🇦🇺 Australia · metro 280k · 217 venues mapped

Wollongong

Where Wollongong places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is open before 8 a.m., where it ranks 91 of 1,878.

Nearest city · in the atlas 🇦🇺 Sydney 📖 68 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot

Come for everything else Wollongong 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 & drink217 places mapped

07:45–21:08

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open past midnight

88%

open on Sundays

72h

open per week

take a midday break

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,629

volcanoes within 100 km

840.5 km

to Newer Volcanics Province

0.4

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

16:53

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.5 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

3,255

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Wollongong	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	6.2%	238 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Spokane Valley 6.2%🇭🇳 Tegucigalpa 6.2%🇮🇳 Udaipur 6.2%🇳🇿 Wellington 6.2%Wollongong🇩🇪 Aachen 6.1%🇬🇧 Chester 6.1%🇺🇸 Draper 6.1%🇯🇵 Hiroshima 6.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	72.2 h	132 of 1,878	🇨🇭 Lugano 72.5 h🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince 72.5 h🇬🇧 St Albans 72.5 h🇬🇧 Telford 72.5 hWollongong🇬🇭 Accra 72 h🇵🇹 Albufeira 72 h🇮🇹 Anzio 72 h🇨🇴 Barranquilla 72 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	40.6%	91 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Oklahoma City 40.8%🇮🇹 Parma 40.8%🇺🇸 Stamford 40.8%🇺🇸 Redlands 40.7%Wollongong🇨🇦 Fredericton 40.5%🇺🇸 Las Cruces 40.5%🇺🇸 Yakima 40.5%🇺🇸 Bethlehem 40.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	9.4%	291 of 1,878	🇭🇰 Tsuen Wan 9.5%🇮🇹 Viareggio 9.5%🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 9.4%🇧🇷 Fortaleza 9.4%Wollongong🇧🇴 Cochabamba 9.3%🇬🇧 High Wycombe 9.3%🇰🇷 Busan 9.1%🇬🇧 Cambridge 9.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7	9.4%	137 of 1,878	🇨🇳 Suzhou 9.5%🇮🇳 Jaipur 9.4%🇮🇳 Lucknow 9.4%🇷🇺 Penza 9.4%Wollongong🇷🇺 Yeysk 9.4%🇯🇵 Akita 9.3%🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 9.3%🇲🇦 Rabat 9.3%

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.

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