🇺🇸 United States · metro 75k · 335 venues mapped

Rapid City

Where Rapid City 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 72 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Cheyenne 352 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Calgary 📖 1,122 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Jul, Aug, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink335 places mapped

10:00–21:30

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11%

open past midnight

91%

open on Sundays

80h

open per week

Shops & errands101 places mapped

06:00–23:00

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open past midnight

93%

open on Sundays

119h

open per week

24%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,627

volcanoes within 100 km

583.5 km

to Dotsero

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

16:18

winter sunset (solar approx.)

15.5 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

16,376

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Rapid City	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	10.8%	192 of 1,878	🇧🇾 Minsk 10.8%🇯🇵 Osaka 10.8%🇺🇸 Palm Bay 10.8%🇵🇹 Porto 10.8%Rapid City🇺🇸 Richmond 10.8%🇳🇮 Tipitapa 10.8%🇯🇵 Tokyo 10.8%🇮🇹 Verona 10.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	80.5 h	96 of 1,878	🇨🇾 Larnaca 80.5 h🇺🇸 Lincoln 80.5 h🇲🇽 Morelia 80.5 h🇺🇸 Provo 80.5 hRapid City🇲🇾 Rawang 80.5 h🇯🇵 Sano 80.5 h🇰🇷 Seoul 80.5 h🇵🇹 Setúbal 80.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	37.4%	117 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Morgantown 37.5%🇺🇸 Spartanburg 37.5%🇭🇳 Tegucigalpa 37.5%🇬🇧 Weymouth 37.5%Rapid City🇺🇸 Murfreesboro 37.2%🇺🇸 Alafaya 37.1%🇮🇹 Anzio 37.1%🇷🇺 Krasnodar 37.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	2.9%	355 of 1,878	🇨🇦 Montreal 2.9%🇷🇺 Murmansk 2.9%🇺🇸 Palm Bay 2.9%🇮🇳 Puducherry 2.9%Rapid City🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro 2.9%🇺🇸 San Diego 2.9%🇺🇸 Seattle 2.9%🇮🇷 Shiraz 2.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7	0%	231 of 1,878	🇭🇷 Pula 0%🇪🇨 Puyo 0%🇮🇷 Qazvin 0%🇺🇸 Racine 0%Rapid City🇮🇹 Ravenna 0%🇩🇪 Reinbek 0%🇦🇷 Resistencia 0%🇬🇷 Rethymno 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	92.7%	72 of 1,704	🇺🇸 Winchester 92.9%🇬🇧 Guildford 92.8%🇺🇸 Toledo 92.8%🇨🇦 Abbotsford 92.7%Rapid City🇨🇦 Trois-Rivières 92.7%🇬🇧 Barry 92.6%🇬🇧 Bath 92.6%🇬🇧 Chesterfield 92.6%

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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