🇳🇿 New Zealand · metro 216k · 847 venues mapped

Wellington

Where Wellington 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 44 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 14 km Nearest written profile 🇳🇿 Auckland 📖 493 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Jan, Mar — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink847 places mapped

11:00–21:00

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open past midnight

70%

open on Sundays

54h

open per week

11%

take a midday break

Shops & errands209 places mapped

07:00–21:00

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open past midnight

96%

open on Sundays

93h

open per week

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

228.9 km

to Taranaki

46.8

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

16:58

winter sunset (solar approx.)

15.2 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

5,258

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Wellington	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	6.2%	238 of 1,878	🇩🇪 Sindelfingen 6.2%🇺🇸 Spokane Valley 6.2%🇭🇳 Tegucigalpa 6.2%🇮🇳 Udaipur 6.2%Wellington🇦🇺 Wollongong 6.2%🇩🇪 Aachen 6.1%🇬🇧 Chester 6.1%🇺🇸 Draper 6.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	54 h	207 of 1,878	🇮🇹 Trapani 54 h🇩🇪 Trier 54 h🇳🇱 Utrecht 54 h🇪🇸 Vigo 54 hWellington🇩🇪 Wiesbaden 54 h🇵🇹 Tavira 53.8 h🇮🇹 Acireale 53.5 h🇳🇱 Breda 53.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	26.2%	216 of 1,878	🇹🇼 Toufen 26.5%🇨🇳 Chengdu 26.3%🇮🇹 Latina 26.3%🇺🇸 Greensboro 26.2%Wellington🇺🇸 Atlanta 26.1%🇺🇸 Bellingham 26.1%🇮🇹 San Giuseppe Vesuviano 26.1%🇲🇽 Tijuana 26.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	10.7%	282 of 1,878	🇬🇧 Reading 11%🇩🇪 Bremen 10.9%🇲🇾 Kota Kinabalu 10.9%🇮🇳 Chennai 10.7%Wellington🇨🇳 Chengdu 10.5%🇨🇴 Manizales 10.5%🇯🇵 Misawa 10.5%🇧🇷 Novo Hamburgo 10.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7	0.7%	224 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Santa Barbara 0.7%🇺🇸 Spokane 0.7%🇹🇼 Tainan 0.7%🇮🇹 Verona 0.7%Wellington🇭🇺 Érd 0.7%🇩🇪 Augsburg 0.6%🇩🇪 Baden-Baden 0.6%🇫🇷 Cannes 0.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	95.5%	44 of 1,704	🇻🇳 Huế 95.5%🇺🇸 Lowell 95.5%🇯🇵 Oita 95.5%🇮🇹 Viterbo 95.5%Wellington🇺🇸 Williamsburg 95.5%🇺🇸 Winston-Salem 95.5%🇺🇸 El Paso 95.4%🇺🇸 Portland 95.4%

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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