🇯🇵 Japan · metro 1.3M · 4,532 venues mapped
Sendai
Where Sendai 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 21 of 1,704.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot
Come for everything else Sendai does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink4,532 places mapped
11:00–22:00
0006121824
6%
open past midnight
82%
open on Sundays
58h
open per week
11%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands1,573 places mapped
00:00–24:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
98%
open on Sundays
168h
open per week
77%
open 24/7
Vital absurdities
measured43
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
204
umbrella days a year
67.5 m
of rain since 1981
618
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
5
volcanoes within 100 km
52.7 km
to Naruko
119.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:20
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.8 h
longest day of the year
21
public holidays, 2024
8,226
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venuesThe 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.