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🇺🇸 United States · metro 90k · 263 venues mapped

New Braunfels

Where New Braunfels 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 6 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 San Antonio 47 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Austin 📖 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 Mar, Nov — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink263 places mapped
06:30–23:00
0006121824
3%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
95h
open per week
12%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
110
muggy days a year
30
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
92
umbrella days a year
36.7 m
of rain since 1981
7,278
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
865.8 km
to Carrizozo
0.6
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:38
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.1 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
16,774
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureNew Braunfels RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 3.3% 267 of 1,878 🇮🇳 Kollam 3.3%🇨🇭 Locarno 3.3%🇨🇭 Montreux 3.3%🇺🇸 Mount Vernon 3.3%New Braunfels🇷🇺 Smolensk 3.3%🇸🇰 Žilina 3.3%🇩🇿 Algiers 3.2%🇲🇽 Guadalajara 3.2%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 95 h 47 of 1,878 🇱🇧 Beirut 95.8 h🇰🇿 Atyrau 95 h🇺🇸 Boise 95 h🇺🇸 Houston 95 hNew Braunfels🇺🇸 North Richland Hills 95 h🇺🇸 Wilkes-Barre 95 h🇭🇷 Zagreb 95 h🇷🇺 Anapa 94.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 60% 6 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Waterbury 64.7%🇺🇸 Boardman 63.2%🇻🇳 Huế 62.1%🇺🇸 Longview 60%New Braunfels🇺🇸 Stockton 60%🇦🇱 Elbasan 59.6%🇺🇸 New Haven 59.2%🇺🇸 Evansville 58.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇵🇭 Nasugbu 0%🇺🇸 National City 0%🇮🇱 Netanya 0%🇹🇷 Nevşehir 0%New Braunfels🇺🇸 New Britain 0%🇬🇧 Newbury 0%🇬🇧 Newry 0%🇨🇦 Niagara Falls 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 11.7% 114 of 1,878 🇦🇱 Fier 11.8%🇮🇩 Mataram 11.8%🇧🇹 Thimphu 11.8%🇰🇿 Almaty 11.7%New Braunfels🇿🇦 Cape Town 11.6%🇺🇸 Naples 11.6%🇺🇸 Panama City 11.6%🇯🇵 Toyohashi 11.6%

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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