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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126 cities across the atlas, by region — or browse the full A–Z.

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CEE & Balkans16
PragueBudapestWarsawBelgradeBucharestKraków
East Asia12
TokyoOsakaFukuokaSeoulBusanTaipei
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 3.5M · 7,483 venues mapped

Washington

Where Washington 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 29 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Fairland 21 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 570 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Washington 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 & drink7,483 places mapped
10:00–22:00
0006121824
12%
open past midnight
91%
open on Sundays
79h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands1,945 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
1%
open past midnight
97%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
19%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
47
muggy days a year
2
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
124
umbrella days a year
50.3 m
of rain since 1981
2,238
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2571.5 km
to Dotsero
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:50
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.9 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,617
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureWashington RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 11.6% 184 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Columbus 11.6%🇺🇸 Harrisonburg 11.6%🇷🇺 Stavropol 11.6%🇬🇧 Telford 11.6%Washington🇨🇦 Airdrie 11.5%🇺🇸 Dale City 11.5%🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 11.5%🇫🇷 La Rochelle 11.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 79 h 101 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Philadelphia 79 h🇨🇿 Pilsen 79 h🇧🇷 Santos 79 h🇨🇦 Toronto 79 hWashington🇺🇸 Athens 78.9 h🇺🇸 Medford 78.8 h🇬🇧 Northampton 78.5 h🇮🇹 San Giuseppe Vesuviano 78.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 29.6% 186 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Mount Vernon 29.7%🇺🇸 Las Vegas 29.6%🇬🇧 Salisbury 29.6%🇪🇸 Sant Vicenç dels Horts 29.6%Washington🇺🇸 Los Angeles 29.5%🇺🇸 Annapolis 29.4%🇷🇴 Giurgiu 29.4%🇯🇵 Hino 29.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 2.9% 355 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro 2.9%🇺🇸 San Diego 2.9%🇺🇸 Seattle 2.9%🇮🇷 Shiraz 2.9%Washington🇨🇦 Winnipeg 2.9%🇬🇧 East Kilbride 2.8%🇺🇸 Eau Claire 2.8%🇳🇱 Eindhoven 2.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.8% 203 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Salem 2.8%🇵🇱 Sosnowiec 2.8%🇺🇸 Spokane Valley 2.8%🇬🇧 Warwick 2.8%Washington🇨🇿 České Budějovice 2.8%🇬🇧 Cardiff 2.7%🇬🇧 Chesterfield 2.7%🇭🇷 Dubrovnik 2.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 97% 29 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Middlesbrough 97%🇰🇿 Petropavl 97%🇺🇸 Simi Valley 97%🇸🇬 Singapore 97%Washington🇹🇲 Ashgabat 96.9%🇺🇸 Bloomington 96.9%🇺🇸 Boulder 96.9%🇺🇸 Concord 96.9%

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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