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The weather6
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 115k · 200 venues mapped

North Charleston

Where North Charleston places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 85 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Charleston 10 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Miami 📖 788 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else North Charleston 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 & drink200 places mapped
10:45–23:00
0006121824
20%
open past midnight
82%
open on Sundays
83h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
125
muggy days a year
24
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
146
umbrella days a year
57.5 m
of rain since 1981
4,221
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2147.4 km
to Yojoa, Lago
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:18
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.3 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,526
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureNorth Charleston RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 20.4% 103 of 1,878 🇸🇳 Dakar 20.5%🇺🇸 Great Falls 20.5%🇷🇸 Niš 20.5%🇫🇮 Oulu 20.5%North Charleston🇮🇹 Parma 20.4%🇲🇾 Alor Setar 20.3%🇮🇹 Novara 20.3%🇲🇽 San Andrés Cholula 20.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 83.2 h 85 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Zhujiajiao 84 h🇱🇹 Šiauliai 84 h🇺🇸 Antioch 83.8 h🇮🇹 Messina 83.5 hNorth Charleston🇬🇧 Bangor 83 h🇺🇸 Camarillo 83 h🇧🇷 Chapecó 83 h🇺🇸 Colorado Springs 83 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 24.1% 236 of 1,878 🇸🇻 Santa Ana 24.2%🇦🇺 Ballarat 24.1%🇿🇦 Cape Town 24.1%🇭🇺 Kecskemét 24.1%North Charleston🇺🇸 Bloomington 24%🇬🇧 Peterborough 24%🇺🇸 Santa Barbara 24%🇺🇸 Athens 23.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Newry 0%🇨🇦 Niagara Falls 0%🇻🇳 Ninh Bình 0%🇸🇰 Nitra 0%North Charleston🇷🇸 Novi Sad 0%🇨🇺 Nuevitas 0%🇲🇽 Nuevo Laredo 0%🇭🇺 Nyíregyháza 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.9% 212 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Durham 1.9%🇺🇸 Lancaster 1.9%🇬🇧 Lancaster 1.9%🇪🇸 Mairena del Aljarafe 1.9%North Charleston🇺🇸 Pittsburgh 1.9%🇫🇷 Quimper 1.9%🇮🇩 Singkawang 1.9%🇪🇪 Tallinn 1.9%

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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