🇺🇸 United States · metro 4.7M · 10,662 venues mapped

San Francisco

Where San Francisco 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 47 of 1,704.

This city has a full profile Read San Francisco in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Martinez 37 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 📖 559 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

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

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink10,662 places mapped

11:00–21:00

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open past midnight

86%

open on Sundays

68h

open per week

10%

take a midday break

Shops & errands2,544 places mapped

08:00–21:30

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open past midnight

95%

open on Sundays

96h

open per week

14%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,626

volcanoes within 100 km

136.4 km

to Clear Lake Volcanic Field

8.2

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

16:54

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.8 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

14,744

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	San Francisco	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	7.3%	227 of 1,878	🇩🇪 Regensburg 7.3%🇬🇧 Runcorn 7.3%🇩🇪 Saarlouis 7.3%🇯🇵 Sakata 7.3%San Francisco🇷🇴 Sibiu 7.3%🇺🇦 Sumy 7.3%🇸🇪 Umeå 7.3%🇵🇱 Bielsko-Biała 7.2%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	67.5 h	149 of 1,878	🇲🇽 Valladolid 68 h🇬🇧 Banbury 67.5 h🇪🇸 Cáceres 67.5 h🇯🇵 Osaka 67.5 hSan Francisco🇪🇸 Valladolid 67.5 h🇬🇧 Wakefield 67.5 h🇬🇧 Gillingham 67.2 h🇸🇪 Uppsala 67.2 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	20.4%	270 of 1,878	🇨🇴 Riohacha 20.5%🇸🇰 Banská Bystrica 20.4%🇯🇵 Kisarazu 20.4%🇨🇦 Ottawa 20.4%San Francisco🇬🇧 Camberley 20.3%🇲🇾 Kota Kinabalu 20.3%🇬🇧 Lincoln 20.3%🇮🇹 Pordenone 20.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	10.5%	283 of 1,878	🇯🇵 Misawa 10.5%🇧🇷 Novo Hamburgo 10.5%🇯🇵 Otaru 10.5%🇵🇪 Pucallpa 10.5%San Francisco🇬🇧 Swindon 10.5%🇹🇼 Tainan 10.5%🇬🇧 Bedford 10.4%🇨🇳 Fangshan 10.4%
Never close at all% open 24/7	1.1%	220 of 1,878	🇧🇪 Liège 1.1%🇸🇮 Maribor 1.1%🇨🇱 Penco 1.1%🇩🇪 Regensburg 1.1%San Francisco🇸🇪 Södertälje 1.1%🇮🇳 Bengaluru 1%🇻🇪 Caracas 1%🇺🇸 Corvallis 1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	95.2%	47 of 1,704	🇺🇸 Fresno 95.2%🇺🇸 Las Cruces 95.2%🇺🇸 Manhattan 95.2%🇨🇦 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 95.2%San Francisco🇬🇧 Brighton 95.1%🇦🇺 Brisbane 95.1%🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 95.1%🇺🇸 Lafayette 95.1%

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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