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🇺🇸 United States · metro 118k · 204 venues mapped

Montgomery

Where Montgomery places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is open before 8 a.m., where it ranks 11 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Birmingham 137 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Miami 📖 943 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Montgomery 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 & drink204 places mapped
06:00–23:00
0006121824
12%
open past midnight
92%
open on Sundays
104h
open per week
6%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
96
muggy days a year
3
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
138
umbrella days a year
61.5 m
of rain since 1981
4,776
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1766.4 km
to Naolinco Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:44
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.3 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,932
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureMontgomery RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 12.3% 177 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Kemerovo 12.3%🇺🇸 Laurel 12.3%🇪🇸 León 12.3%🇮🇹 Mestre 12.3%Montgomery🇨🇦 Winnipeg 12.3%🇷🇺 Yeysk 12.3%🇫🇷 Amiens 12.2%🇰🇷 Daegu 12.2%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 103.5 h 20 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Arlington 104 h🇺🇸 Hamilton 104 h🇺🇸 Daytona Beach 103.5 h🇺🇸 El Paso 103.5 hMontgomery🇸🇦 Dammam 103.2 h🇺🇸 Florence 103 h🇺🇸 Martinez 103 h🇧🇭 Manama 102.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 57.5% 11 of 1,878 🇦🇱 Elbasan 59.6%🇺🇸 New Haven 59.2%🇺🇸 Evansville 58.8%🇦🇱 Shkoder 57.6%Montgomery🇺🇸 New Bedford 57.4%🇨🇳 Nanchang 57.1%🇺🇸 Hamilton 56.6%🇺🇸 The Woodlands 56.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 2.7% 357 of 1,878 🇹🇭 Hua Hin 2.7%🇬🇧 Huddersfield 2.7%🇺🇸 Layton 2.7%🇬🇧 Milton Keynes 2.7%Montgomery🇺🇸 Naples 2.7%🇧🇷 Recife 2.7%🇺🇸 Wichita Falls 2.7%🇸🇰 Bratislava 2.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 5.5% 176 of 1,878 🇺🇦 Ternopil 5.6%🇨🇳 Wenjiang 5.6%🇦🇺 Brisbane 5.5%🇺🇸 Huntsville 5.5%Montgomery🇺🇸 Toledo 5.5%🇷🇺 Ulyanovsk 5.5%🇬🇧 Aylesbury 5.4%🇷🇺 Chelyabinsk 5.4%

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.

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