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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
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
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 103k · 396 venues mapped

Norman

Where Norman 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 🇺🇸 Oklahoma City 28 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Austin 📖 552 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Norman 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 & drink396 places mapped
09:00–22:00
0006121824
12%
open past midnight
85%
open on Sundays
86h
open per week
5%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7
Shops & errands99 places mapped
06:30–23:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
18%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
65
muggy days a year
13
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
94
umbrella days a year
42.9 m
of rain since 1981
4,609
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
794.1 km
to Carrizozo
1.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:22
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.5 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
16,924
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureNorman RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 11.7% 183 of 1,878 🇳🇿 Hamilton 11.7%🇺🇸 Las Vegas 11.7%🇺🇸 Manchester 11.7%🇧🇷 Niterói 11.7%Norman🇨🇺 Varadero 11.7%🇮🇹 Ascoli Piceno 11.6%🇺🇸 Columbus 11.6%🇺🇸 Harrisonburg 11.6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 86 h 76 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Lewisville 86 h🇺🇸 Manassas Park 86 h🇺🇸 Mansfield 86 h🇷🇸 Niš 86 hNorman🇺🇸 Olathe 86 h🇺🇸 Puyallup 86 h🇺🇸 Sacramento 86 h🇷🇺 Tomsk 86 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 39.1% 104 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Sioux Falls 39.2%🇺🇸 Vacaville 39.2%🇺🇸 Aurora 39.1%🇧🇸 Nassau 39.1%Norman🇺🇸 Blue Springs 39%🇺🇸 Chicago 39%🇦🇱 Tirana 39%🇺🇸 Baltimore 38.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 5.1% 333 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Maastricht 5.2%🇲🇦 Marrakesh 5.2%🇬🇧 Darlington 5.1%🇯🇵 Fukushima 5.1%Norman🇺🇸 Richmond 5.1%🇬🇧 Rugby 5.1%🇷🇺 Vyborg 5.1%🇵🇪 Huancayo 5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.6% 185 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Dale City 4.6%🇬🇧 East Kilbride 4.6%🇺🇸 Kansas City 4.6%🇹🇭 Khon Kaen 4.6%Norman🇬🇧 Redditch 4.6%🇺🇸 Riverside 4.6%🇦🇱 Shkoder 4.6%🇫🇷 Ajaccio 4.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 100% 1 of 1,704 🇨🇦 Niagara Falls 100%🇯🇵 Niigata 100%🇺🇸 Norcross 100%🇺🇸 Normal 100%Norman🇺🇸 Norwalk 100%🇷🇺 Novorossiysk 100%🇺🇸 Odessa 100%🇺🇸 Olathe 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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