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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇩🇪 Germany · metro 99k · 1,294 venues mapped

Rüsselsheim am Main

Where Rüsselsheim am Main 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 120 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Wiesbaden 16 km Nearest written profile 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 📖 170 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jun, Jul, Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,294 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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4%
open past midnight
78%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week
30%
take a midday break
Shops & errands714 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
29%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Culture291 places mapped
10:30–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
34%
open on Sundays
14h
open per week
12%
take a midday break
Services280 places mapped
08:30–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
2%
open on Sundays
50h
open per week
31%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
142
umbrella days a year
33 m
of rain since 1981
453
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
114 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:27
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.4 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,862
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureRüsselsheim am Main RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 3.8% 262 of 1,878 🇮🇩 Jakarta 3.8%🇸🇪 Norrköping 3.8%🇬🇧 Plymouth 3.8%🇩🇪 Ravensburg 3.8%Rüsselsheim am Main🇧🇩 Savar 3.8%🇮🇩 Surabaya 3.8%🇩🇪 Bad Kreuznach 3.7%🇲🇦 Bouskoura 3.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 54 h 207 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Purmerend 54 h🇩🇪 Regensburg 54 h🇩🇪 Reutlingen 54 h🇩🇪 Rosenheim 54 hRüsselsheim am Main🇦🇷 San Carlos de Bariloche 54 h🇩🇪 Siegen 54 h🇳🇱 Tilburg 54 h🇬🇧 Torquay 54 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 6.8% 404 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Kleve 6.8%🇯🇵 Otsu 6.8%🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro 6.8%🇷🇺 Ryazan 6.8%Rüsselsheim am Main🇫🇷 Saint-Brieuc 6.8%🇲🇽 Santiago de Querétaro 6.8%🇩🇪 Bonn 6.7%🇨🇴 Duitama 6.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 29.6% 120 of 1,878 🇵🇹 Aveiro 30%🇯🇵 Utsunomiya 30%🇪🇸 Burgos 29.9%🇦🇹 Dornbirn 29.6%Rüsselsheim am Main🇧🇪 Brussels 29.5%🇩🇪 Coburg 29.5%🇮🇹 Barletta 29.4%🇩🇪 Aalen 29.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.4% 227 of 1,878 🇦🇹 Linz 0.4%🇩🇪 Munich 0.4%🇨🇭 Neuchâtel 0.4%🇵🇹 Póvoa de Varzim 0.4%Rüsselsheim am Main🇬🇧 St Albans 0.4%🇩🇪 Trier 0.4%🇮🇹 Turin 0.4%🇦🇹 Wels 0.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 29.1% 455 of 1,704 🇩🇪 Osnabrück 29.3%🇩🇪 Wiesbaden 29.3%🇩🇪 Koblenz 29.1%🇩🇪 Reutlingen 29.1%Rüsselsheim am Main🇵🇱 Przemyśl 28.8%🇩🇪 Bonn 28.5%🇩🇪 Dusseldorf 28.4%🇩🇪 Trier 28.4%

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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