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🇺🇸 United States · metro 73k · 210 venues mapped

Scranton

Where Scranton places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 48 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Wilkes-Barre 26 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 398 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Scranton 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 & drink210 places mapped
07:30–22:00
0006121824
10%
open past midnight
86%
open on Sundays
94h
open per week
12%
open 24/7
Shops & errands66 places mapped
03:00–23:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
140h
open per week
50%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
12
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
143
umbrella days a year
51 m
of rain since 1981
398
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2643.7 km
to Dotsero
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:36
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.2 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,547
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureScranton RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 9.6% 204 of 1,878 🇬🇧 London 9.6%🇷🇺 Murmansk 9.6%🇺🇸 New Britain 9.6%🇺🇸 North Richland Hills 9.6%Scranton🇷🇺 Serpukhov 9.6%🇨🇭 Aarau 9.5%🇺🇸 Bossier City 9.5%🇨🇴 Cartagena 9.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 94.5 h 48 of 1,878 🇴🇲 Muscat 94.5 h🇯🇵 Niigata 94.5 h🇳🇵 Pokhara 94.5 h🇹🇯 Proletar 94.5 hScranton🇺🇸 Tuscaloosa 94.5 h🇺🇸 Racine 94.2 h🇺🇸 Cinco Ranch 94 h🇺🇸 Corpus Christi 94 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 38.5% 109 of 1,878 🇭🇷 Split 38.7%🇦🇺 Sydney 38.7%🇺🇸 Fargo 38.5%🇺🇸 Lowell 38.5%Scranton🇺🇸 Harrisburg 38.4%🇺🇸 Henderson 38.4%🇺🇸 Newport News 38.4%🇺🇸 Baton Rouge 38.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇧🇦 Sarajevo 0%🇨🇦 Sarnia 0%🇨🇦 Saskatoon 0%🇬🇧 Scarborough 0%Scranton🇮🇩 Semarang 0%🇮🇩 Seririt 0%🇩🇿 Sidi Moussa 0%🇱🇧 Sidon 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 11.5% 116 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Hemet 11.5%🇷🇺 Ivanteyevka 11.5%🇬🇧 Peterborough 11.5%🇺🇸 Puyallup 11.5%Scranton🇷🇺 Yekaterinburg 11.5%🇿🇦 Pretoria 11.4%🇲🇽 Ensenada 11.3%🇯🇵 Hino 11.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 93.8% 61 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Palm Bay 93.8%🇷🇴 Ploiești 93.8%🇿🇦 Pretoria 93.8%🇺🇸 Redding 93.8%Scranton🇬🇧 Stoke-on-Trent 93.8%🇲🇽 Tepic 93.8%🇺🇸 Topeka 93.8%🇩🇿 Zeralda 93.8%

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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