🇺🇸 United States · metro 83k · 614 venues mapped

Lancaster

Where Lancaster 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 108 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Palmdale 13 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 📖 72 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

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

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink614 places mapped

10:30–22:00

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open past midnight

87%

open on Sundays

73h

open per week

Shops & errands227 places mapped

06:00–23:00

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open past midnight

88%

open on Sundays

119h

open per week

32%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,626

volcanoes within 100 km

265.5 km

to Ubehebe Craters

14.4

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

16:46

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.5 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

15,049

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Lancaster	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	4.9%	251 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Davenport 4.9%🇩🇪 Freilassing 4.9%🇬🇧 Grays 4.9%🇵🇱 Krakow 4.9%Lancaster🇰🇪 Nairobi 4.9%🇺🇸 Puyallup 4.9%🇬🇧 Worcester 4.9%🇳🇱 Alkmaar 4.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	73 h	129 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Asheville 73 h🇨🇦 Fredericton 73 h🇬🇧 Grays 73 h🇵🇱 Katowice 73 hLancaster🇨🇿 Olomouc 73 h🇬🇧 Peterborough 73 h🇪🇸 Talavera de la Reina 73 h🇸🇰 Žilina 73 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	27.9%	201 of 1,878	🇲🇪 Budva 28%🇺🇸 Huntsville 28%🇮🇹 Trapani 28%🇺🇸 Grand Junction 27.9%Lancaster🇺🇸 Reading 27.9%🇳🇵 Kathmandu 27.8%🇬🇦 Libreville 27.8%🇻🇳 Nha Trang 27.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	1.9%	365 of 1,878	🇳🇱 Groningen 1.9%🇩🇪 Hennigsdorf 1.9%🇸🇦 Jeddah 1.9%🇰🇭 Kampot 1.9%Lancaster🇧🇷 Natal 1.9%🇰🇭 Phnom Penh 1.9%🇨🇦 Pickering 1.9%🇺🇸 Rockford 1.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7	1.9%	212 of 1,878	🇬🇧 Taunton 2%🇺🇸 Visalia 2%🇦🇹 Dornbirn 1.9%🇺🇸 Durham 1.9%Lancaster🇬🇧 Lancaster 1.9%🇪🇸 Mairena del Aljarafe 1.9%🇺🇸 North Charleston 1.9%🇺🇸 Pittsburgh 1.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	88.5%	108 of 1,704	🇿🇦 Somerset West 88.9%🇺🇸 Stillwater 88.9%🇮🇹 Trapani 88.9%🇧🇬 Burgas 88.5%Lancaster🇬🇧 Preston 88.5%🇺🇸 Salt Lake City 88.5%🇧🇷 Santos 88.5%🇮🇩 Semarang 88.5%

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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