🇨🇦 Canada · metro 388k · 348 venues mapped

Kitchener

Where Kitchener 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 88 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇨🇦 Cambridge 18 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 95 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not a wet month.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink348 places mapped

10:30–22:00

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11%

open past midnight

82%

open on Sundays

76h

open per week

open 24/7

Shops & errands91 places mapped

08:00–21:30

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open past midnight

91%

open on Sundays

89h

open per week

21%

open 24/7

Services83 places mapped

09:00–18:00

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open past midnight

13%

open on Sundays

52h

open per week

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

2236.9 km

to Dotsero

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

16:49

winter sunset (solar approx.)

15.4 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

18,097

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Kitchener	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	10.9%	191 of 1,878	🇺🇸 West Haven 11%🇷🇴 Craiova 10.9%🇺🇸 Glen Burnie 10.9%🇳🇱 Helmond 10.9%Kitchener🇺🇸 Lake in the Hills 10.9%🇬🇧 Maidstone 10.9%🇺🇸 South Bend 10.9%🇺🇸 Temecula 10.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	75.5 h	118 of 1,878	🇰🇷 Seogwipo 75.8 h🇬🇧 Coventry 75.7 h🇬🇧 Bracknell 75.5 h🇮🇱 Haifa 75.5 hKitchener🇹🇭 Chon Buri 75.2 h🇯🇵 Iizuka 75.2 h🇵🇱 Lublin 75.2 h🇬🇧 Barry 75 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	11.7%	355 of 1,878	🇯🇵 Sapporo 11.8%🇪🇸 Segovia 11.8%🇨🇭 Winterthur 11.8%🇨🇲 Yaoundé 11.8%Kitchener🇫🇮 Lahti 11.7%🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne 11.7%🇳🇴 Oslo 11.7%🇨🇿 Pardubice 11.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0.7%	377 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Glen Burnie 0.7%🇳🇱 Helmond 0.7%🇺🇸 Huntington Station 0.7%🇺🇬 Kampala 0.7%Kitchener🇱🇹 Klaipėda 0.7%🇺🇸 Lake Ronkonkoma 0.7%🇺🇸 Levittown 0.7%🇺🇸 New Bedford 0.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7	2.9%	202 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Greensboro 2.9%🇭🇰 Hong Kong 2.9%🇺🇸 Idaho Falls 2.9%🇺🇸 Iowa City 2.9%Kitchener🇺🇸 Laurel 2.9%🇺🇸 Medford 2.9%🇲🇽 Morelia 2.9%🇮🇳 Muvattupuzha 2.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	90.9%	88 of 1,704	🇨🇦 Vancouver 91%🇺🇸 Des Moines 90.9%🇯🇵 Fuji 90.9%🇲🇽 Hermosillo 90.9%Kitchener🇳🇪 Niamey 90.9%🇮🇪 Swords 90.9%🇬🇧 Belfast 90.8%🇺🇸 Lansing 90.8%

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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