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The weather6
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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
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Pforzheim

Where Pforzheim places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 117 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Karlsruhe 26 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇭 Zurich 📖 169 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Come for everything else Pforzheim 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 & drink963 places mapped
11:30–22:00
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3%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
50h
open per week
30%
take a midday break
Shops & errands594 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
20%
open on Sundays
73h
open per week
10%
take a midday break
Services285 places mapped
08:30–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
5%
open on Sundays
44h
open per week
56%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Culture231 places mapped
14:00–18:15
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0%
open past midnight
58%
open on Sundays
12h
open per week
14%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
158
umbrella days a year
40.1 m
of rain since 1981
447
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
195.5 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
1.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:31
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.2 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,820
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasurePforzheim RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 2.8% 272 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Volgograd 2.9%🇭🇳 La Lima 2.8%🇩🇪 Lübeck 2.8%🇧🇦 Mostar 2.8%Pforzheim🇹🇭 Phitsanulok 2.8%🇩🇪 Potsdam 2.8%🇿🇦 Pretoria 2.8%🇩🇪 Rostock 2.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 50 h 224 of 1,878 🇧🇪 Mechelen 50 h🇩🇪 Minden 50 h🇯🇵 Naha 50 h🇳🇱 Oss 50 hPforzheim🇧🇷 Sorocaba 50 h🇫🇷 Sète 50 h🇹🇼 Taichung 50 h🇧🇪 Verviers 50 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 4.9% 423 of 1,878 🇨🇾 Protaras 5%🇩🇪 Remscheid 5%🇧🇷 Brasilia 4.9%🇯🇵 Kitakyushu 4.9%Pforzheim🇲🇾 Seremban 4.9%🇫🇷 Toulouse 4.9%🇵🇱 Gniezno 4.8%🇪🇨 Latacunga 4.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 30.2% 117 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Imperia 30.3%🇮🇹 Latina 30.3%🇪🇸 Vigo 30.3%🇵🇹 Viseu 30.3%Pforzheim🇫🇷 Périgueux 30.2%🇵🇹 Aveiro 30%🇯🇵 Utsunomiya 30%🇪🇸 Burgos 29.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1% 221 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Marl 1%🇨🇳 Nanjing 1%🇵🇱 Pabianice 1%🇫🇷 Pau 1%Pforzheim🇮🇹 Reggio nell'Emilia 1%🇦🇹 Sankt Pölten 1%🇪🇸 Tarragona 1%🇨🇦 Trois-Rivières 1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 19.6% 514 of 1,704 🇩🇪 Bad Kreuznach 20.5%🇩🇪 Siegen 20.4%🇩🇪 Ingolstadt 20.1%🇦🇹 Innsbruck 19.6%Pforzheim🇨🇭 Schaffhausen 19.3%🇦🇹 Linz 19%🇩🇪 Heilbronn 18.9%🇪🇸 Avilés 18.8%

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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