🇯🇵 Japan · metro 1.5M · 2,445 venues mapped
Kobe
Where Kobe 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 6 of 1,704.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot
Come for everything else Kobe does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink2,445 places mapped
11:00–21:00
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3%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
17%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7
Shops & errands658 places mapped
00:00–24:00
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1%
open past midnight
99%
open on Sundays
168h
open per week
77%
open 24/7
Vital absurdities
measured101
muggy days a year
42
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
131
umbrella days a year
66.9 m
of rain since 1981
1,113
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
217.2 km
to Hakusan
20
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:52
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.5 h
longest day of the year
21
public holidays, 2024
7,681
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venuesThe 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.