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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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🇺🇸 United States · metro 399k · 3,182 venues mapped

Kansas City

Where Kansas City 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 57 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Blue Springs 27 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Austin 📖 1,024 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Kansas 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 & drink3,182 places mapped
09:00–22:00
0006121824
10%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
88h
open per week
5%
open 24/7
Shops & errands911 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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2%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
28%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
53
muggy days a year
1
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
109
umbrella days a year
47.6 m
of rain since 1981
2,619
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1071.6 km
to Dotsero
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:59
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.9 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,163
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureKansas City RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 9.9% 201 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Wuhan 10%🇺🇸 Broken Arrow 9.9%🇺🇸 Dearborn Heights 9.9%🇳🇱 Enschede 9.9%Kansas City🇫🇷 Le Mans 9.9%🇺🇸 Palm Desert 9.9%🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo 9.9%🇬🇧 St Albans 9.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 88 h 71 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Airdrie 88.5 h🇺🇸 Dallas 88.5 h🇷🇺 Kaluga 88.5 h🇺🇸 Santa Clarita 88.2 hKansas City🇺🇸 Myrtle Beach 88 h🇩🇿 Oran 88 h🇲🇽 Tijuana 88 h🇷🇺 Vladivostok 88 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 36.8% 122 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Winston-Salem 37%🇺🇸 Savannah 36.9%🇺🇸 Cheyenne 36.8%🇨🇳 Chongqing 36.8%Kansas City🇺🇸 Sacramento 36.8%🇺🇸 Saratoga Springs 36.8%🇮🇹 Viterbo 36.8%🇺🇸 York 36.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.3% 371 of 1,878 🇪🇨 Guayaquil 1.3%🇺🇸 Harrisburg 1.3%🇺🇸 Johnson City 1.3%🇨🇦 Kamloops 1.3%Kansas City🇺🇸 Lansing 1.3%🇺🇸 Modesto 1.3%🇺🇸 Myrtle Beach 1.3%🇬🇧 Nottingham 1.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.6% 185 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Buffalo 4.6%🇺🇸 Charlotte 4.6%🇺🇸 Dale City 4.6%🇬🇧 East Kilbride 4.6%Kansas City🇹🇭 Khon Kaen 4.6%🇺🇸 Norman 4.6%🇬🇧 Redditch 4.6%🇺🇸 Riverside 4.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 94.2% 57 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Canton 94.2%🇬🇧 Chester 94.2%🇺🇸 Eugene 94.2%🇮🇪 Galway 94.2%Kansas City🇬🇧 Reigate 94.2%🇫🇮 Tampere 94.2%🇬🇧 Banbury 94.1%🇬🇧 Carlisle 94.1%

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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