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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
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The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 118k · 382 venues mapped

New Bedford

Where New Bedford 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 1 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Fall River 20 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Montreal 📖 481 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else New Bedford 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 & drink382 places mapped
06:00–22:00
0006121824
14%
open past midnight
97%
open on Sundays
108h
open per week
8%
open 24/7
Shops & errands122 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
104h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
29
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
133
umbrella days a year
52.2 m
of rain since 1981
5
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2768 km
to Saba
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:17
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.2 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,781
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureNew Bedford RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 13.5% 165 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Bradenton 13.5%🇺🇸 Dayton 13.5%🇺🇸 Erie 13.5%🇺🇸 Lafayette 13.5%New Bedford🇪🇸 Sant Boi de Llobregat 13.5%🇮🇪 Swords 13.5%🇭🇺 Szeged 13.5%🇺🇸 Traverse City 13.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 108.5 h 14 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Bao'an 108.5 h🇦🇱 Durrës 108.5 h🇵🇰 Islamabad 108.5 h🇺🇸 Lakeland 108.5 hNew Bedford🇭🇰 Tai Po 108.5 h🇪🇬 Hurghada 107.7 h🇺🇸 Abilene 107 h🇺🇸 Atlantic City 107 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 57.4% 12 of 1,878 🇺🇸 New Haven 59.2%🇺🇸 Evansville 58.8%🇦🇱 Shkoder 57.6%🇺🇸 Montgomery 57.5%New Bedford🇨🇳 Nanchang 57.1%🇺🇸 Hamilton 56.6%🇺🇸 The Woodlands 56.5%🇺🇸 Wichita Falls 56%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0.7% 377 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Kitchener 0.7%🇱🇹 Klaipėda 0.7%🇺🇸 Lake Ronkonkoma 0.7%🇺🇸 Levittown 0.7%New Bedford🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen 0.7%🇲🇪 Podgorica 0.7%🇷🇺 Samara 0.7%🇺🇸 Sioux Falls 0.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 8.1% 150 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Terre Haute 8.2%🇨🇦 Windsor 8.2%🇦🇺 Langwarrin 8.1%🇷🇺 Murmansk 8.1%New Bedford🇺🇸 Santa Clarita 8.1%🇺🇸 Savannah 8.1%🇲🇲 Twante 8.1%🇹🇷 Bodrum 8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 100% 1 of 1,704 🇷🇺 Nalchik 100%🇺🇸 Naples 100%🇺🇸 Nashville 100%🇹🇷 Nevşehir 100%New Bedford🇺🇸 New Britain 100%🇺🇸 New Hope 100%🇬🇧 Newbury 100%🇨🇦 Niagara Falls 100%

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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