 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	18.4%	288 of 1,878	🇮🇱 Tel Aviv 18.5%🇮🇳 Coimbatore 18.4%🇮🇹 Florence 18.4%🇵🇹 Funchal 18.4%Kampala🇬🇧 Keighley 18.4%🇨🇭 Lausanne 18.4%🇮🇹 Mestre 18.4%🇮🇹 Naples 18.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0.7%	377 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Florence 0.7%🇺🇸 Glen Burnie 0.7%🇳🇱 Helmond 0.7%🇺🇸 Huntington Station 0.7%Kampala🇨🇦 Kitchener 0.7%🇱🇹 Klaipėda 0.7%🇺🇸 Lake Ronkonkoma 0.7%🇺🇸 Levittown 0.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7	29.3%	24 of 1,878	🇶🇦 Doha 31.7%🇮🇶 Mosul 31.6%🇩🇿 Zeralda 30.8%🇵🇭 Tagaytay 30.6%Kampala🇧🇫 Ouagadougou 29%🇨🇺 Ciego de Ávila 28.9%🇰🇬 Osh 28.9%🇯🇵 Matsuyama 28.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	48.7%	376 of 1,704	🇪🇸 Tarragona 49.3%🇮🇳 Ponnani 49.1%🇪🇸 Ibiza 48.9%🇵🇱 Olsztyn 48.9%Kampala🇵🇱 Świnoujście 48.7%🇮🇹 Reggio nell'Emilia 48.6%🇮🇹 Cuneo 48.4%🇳🇱 Deventer 48.4%

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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