🇿🇲 Zambia · metro 3.7M · 1,244 venues mapped

Lusaka

Where Lusaka places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 111 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇿🇼 Harare 399 km Nearest written profile 🇷🇼 Kigali 📖 1,509 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

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

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Shops & errands1,440 places mapped

08:00–21:00

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open past midnight

66%

open on Sundays

84h

open per week

13%

open 24/7

Food & drink1,244 places mapped

08:30–21:00

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open past midnight

75%

open on Sundays

77h

open per week

10%

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

909.8 km

to Rungwe

0.6

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

17:44

winter sunset (solar approx.)

13 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

8,885

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Lusaka	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	0%	296 of 1,878	🇪🇨 Latacunga 0%🇬🇧 Llandudno 0%🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 0%🇱🇦 Luang Prabang 0%Lusaka🇭🇰 Ma On Shan 0%🇧🇷 Macapá 0%🇧🇷 Maringá 0%🇯🇵 Matsue 0%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	77 h	111 of 1,878	🇸🇰 Košice 77 h🇨🇳 Kunming 77 h🇺🇸 Livermore 77 h🇸🇮 Ljubljana 77 hLusaka🇪🇸 Madrid 77 h🇲🇽 Mexicali 77 h🇰🇷 Mokpo 77 h🇺🇸 Mount Vernon 77 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	11.5%	357 of 1,878	🇪🇸 Burgos 11.5%🇬🇧 Derby 11.5%🇬🇧 Huddersfield 11.5%🇬🇷 Kos 11.5%Lusaka🇫🇷 Maurepas 11.5%🇮🇹 Piacenza 11.5%🇮🇪 Waterford 11.5%🇲🇽 Zapopan 11.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0%	384 of 1,878	🇹🇬 Lomé 0%🇦🇴 Luanda 0%🇦🇴 Lubango 0%🇺🇦 Luhansk 0%Lusaka🇬🇧 Luton 0%🇺🇦 Lutsk 0%🇺🇦 Lviv 0%🇭🇰 Ma On Shan 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7	9.8%	133 of 1,878	🇯🇵 Koriyama 9.9%🇬🇧 Northampton 9.9%🇻🇳 Huế 9.8%🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 9.8%Lusaka🇻🇳 Ninh Bình 9.8%🇺🇸 Orlando 9.8%🇯🇵 Sano 9.8%🇲🇦 Casablanca 9.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	65.8%	280 of 1,704	🇫🇷 Nancy 66.3%🇫🇷 Pau 66.2%🇵🇹 Coimbra 66.1%🇫🇷 Montauban 65.9%Lusaka🇫🇷 Orléans 65.7%🇫🇷 Bastia 65.4%🇯🇵 Fukuchiyama 65.4%🇵🇹 Lagos 65.4%

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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