🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo · metro 12.9M · 331 venues mapped

Kinshasa

Where Kinshasa 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 11 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇨🇬 Pointe-Noire 386 km Nearest written profile 🇷🇼 Kigali 📖 1,658 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Jun, Jul, Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink331 places mapped

08:00–24:00

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10%

open past midnight

86%

open on Sundays

112h

open per week

33%

open 24/7

Shops & errands285 places mapped

07:00–21:30

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open past midnight

95%

open on Sundays

88h

open per week

16%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

294

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

1142.2 km

to Basile, Pico

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

17:56

winter sunset (solar approx.)

12.4 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

10,741

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Kinshasa	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	9.5%	205 of 1,878	🇯🇵 Fukuchiyama 9.5%🇵🇱 Gdynia 9.5%🇵🇱 Gniezno 9.5%🇧🇷 João Pessoa 9.5%Kinshasa🇵🇱 Olsztyn 9.5%🇨🇳 Suzhou 9.5%🇺🇸 Troy 9.5%🇦🇹 Vienna 9.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	112 h	11 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Bradenton 112 h🇬🇳 Coyah 112 h🇶🇦 Doha 112 h🇦🇱 Elbasan 112 hKinshasa🇰🇼 Kuwait City 112 h🇲🇪 Podgorica 112 h🇴🇲 Seeb 112 h🇺🇸 Bayonet Point 111.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	9.5%	377 of 1,878	🇲🇾 Alor Setar 9.5%🇬🇧 Ashford 9.5%🇨🇿 Brno 9.5%🇨🇦 Cambridge 9.5%Kinshasa🇯🇵 Matsuyama 9.5%🇫🇷 Poissy 9.5%🇨🇳 Suzhou 9.5%🇫🇷 Amiens 9.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0%	384 of 1,878	🇺🇦 Khmelnytskyi 0%🇵🇱 Kielce 0%🇮🇪 Kilkenny 0%🇯🇲 Kingston 0%Kinshasa🇷🇺 Kirov 0%🇷🇺 Kislovodsk 0%🇹🇭 Ko Samui 0%🇹🇷 Konya 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7	33.3%	15 of 1,878	🇹🇷 Batman 38.9%🇪🇬 Cairo 34.7%🇲🇻 Malé 34.3%🇷🇺 Zelenograd 33.5%Kinshasa🇵🇭 Manila 32.7%🇵🇰 Islamabad 32.6%🇲🇾 Putrajaya 32%🇿🇼 Harare 31.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	94.7%	52 of 1,704	🇺🇸 Bend 94.7%🇺🇸 College Station 94.7%🇸🇦 Dammam 94.7%🇦🇺 Gold Coast 94.7%Kinshasa🇺🇸 Little Elm 94.7%🇧🇾 Minsk 94.7%🇵🇸 Nablus 94.7%🇫🇮 Oulu 94.7%

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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