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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 182k · 333 venues mapped

Santa Clarita

Where Santa Clarita 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 30 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Simi Valley 26 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 📖 47 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Best time to visit May, 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 & drink333 places mapped
08:30–22:00
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10%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
88h
open per week
8%
open 24/7
Shops & errands76 places mapped
07:00–22:45
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3%
open past midnight
97%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
16%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
1
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
34
umbrella days a year
17.7 m
of rain since 1981
5,220
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
301.3 km
to Salton Buttes
16
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:48
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.5 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
15,006
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSanta Clarita RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 10.5% 195 of 1,878 🇮🇶 Mosul 10.5%🇧🇷 Novo Hamburgo 10.5%🇵🇪 Pucallpa 10.5%🇲🇦 Rabat 10.5%Santa Clarita🇺🇸 Saratoga Springs 10.5%🇫🇷 Boulogne-sur-Mer 10.4%🇨🇷 Cartago 10.4%🇲🇽 Mexico City 10.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 88.2 h 70 of 1,878 🇬🇷 Volos 89 h🇨🇦 Airdrie 88.5 h🇺🇸 Dallas 88.5 h🇷🇺 Kaluga 88.5 hSanta Clarita🇺🇸 Kansas City 88 h🇺🇸 Myrtle Beach 88 h🇩🇿 Oran 88 h🇲🇽 Tijuana 88 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 39.5% 100 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Mansfield 39.6%🇺🇸 Akron 39.5%🇺🇸 Detroit 39.5%🇺🇸 Omaha 39.5%Santa Clarita🇦🇺 Brisbane 39.4%🇬🇹 Totonicapán 39.4%🇺🇸 Holland 39.3%🇺🇸 Joliet 39.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇺🇸 San Clemente 0%🇺🇸 San Marcos 0%🇺🇸 Sandusky 0%🇸🇻 Santa Ana 0%Santa Clarita🇨🇺 Santiago de Cuba 0%🇩🇴 Santo Domingo 0%🇵🇭 Santo Tomas 0%🇧🇦 Sarajevo 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 8.1% 150 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Windsor 8.2%🇦🇺 Langwarrin 8.1%🇷🇺 Murmansk 8.1%🇺🇸 New Bedford 8.1%Santa Clarita🇺🇸 Savannah 8.1%🇲🇲 Twante 8.1%🇹🇷 Bodrum 8%🇳🇮 León 8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 96.9% 30 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Conway 96.9%🇯🇵 Fujieda 96.9%🇯🇵 Matsuyama 96.9%🇹🇭 Phitsanulok 96.9%Santa Clarita🇺🇸 Auburn 96.8%🇺🇸 Chester 96.8%🇹🇭 Chiang Mai 96.8%🇮🇶 Erbil 96.8%

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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