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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 132k · 681 venues mapped

Springfield

Where Springfield 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 31 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Bentonville 124 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Austin 📖 875 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Springfield 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 & drink681 places mapped
10:00–22:00
0006121824
16%
open past midnight
92%
open on Sundays
91h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands210 places mapped
06:00–24:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
97%
open on Sundays
126h
open per week
40%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
58
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
123
umbrella days a year
53.9 m
of rain since 1981
3,010
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1204.5 km
to Carrizozo
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:00
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.7 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,294
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSpringfield RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 16% 140 of 1,878 🇲🇽 Hermosillo 16.1%🇪🇸 Lugo 16.1%🇬🇧 Maidenhead 16%🇨🇱 Santiago 16%Springfield🇦🇺 Toowoomba 16%🇮🇹 Trapani 16%🇺🇸 Bakersfield 15.9%🇰🇷 Busan 15.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 91 h 58 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Saratov 91 h🇺🇸 Savannah 91 h🇮🇷 Shiraz 91 h🇷🇺 Sochi 91 hSpringfield🇷🇺 Stavropol 91 h🇺🇸 Stillwater 91 h🇷🇺 Surgut 91 h🇺🇸 Syracuse 91 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 34.9% 140 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Modesto 35%🇺🇸 Rockford 35%🇮🇹 Ascoli Piceno 34.9%🇺🇸 Hazel Park 34.9%Springfield🇺🇸 Flagstaff 34.8%🇺🇸 Norfolk 34.8%🇺🇸 Kenosha 34.7%🇺🇸 Little Rock 34.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 3.8% 346 of 1,878 🇲🇾 Johor Bahru 3.8%🇬🇦 Libreville 3.8%🇸🇪 Norrköping 3.8%🇺🇸 Salt Lake City 3.8%Springfield🇷🇺 Taganrog 3.8%🇸🇪 Västerås 3.8%🇮🇪 Waterford 3.8%🇺🇸 Atlanta 3.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.4% 197 of 1,878 🇨🇾 Limassol 3.4%🇲🇿 Maputo 3.4%🇺🇸 Olathe 3.4%🇬🇧 Preston 3.4%Springfield🇮🇹 Taranto 3.4%🇷🇺 Tyumen 3.4%🇧🇬 Varna 3.4%🇷🇺 Vladimir 3.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 96.8% 31 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Mansfield 96.8%🇺🇸 New Orleans 96.8%🇺🇸 Oklahoma City 96.8%🇺🇸 Piscataway 96.8%Springfield🇺🇸 Waukegan 96.8%🇬🇧 Bedford 96.7%🇮🇩 Denpasar 96.7%🇬🇧 Leicester 96.7%

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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