🇮🇸 Iceland · metro 207k · 627 venues mapped

Reykjavik

Where Reykjavik 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 89 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Inverness 1,204 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇪 Dublin 📖 1,494 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot

Come for everything else Reykjavik 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 & drink627 places mapped

11:00–22:00

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10%

open past midnight

92%

open on Sundays

72h

open per week

Shops & errands196 places mapped

08:00–21:00

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open past midnight

91%

open on Sundays

82h

open per week

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

23.2 km

to Brennisteinsfjoll

25.6

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

15:30

winter sunset (solar approx.)

21.1 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

15,413

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Reykjavik	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	10.1%	199 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Dunwoody 10.1%🇯🇵 Kanazawa 10.1%🇬🇦 Libreville 10.1%🇷🇺 Pyatigorsk 10.1%Reykjavik🇺🇸 Tucson 10.1%🇺🇸 Warren 10.1%🇮🇳 Agra 10%🇪🇸 Alicante 10%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	72 h	133 of 1,878	🇭🇺 Nyíregyháza 72 h🇸🇷 Paramaribo 72 h🇮🇹 Parma 72 h🇨🇱 Rancagua 72 hReykjavik🇪🇸 Sant Andreu de la Barca 72 h🇵🇱 Szczecin 72 h🇦🇺 Toowoomba 72 h🇵🇱 Warsaw 72 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	5.7%	415 of 1,878	🇩🇪 Gütersloh 5.7%🇯🇵 Hirosaki 5.7%🇹🇯 Hisor 5.7%🇩🇪 Oldenburg 5.7%Reykjavik🇫🇷 Saint-Nazaire 5.7%🇷🇺 Taganrog 5.7%🇷🇺 Bataysk 5.6%🇹🇷 Batman 5.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	2.5%	359 of 1,878	🇨🇿 Brno 2.5%🇵🇭 Dumaguete 2.5%🇬🇧 Plymouth 2.5%🇮🇳 Ponnani 2.5%Reykjavik🇲🇲 Sagaing 2.5%🇮🇷 Tehran 2.5%🇬🇧 Warrington 2.5%🇳🇱 Alkmaar 2.4%
Never close at all% open 24/7	0.9%	222 of 1,878	🇬🇧 Oxford 0.9%🇩🇪 Paderborn 0.9%🇺🇸 Peabody 0.9%🇫🇷 Reims 0.9%Reykjavik🇪🇸 Sant Boi de Llobregat 0.9%🇺🇸 Santa Rosa 0.9%🇺🇸 Warren 0.9%🇩🇪 Aachen 0.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	90.8%	89 of 1,704	🇮🇪 Swords 90.9%🇬🇧 Belfast 90.8%🇺🇸 Lansing 90.8%🇦🇺 Perth 90.8%Reykjavik🇮🇪 Dublin 90.7%🇸🇪 Karlstad 90.7%🇸🇻 Cojutepeque 90.6%🇮🇳 Pune 90.6%

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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