🇯🇵 Japan · metro 111k · 320 venues mapped
Otaru
Where Otaru 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 207 of 1,878.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot
Come for everything else Otaru does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink320 places mapped
11:00–20:15
0006121824
5%
open past midnight
84%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week
10%
take a midday break
Vital absurdities
measured17
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
195
umbrella days a year
55.8 m
of rain since 1981
84
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
5
volcanoes within 100 km
43.2 km
to Yoteizan
18.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:04
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.4 h
longest day of the year
21
public holidays, 2024
8,739
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venues| Measure | Otaru | Rank | Nearest company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink | 5.3% | 247 of 1,878 | 🇺🇸 Lynchburg 5.3%🇨🇴 Manizales 5.3%🇬🇧 Northampton 5.3%🇵🇱 Opole 5.3%Otaru🇬🇧 Swansea 5.3%🇭🇺 Szombathely 5.3%🇹🇼 Taitung 5.3%🇷🇴 Târgoviște 5.3% |
| Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink | 54 h | 207 of 1,878 | 🇬🇭 Kumasi 54 h🇧🇴 La Paz 54 h🇩🇪 Landshut 54 h🇩🇪 Leipzig 54 hOtaru🇬🇧 Portsmouth 54 h🇳🇱 Purmerend 54 h🇩🇪 Regensburg 54 h🇩🇪 Reutlingen 54 h |
| Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink | 2.6% | 446 of 1,878 | 🇱🇹 Šiauliai 2.7%🇹🇷 Alanya 2.6%🇯🇵 Echizen 2.6%🇩🇪 Gera 2.6%Otaru🇵🇹 Portimão 2.6%🇫🇷 Royan 2.6%🇧🇴 Tarija 2.6%🇲🇽 Puebla 2.5% |
| Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break | 10.5% | 283 of 1,878 | 🇨🇳 Chengdu 10.5%🇨🇴 Manizales 10.5%🇯🇵 Misawa 10.5%🇧🇷 Novo Hamburgo 10.5%Otaru🇵🇪 Pucallpa 10.5%🇺🇸 San Francisco 10.5%🇬🇧 Swindon 10.5%🇹🇼 Tainan 10.5% |
| Never close at all% open 24/7 | 0% | 231 of 1,878 | 🇵🇱 Opole 0%🇭🇷 Osijek 0%🇳🇱 Oss 0%🇧🇪 Ostend 0%Otaru🇯🇵 Otsu 0%🇪🇸 Ourense 0%🇺🇸 Palm Desert 0%🇪🇸 Pamplona 0% |
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.