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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 147k · 902 venues mapped

New Haven

Where New Haven 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 8 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 West Haven 4 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Montreal 📖 470 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else New Haven 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 & drink902 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
12%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands329 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
102h
open per week
8%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
24
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
126
umbrella days a year
55.3 m
of rain since 1981
1,013
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2790.8 km
to Saba
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:26
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.2 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,714
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureNew Haven RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 11.9% 181 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Chico 11.9%🇯🇵 Kofu 11.9%🇸🇮 Maribor 11.9%🇺🇸 Memphis 11.9%New Haven🇫🇷 Orléans 11.9%🇭🇺 Sopron 11.9%🇲🇽 Valladolid 11.9%🇧🇬 Varna 11.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 105 h 18 of 1,878 🇺🇬 Kampala 105 h🇵🇰 Karachi 105 h🇺🇸 Longview 105 h🇧🇦 Mostar 105 hNew Haven🇺🇸 Pharr 105 h🇲🇦 Rabat 105 h🇸🇦 Riyadh 105 h🇦🇱 Shkoder 105 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 59.2% 8 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Longview 60%🇺🇸 New Braunfels 60%🇺🇸 Stockton 60%🇦🇱 Elbasan 59.6%New Haven🇺🇸 Evansville 58.8%🇦🇱 Shkoder 57.6%🇺🇸 Montgomery 57.5%🇺🇸 New Bedford 57.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.2% 372 of 1,878 🇮🇳 Kochi 1.2%🇰🇼 Kuwait City 1.2%🇮🇳 Mangalagiri 1.2%🇭🇺 Miskolc 1.2%New Haven🇺🇸 Sarasota 1.2%🇳🇱 Tilburg 1.2%🇳🇴 Trondheim 1.2%🇺🇸 Waterbury 1.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.1% 200 of 1,878 🇸🇪 Karlstad 3.1%🇫🇮 Lahti 3.1%🇪🇸 Logroño 3.1%🇯🇵 Matsumoto 3.1%New Haven🇭🇺 Pécs 3.1%🇵🇱 Rybnik 3.1%🇵🇱 Rzeszów 3.1%🇬🇧 Stoke-on-Trent 3.1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 96.4% 35 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Birmingham 96.4%🇵🇭 Cebu City 96.4%🇺🇸 Greeley 96.4%🇺🇸 Huntington Station 96.4%New Haven🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne 96.4%🇺🇸 Puyallup 96.4%🇺🇸 San Diego 96.4%🇰🇭 Siem Reap 96.4%

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, shops open on sunday.

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