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Mönchengladbach

Where Mönchengladbach places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 198 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Krefeld 19 km Nearest written profile 🇳🇱 Eindhoven 📖 73 km

Typical weather

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

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,633 places mapped
11:30–22:00
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4%
open past midnight
87%
open on Sundays
52h
open per week
21%
take a midday break
Shops & errands962 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
27%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
Services406 places mapped
08:30–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
6%
open on Sundays
44h
open per week
36%
take a midday break
Culture340 places mapped
11:38–19:00
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0%
open past midnight
42%
open on Sundays
14h
open per week
9%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
150
umbrella days a year
35.1 m
of rain since 1981
253
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
116.5 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
1
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:29
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,022
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureMönchengladbach RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 3.6% 264 of 1,878 🇹🇼 Toufen 3.7%🇬🇧 Basildon 3.6%🇩🇪 Detmold 3.6%🇺🇦 Kherson 3.6%Mönchengladbach🇫🇷 Niort 3.6%🇬🇧 Royal Tunbridge Wells 3.6%🇩🇪 Stralsund 3.6%🇸🇰 Trnava 3.6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 52 h 216 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Neuwied 52.2 h🇮🇹 Vicenza 52.2 h🇬🇧 Colchester 52 h🇩🇪 Kehl 52 hMönchengladbach🇩🇪 Osnabrück 52 h🇻🇪 San Cristobal 52 h🇯🇵 Yokote 51.8 h🇩🇪 Göppingen 51.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 3% 442 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Matsumoto 3.1%🇨🇦 Milton 3.1%🇯🇵 Takayama 3.1%🇧🇷 Florianópolis 3%Mönchengladbach🇩🇰 Odense 3%🇷🇺 Vladivostok 3%🇧🇷 Aracaju 2.9%🇪🇸 Benidorm 2.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 20.7% 198 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Wiesbaden 21%🇪🇸 Fuengirola 20.9%🇮🇹 Cosenza 20.8%🇮🇹 Brindisi 20.7%Mönchengladbach🇩🇪 Baden-Baden 20.6%🇩🇪 Bocholt 20.6%🇩🇪 Ulm 20.6%🇮🇹 Bassano del Grappa 20.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.5% 226 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Koblenz 0.5%🇨🇭 Lausanne 0.5%🇩🇪 Lübeck 0.5%🇮🇹 Milan 0.5%Mönchengladbach🇫🇷 Nice 0.5%🇺🇸 Norristown 0.5%🇦🇷 Rosario 0.5%🇺🇸 Temecula 0.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 26.6% 470 of 1,704 🇩🇪 Berlin 26.9%🇩🇪 Minden 26.9%🇪🇸 Tarifa 26.7%🇬🇷 Athens 26.6%Mönchengladbach🇩🇪 Ravensburg 26.6%🇩🇪 Bielefeld 26.2%🇩🇪 Essen 26.2%🇳🇴 Trondheim 26%

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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