🇹🇼 Taiwan · metro 2.3M · 3,752 venues mapped

Kaohsiung

Where Kaohsiung 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 11 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇹🇼 Tainan 43 km Nearest written profile 🇹🇼 Taipei 📖 298 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink3,752 places mapped

10:30–21:00

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open past midnight

91%

open on Sundays

63h

open per week

16%

take a midday break

open 24/7

Shops & errands1,973 places mapped

00:00–24:00

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open past midnight

99%

open on Sundays

168h

open per week

73%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

220

muggy days a year

151

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,626

volcanoes within 100 km

296.3 km

to Iraya

49.4

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

17:20

winter sunset (solar approx.)

13.5 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

6,086

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Kaohsiung	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	8.1%	219 of 1,878	🇺🇸 White Plains 8.2%🇫🇷 Bastia 8.1%🇺🇸 Bayonet Point 8.1%🇺🇸 Columbia 8.1%Kaohsiung🇲🇾 Kuching 8.1%🇺🇸 Lawrenceville 8.1%🇩🇪 Munich 8.1%🇬🇧 Nottingham 8.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	63 h	167 of 1,878	🇬🇧 Hinckley 63 h🇹🇭 Hua Hin 63 h🇲🇾 Ipoh 63 h🇯🇵 Ise 63 hKaohsiung🇯🇵 Kawagoe 63 h🇬🇧 Keighley 63 h🇹🇭 Khon Kaen 63 h🇯🇵 Kobe 63 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	22.2%	253 of 1,878	🇪🇸 Elda 22.2%🇨🇳 Harbin 22.2%🇹🇼 Hsinchu 22.2%🇺🇸 Johnson City 22.2%Kaohsiung🇵🇪 Pisco 22.2%🇦🇷 Santa Fe 22.2%🇰🇪 Nairobi 22.1%🇭🇷 Pula 22.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	16.3%	234 of 1,878	🇩🇪 Detmold 16.4%🇳🇿 Dunedin 16.4%🇩🇪 Bielefeld 16.3%🇯🇵 Himeji 16.3%Kaohsiung🇨🇭 Locarno 16.3%🇩🇪 Minden 16.3%🇪🇸 Sant Boi de Llobregat 16.3%🇹🇼 Taipei 16.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7	3.8%	193 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Cincinnati 3.8%🇺🇸 Draper 3.8%🇹🇳 Hammamet 3.8%🇰🇭 Kampot 3.8%Kaohsiung🇬🇷 Kos 3.8%🇺🇸 Lacey 3.8%🇲🇽 Monterrey 3.8%🇺🇸 Oklahoma City 3.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	98.8%	11 of 1,704	🇺🇦 Zhytomyr 98.9%🇺🇸 Allen 98.8%🇯🇵 Hakodate 98.8%🇺🇸 Hemet 98.8%Kaohsiung🇯🇵 Kawagoe 98.8%🇺🇸 Livermore 98.8%🇹🇼 Miaoli 98.8%🇺🇸 Orlando 98.8%

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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