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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
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The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 136k · 548 venues mapped

Wilmington

Where Wilmington 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 93 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Myrtle Beach 106 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Miami 📖 965 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Come for everything else Wilmington 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 & drink548 places mapped
10:30–22:00
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6%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
77h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands199 places mapped
06:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
20%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
123
muggy days a year
40
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
141
umbrella days a year
63 m
of rain since 1981
2,506
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2355.1 km
to Saba
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:06
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.4 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
18,705
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureWilmington RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 5.8% 242 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Reading 5.8%🇧🇦 Sarajevo 5.8%🇺🇸 The Woodlands 5.8%🇩🇪 Wilhelmshaven 5.8%Wilmington🇨🇭 Winterthur 5.8%🇨🇳 Dalian 5.7%🇬🇧 Gloucester 5.7%🇯🇵 Hirosaki 5.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 77 h 111 of 1,878 🇱🇹 Vilnius 77 h🇮🇹 Viterbo 77 h🇯🇵 Wakayama 77 h🇺🇸 Watsonville 77 hWilmington🇰🇷 Wonju 77 h🇪🇸 Benidorm 76.9 h🇫🇷 Arras 76.8 h🇹🇭 Bangkok 76.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 28.1% 199 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Palm Desert 28.2%🇬🇧 Rugby 28.2%🇲🇾 Kuching 28.1%🇴🇲 Seeb 28.1%Wilmington🇲🇪 Budva 28%🇺🇸 Huntsville 28%🇮🇹 Trapani 28%🇺🇸 Grand Junction 27.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.7% 367 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Redlands 1.7%🇲🇽 Santiago de Querétaro 1.7%🇬🇧 Sheffield 1.7%🇳🇱 Utrecht 1.7%Wilmington🇷🇺 Astrakhan 1.6%🇺🇸 Baton Rouge 1.6%🇲🇦 Casablanca 1.6%🇺🇸 Cinco Ranch 1.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.9% 192 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Rockford 3.9%🇺🇸 Salinas 3.9%🇧🇬 Sofia 3.9%🇹🇼 Taitung 3.9%Wilmington🇱🇰 Ambalangoda 3.8%🇺🇸 Cincinnati 3.8%🇺🇸 Draper 3.8%🇹🇳 Hammamet 3.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 90.4% 93 of 1,704 🇮🇪 Blanchardstown 90.5%🇹🇳 Hammamet 90.5%🇲🇽 Tlalnepantla 90.5%🇺🇸 White Plains 90.4%Wilmington🇵🇪 Arequipa 90.3%🇺🇸 Corvallis 90.3%🇺🇸 Harrisonburg 90.3%🇬🇧 Norwich 90.3%

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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