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The weather6
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Kiel

Where Kiel 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 197 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Neumünster 29 km Nearest written profile 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 📖 216 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Kiel 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 & drink1,073 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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2%
open past midnight
78%
open on Sundays
56h
open per week
8%
take a midday break
Shops & errands612 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
32%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
Culture216 places mapped
10:00–18:15
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0%
open past midnight
44%
open on Sundays
31h
open per week
10%
take a midday break
8%
open 24/7
Services209 places mapped
08:00–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
4%
open on Sundays
55h
open per week
11%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
154
umbrella days a year
34.6 m
of rain since 1981
1
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
512.8 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:57
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17.2 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,825
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureKiel RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 2.4% 276 of 1,878 🇸🇰 Trenčín 2.5%🇩🇪 Weil am Rhein 2.5%🇩🇪 Bayreuth 2.4%🇱🇰 Galle 2.4%Kiel🇦🇴 Lubango 2.4%🇺🇦 Luhansk 2.4%🇻🇳 Ninh Bình 2.4%🇲🇽 Nuevo Laredo 2.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 56 h 197 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Halle (Saale) 56 h🇦🇺 Hobart 56 h🇩🇪 Iserlohn 56 h🇯🇵 Kanazawa 56 hKiel🇮🇹 L'Aquila 56 h🇦🇺 Langwarrin 56 h🇩🇪 Magdeburg 56 h🇺🇾 Maldonado 56 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 5.1% 421 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Chelyabinsk 5.1%🇧🇷 Curitiba 5.1%🇳🇴 Drammen 5.1%🇩🇪 Heidelberg 5.1%Kiel🇫🇷 Lille 5.1%🇧🇪 Namur 5.1%🇩🇪 Neuwied 5.1%🇩🇪 Wiesbaden 5.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 8.4% 300 of 1,878 🇰🇷 Jeonju 8.6%🇬🇧 Canterbury 8.5%🇧🇷 Santa Maria 8.5%🇵🇪 Trujillo 8.5%Kiel🇧🇷 Chapecó 8.3%🇬🇧 Folkestone 8.3%🇺🇸 Campbell 8.2%🇬🇧 Elland 8.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.4% 227 of 1,878 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 0.4%🇩🇪 Erlangen 0.4%🇩🇪 Flensburg 0.4%🇵🇱 Gdynia 0.4%Kiel🇩🇪 Krefeld 0.4%🇫🇷 Lille 0.4%🇦🇹 Linz 0.4%🇩🇪 Munich 0.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 32.5% 435 of 1,704 🇮🇹 Parma 33.3%🇳🇱 Veenendaal 33.3%🇩🇪 Bremen 32.9%🇲🇪 Budva 32.9%Kiel🇪🇸 Dos Hermanas 32.4%🇩🇪 Paderborn 32.4%🇦🇹 Bregenz 32.3%🇧🇴 La Paz 32.3%

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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