athens.taipei The Atlas of City Experiences
The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · metro 181k · 1,052 venues mapped

Sunderland

Where Sunderland 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 34 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street 13 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇪 Dublin 📖 362 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jul — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not a wet month.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,052 places mapped
09:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
92%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands326 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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2%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
102h
open per week
5%
open 24/7
Services119 places mapped
08:30–17:30
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0%
open past midnight
36%
open on Sundays
52h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
156
umbrella days a year
34.3 m
of rain since 1981
0
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
765.3 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
15:40
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17.4 h
longest day of the year
6
public holidays, 2024
14,569
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSunderland RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 0% 296 of 1,878 🇩🇿 Sidi Moussa 0%🇮🇩 Singkawang 0%🇿🇦 Somerset West 0%🇸🇻 Sonsonate 0%Sunderland🇧🇷 São José do Rio Preto 0%🇵🇭 Tacloban 0%🇵🇪 Tacna 0%🇹🇼 Taichung 0%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 63 h 167 of 1,878 🇨🇴 Riohacha 63 h🇪🇸 San Fernando 63 h🇦🇹 Sankt Pölten 63 h🇨🇴 Santa Rosa de Cabal 63 hSunderland🇹🇼 Taipei 63 h🇯🇵 Takaoka 63 h🇨🇦 Victoria 63 h🇬🇧 Worcester 63 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 18.9% 284 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Swindon 19%🇨🇦 Toronto 19%🇲🇽 Monterrey 18.9%🇷🇸 Subotica 18.9%Sunderland🇹🇼 Taichung 18.9%🇹🇼 Taipei 18.9%🇨🇴 Bogota 18.8%🇬🇧 Cannock 18.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.4% 370 of 1,878 🇮🇷 Rasht 1.4%🇺🇸 Schenectady 1.4%🇺🇸 Stamford 1.4%🇳🇴 Stavanger 1.4%Sunderland🇨🇿 České Budějovice 1.4%🇱🇹 Šiauliai 1.4%🇺🇸 Boston 1.3%🇺🇸 Brandon 1.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.7% 204 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Norwich 2.7%🇺🇸 Philadelphia 2.7%🇺🇸 Reading 2.7%🇺🇸 Schenectady 2.7%Sunderland🇬🇧 Torquay 2.7%🇺🇸 Wichita Falls 2.7%🇦🇹 Wiener Neustadt 2.7%🇺🇸 Yakima 2.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 96.5% 34 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Troy 96.6%🇹🇷 Antalya 96.5%🇲🇾 Johor Bahru 96.5%🇺🇸 Manassas Park 96.5%Sunderland🇺🇸 Akron 96.4%🇬🇧 Ashford 96.4%🇬🇧 Birmingham 96.4%🇵🇭 Cebu City 96.4%

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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