🇨🇳 China · metro 8.1M · 1,178 venues mapped

Nanjing

Where Nanjing 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 48 of 1,704.

Nearest city · in the atlas 🇨🇳 Hefei 📖 143 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Oct — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not a wet month.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink1,178 places mapped

10:00–22:00

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open past midnight

98%

open on Sundays

84h

open per week

take a midday break

Shops & errands599 places mapped

09:00–22:00

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open past midnight

95%

open on Sundays

84h

open per week

10%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

100

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

739.4 km

to Halla

0.4

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

17:05

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.2 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

7,125

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Nanjing	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	4%	260 of 1,878	🇨🇭 Basel 4%🇺🇸 Boulder 4%🇩🇪 Bremerhaven 4%🇩🇪 Hildesheim 4%Nanjing🇨🇦 Peterborough 4%🇲🇪 Podgorica 4%🇲🇾 Putrajaya 4%🇺🇸 Spring Valley 4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	84 h	82 of 1,878	🇮🇳 Mumbai 84 h🇷🇺 Murmansk 84 h🇮🇳 Mysuru 84 h🇰🇪 Nairobi 84 hNanjing🇮🇳 New Delhi 84 h🇺🇸 New Orleans 84 h🇸🇰 Nitra 84 h🇺🇸 Normal 84 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	20.8%	266 of 1,878	🇱🇰 Ambalangoda 20.8%🇧🇿 Belize City 20.8%🇬🇧 Chester 20.8%🇨🇳 Fangshan 20.8%Nanjing🇮🇹 Fano 20.7%🇨🇭 Locarno 20.7%🇨🇦 Nanaimo 20.7%🇨🇦 Regina 20.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	7.9%	305 of 1,878	🇦🇺 Perth 8%🇦🇺 Toowoomba 8%🇬🇧 Walton-on-Thames 8%🇬🇧 Hastings 7.9%Nanjing🇬🇧 Southampton 7.9%🇨🇲 Yaoundé 7.9%🇬🇧 Cardiff 7.8%🇺🇸 Concord 7.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7	1%	221 of 1,878	🇮🇹 Livorno 1%🇺🇸 Logan 1%🇪🇸 Madrid 1%🇩🇪 Marl 1%Nanjing🇵🇱 Pabianice 1%🇫🇷 Pau 1%🇩🇪 Pforzheim 1%🇮🇹 Reggio nell'Emilia 1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	95.1%	48 of 1,704	🇦🇺 Brisbane 95.1%🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 95.1%🇺🇸 Lafayette 95.1%🇬🇧 London 95.1%Nanjing🇹🇼 Taichung 95.1%🇷🇴 Constanța 95%🇺🇸 Dayton 95%🇮🇹 Follonica 95%

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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