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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇳🇿 New Zealand · metro 112k · 233 venues mapped

Lower Hutt

Where Lower Hutt 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 73 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇳🇿 Wellington 14 km Nearest written profile 🇳🇿 Auckland 📖 486 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jan, Mar — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink233 places mapped
09:00–21:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
88%
open on Sundays
66h
open per week
10%
take a midday break
10%
open 24/7
Shops & errands102 places mapped
08:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
93%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
151
umbrella days a year
43.4 m
of rain since 1981
0
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
222.4 km
to Ruapehu
47.8
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:57
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.2 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
5,270
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureLower Hutt RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 0% 296 of 1,878 🇵🇱 Koszalin 0%🇮🇳 Koyilandy 0%🇪🇨 Latacunga 0%🇬🇧 Llandudno 0%Lower Hutt🇱🇦 Luang Prabang 0%🇿🇲 Lusaka 0%🇭🇰 Ma On Shan 0%🇧🇷 Macapá 0%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 66.5 h 155 of 1,878 🇹🇭 Phitsanulok 66.8 h🇦🇷 Cordoba 66.6 h🇬🇧 Hereford 66.5 h🇧🇷 Lago Norte 66.5 hLower Hutt🇯🇵 Nagasaki 66.5 h🇵🇱 Poznan 66.5 h🇺🇸 Santa Fe 66.5 h🇪🇸 Santander 66.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 34.1% 148 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Redding 34.3%🇸🇮 Maribor 34.2%🇺🇸 Myrtle Beach 34.2%🇺🇸 Tacoma 34.2%Lower Hutt🇺🇸 New Orleans 34.1%🇺🇸 Santa Fe 34.1%🇺🇸 Layton 34%🇺🇸 Harrisonburg 33.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 9.8% 288 of 1,878 🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince 10%🇰🇷 Seogwipo 10%🇧🇷 São José do Rio Preto 10%🇳🇿 Auckland 9.8%Lower Hutt🇬🇧 Oxford 9.6%🇦🇹 Wiener Neustadt 9.6%🇬🇧 Ashford 9.5%🇯🇵 Sapporo 9.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 9.8% 133 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Wuhan 10%🇯🇵 Koriyama 9.9%🇬🇧 Northampton 9.9%🇻🇳 Huế 9.8%Lower Hutt🇿🇲 Lusaka 9.8%🇻🇳 Ninh Bình 9.8%🇺🇸 Orlando 9.8%🇯🇵 Sano 9.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 92.6% 73 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Barry 92.6%🇬🇧 Bath 92.6%🇬🇧 Chesterfield 92.6%🇷🇴 Craiova 92.6%Lower Hutt🇺🇸 Ocala 92.6%🇪🇪 Tallinn 92.6%🇬🇧 Chelmsford 92.5%🇺🇸 Chico 92.5%

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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