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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 104k · 1,237 venues mapped

Lowell

Where Lowell 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 44 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Peabody 34 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Montreal 📖 368 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Lowell 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 & drink1,237 places mapped
09:00–22:00
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3%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands454 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
14%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
17
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
132
umbrella days a year
55.1 m
of rain since 1981
721
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2816.7 km
to Pico Fracture Zone
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:15
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.3 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,670
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureLowell RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 3.4% 266 of 1,878 🇵🇱 Częstochowa 3.4%🇺🇸 Jonesboro 3.4%🇱🇹 Kaunas 3.4%🇸🇰 Košice 3.4%Lowell🇲🇿 Maputo 3.4%🇱🇦 Pakse 3.4%🇲🇽 Santiago de Querétaro 3.4%🇯🇵 Yokote 3.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 84 h 82 of 1,878 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur 84 h🇯🇵 Kumagaya 84 h🇺🇦 Kyiv 84 h🇮🇹 Lido di Ostia 84 hLowell🇱🇦 Luang Prabang 84 h🇮🇳 Lucknow 84 h🇺🇦 Luhansk 84 h🇺🇦 Lviv 84 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 38.5% 109 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Salinas 38.7%🇭🇷 Split 38.7%🇦🇺 Sydney 38.7%🇺🇸 Fargo 38.5%Lowell🇺🇸 Scranton 38.5%🇺🇸 Harrisburg 38.4%🇺🇸 Henderson 38.4%🇺🇸 Newport News 38.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 6% 324 of 1,878 🇦🇺 Brisbane 6%🇮🇪 Cork 6%🇩🇰 Esbjerg 6%🇷🇺 Kaluga 6%Lowell🇬🇧 Maidenhead 6%🇬🇧 Warwick 6%🇬🇧 Blackpool 5.9%🇬🇧 Brighton 5.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.2% 199 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street 3.2%🇮🇹 Cremona 3.2%🇺🇸 Lake in the Hills 3.2%🇺🇸 Lincoln 3.2%Lowell🇺🇦 Lutsk 3.2%🇺🇸 Manchester 3.2%🇺🇸 Salt Lake City 3.2%🇷🇴 Târgu Mureș 3.2%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 95.5% 44 of 1,704 🇷🇺 Stavropol 95.6%🇺🇸 Cincinnati 95.5%🇵🇪 Cusco 95.5%🇻🇳 Huế 95.5%Lowell🇯🇵 Oita 95.5%🇮🇹 Viterbo 95.5%🇳🇿 Wellington 95.5%🇺🇸 Williamsburg 95.5%

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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