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Kempten (Allgäu)

Where Kempten (Allgäu) 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 182 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇦🇹 Bregenz 49 km Nearest written profile 🇩🇪 Munich 📖 104 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Kempten (Allgäu) 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 & drink354 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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7%
open past midnight
62%
open on Sundays
60h
open per week
18%
take a midday break
Shops & errands197 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
17%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week
Services89 places mapped
08:00–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
4%
open on Sundays
50h
open per week
37%
take a midday break
Culture78 places mapped
14:00–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
60%
open on Sundays
10h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
192
umbrella days a year
61.2 m
of rain since 1981
3
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
371.1 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.8
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:29
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,676
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureKempten (Allgäu) RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 7.4% 226 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Flagstaff 7.4%🇳🇱 Heemskerk 7.4%🇩🇪 Ingolstadt 7.4%🇬🇧 Inverness 7.4%Kempten (Allgäu)🇦🇹 Lustenau 7.4%🇺🇦 Lutsk 7.4%🇺🇸 Manassas Park 7.4%🇭🇷 Pula 7.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 59.8 h 182 of 1,878 🇨🇭 Schaffhausen 60 h🇬🇧 Shrewsbury 60 h🇦🇺 Sydney 60 h🇪🇸 Zaragoza 60 hKempten (Allgäu)🇵🇹 Lagos 59.8 h🇬🇧 Newbury 59.8 h🇫🇷 Ajaccio 59.5 h🇪🇸 Almeria 59.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 0.8% 463 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Pskov 0.9%🇳🇱 Roosendaal 0.9%🇳🇱 Hilversum 0.8%🇳🇱 Hoorn 0.8%Kempten (Allgäu)🇦🇲 Yerevan 0.8%🇳🇱 Deventer 0.7%🇳🇱 Helmond 0.7%🇳🇱 Maastricht 0.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 18% 221 of 1,878 🇹🇼 Taitung 18.4%🇦🇷 Cordoba 18.3%🇪🇸 Marbella 18.3%🇵🇹 Lagos 18.2%Kempten (Allgäu)🇩🇪 Fulda 17.9%🇵🇹 Portimão 17.9%🇩🇪 Chemnitz 17.8%🇹🇼 Miaoli 17.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Kaiserslautern 0%🇨🇦 Kamloops 0%🇭🇺 Kecskemét 0%🇨🇦 Kelowna 0%Kempten (Allgäu)🇺🇸 Kennewick 0%🇯🇲 Kingston 0%🇹🇷 Konya 0%🇵🇱 Koszalin 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 16.8% 526 of 1,704 🇪🇸 Gijón 18.3%🇩🇪 Dresden 18.2%🇪🇸 Córdoba 17.2%🇩🇪 Saarlouis 16.9%Kempten (Allgäu)🇦🇹 Wels 16.8%🇩🇪 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 16.3%🇦🇹 Sankt Pölten 16.1%🇩🇪 Regensburg 16%

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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