🇨🇦 Canada · metro 100k · 226 venues mapped

Nanaimo

Where Nanaimo 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 157 of 1,878.

Nearest city · in the atlas 🇨🇦 Vancouver 📖 60 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit 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

Food & drink226 places mapped

11:00–21:00

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open past midnight

86%

open on Sundays

66h

open per week

Shops & errands52 places mapped

07:00–21:30

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open past midnight

82%

open on Sundays

100h

open per week

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

101.9 km

to Garibaldi

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

16:20

winter sunset (solar approx.)

16.2 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

14,767

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Nanaimo	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	6.6%	234 of 1,878	🇳🇱 Heerlen 6.6%🇮🇹 Imola 6.6%🇬🇧 Leicester 6.6%🇺🇸 Medford 6.6%Nanaimo🇺🇦 Odesa 6.6%🇫🇷 Saint-Malo 6.6%🇪🇬 Alexandria 6.5%🇺🇸 Asbury Park 6.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	66 h	157 of 1,878	🇨🇴 Duitama 66 h🇦🇹 Graz 66 h🇧🇷 Macapá 66 h🇲🇾 Miri 66 hNanaimo🇨🇱 Penco 66 h🇮🇹 Pescara 66 h🇲🇽 Santiago de Querétaro 66 h🇬🇧 Sheffield 66 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	20.7%	267 of 1,878	🇨🇳 Fangshan 20.8%🇨🇳 Nanjing 20.8%🇮🇹 Fano 20.7%🇨🇭 Locarno 20.7%Nanaimo🇨🇦 Regina 20.7%🇪🇸 Granollers 20.6%🇻🇳 Hanoi 20.6%🇬🇧 Harrogate 20.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0.8%	376 of 1,878	🇬🇧 Livingston 0.8%🇺🇸 Louisville 0.8%🇨🇴 Medellín 0.8%🇺🇸 Mesa 0.8%Nanaimo🇷🇸 Niš 0.8%🇺🇸 Norwalk 0.8%🇸🇦 Riyadh 0.8%🇷🇺 Ryazan 0.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7	1.7%	214 of 1,878	🇯🇵 Komatsu 1.7%🇺🇸 Las Cruces 1.7%🇬🇧 Littlehampton 1.7%🇫🇷 Lorient 1.7%Nanaimo🇵🇹 Porto 1.7%🇺🇸 Redlands 1.7%🇧🇷 Sorocaba 1.7%🇬🇧 Swindon 1.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	81.8%	164 of 1,704	🇧🇷 Sapiranga 82.1%🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 82%🇧🇷 Niterói 81.9%🇮🇳 Kollam 81.8%Nanaimo🇧🇴 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 81.8%🇨🇱 Valparaíso 81.8%🇧🇷 Aracaju 81.7%🇫🇷 Nice 81.7%

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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