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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 151k · 337 venues mapped

Rockford

Where Rockford 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 42 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Lake in the Hills 64 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 804 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Come for everything else Rockford 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 & drink337 places mapped
08:00–22:00
0006121824
14%
open past midnight
91%
open on Sundays
91h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands157 places mapped
06:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
26%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
27
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
118
umbrella days a year
42.2 m
of rain since 1981
820
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1531.1 km
to Dotsero
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:27
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.3 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,535
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureRockford RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 13.6% 164 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Hamilton 13.6%🇿🇼 Harare 13.6%🇳🇴 Oslo 13.6%🇮🇹 Pesaro 13.6%Rockford🇺🇸 Topeka 13.6%🇺🇸 Bradenton 13.5%🇺🇸 Dayton 13.5%🇺🇸 Erie 13.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 91 h 58 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Pskov 91 h🇷🇺 Pushkin 91 h🇷🇺 Pyatigorsk 91 h🇮🇷 Rasht 91 hRockford🇺🇸 Saint Cloud 91 h🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán 91 h🇷🇺 Saratov 91 h🇺🇸 Savannah 91 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 35% 139 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Missoula 35.2%🇿🇦 Pretoria 35.1%🇮🇹 Ancona 35%🇺🇸 Modesto 35%Rockford🇮🇹 Ascoli Piceno 34.9%🇺🇸 Hazel Park 34.9%🇺🇸 Springfield 34.9%🇺🇸 Flagstaff 34.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.9% 365 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Lancaster 1.9%🇧🇷 Natal 1.9%🇰🇭 Phnom Penh 1.9%🇨🇦 Pickering 1.9%Rockford🇧🇩 Savar 1.9%🇸🇪 Stockholm 1.9%🇮🇳 Talegaon Dabhade 1.9%🇨🇦 Toronto 1.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.9% 192 of 1,878 🇧🇴 La Paz 3.9%🇺🇸 Muncie 3.9%🇺🇸 Newport News 3.9%🇺🇸 Oshkosh 3.9%Rockford🇺🇸 Salinas 3.9%🇧🇬 Sofia 3.9%🇹🇼 Taitung 3.9%🇺🇸 Wilmington 3.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 95.7% 42 of 1,704 🇹🇭 Khon Kaen 95.7%🇯🇵 Naha 95.7%🇬🇧 Plymouth 95.7%🇨🇴 Rionegro 95.7%Rockford🇨🇦 Victoria 95.7%🇩🇿 Algiers 95.6%🇺🇸 Baton Rouge 95.6%🇿🇦 Cape Town 95.6%

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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