🇦🇺 Australia · metro 205k · 237 venues mapped
Newcastle
Where Newcastle places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is never close at all, where it ranks 144 of 1,878.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
Best time to visit Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not a wet month.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink237 places mapped
10:00–22:00
0006121824
9%
open past midnight
78%
open on Sundays
60h
open per week
9%
take a midday break
9%
open 24/7
Vital absurdities
measured30
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
122
umbrella days a year
47.3 m
of rain since 1981
524
days over 30 °C, of 16,629
0
volcanoes within 100 km
998.2 km
to Newer Volcanics Province
0.6
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:53
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.3 h
longest day of the year
7
public holidays, 2024
3,356
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venuesThe 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.