Library Hours Now: Open Nearby
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Find public & university libraries open near you, holiday hours & study timer.
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- Free
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- Updated
- Nov 10
- 2026 · v1.0.1
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About Library Hours Now: Open Nearby
Which library is open right now, and until when? Library Hours Now answers in one glance.
Pick a city, or allow your location once, and see libraries ordered with the open ones first. Every row says what you need to know: open until 8:00 PM, closing soon (closes in 45 min), or closed and opens tomorrow at 9:00 AM. Times are worked out in the library's own time zone, so a library in another city is judged by its clock, not yours.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
- Search by city or library name. No location needed, and accents do not matter (type "sao paulo" for São Paulo).
- Filter to open now, 24 hours, public or university libraries.
- Open a library to see today's hours, the full week with today highlighted, upcoming holiday closures, address, phone and website.
- Get directions in your maps app with one tap.
- Save libraries and see at a glance which are open. Turn on an optional reminder to be told shortly before a saved library closes.
- Study in focused blocks with a simple timer: focus, short break, long break. It keeps running if you leave the app, and it keeps a small log with today's total and your streak.
- Choose 12 or 24 hour clock, kilometers or miles, haptics and sound.
HOW THE DATA WORKS
The app includes a list of libraries so it works offline from the first launch, and refreshes itself when you are online (at most every few hours). The date of the list is always shown. The list covers about 25,000 libraries worldwide and is community data: most opening hours come from OpenStreetMap contributors (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), the rest from libraryhours24.com. Each library shows its source and the data date. Public-holiday closures are typical patterns, not confirmed by each library. Opening hours can change without notice, so please check with the library before you travel. Every library has a "Report wrong hours" button that opens an email with the details filled in.
PRIVACY
No account, no tracking, no advertising identifiers. Your location is used only on your device to sort the list and is never stored or sent anywhere. Saved libraries and your study log stay on your device.
INDEPENDENT APP
Library Hours Now is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any library, library system, university or government body. Library names are used only to identify where hours apply.
Interface language: English.
Pick a city, or allow your location once, and see libraries ordered with the open ones first. Every row says what you need to know: open until 8:00 PM, closing soon (closes in 45 min), or closed and opens tomorrow at 9:00 AM. Times are worked out in the library's own time zone, so a library in another city is judged by its clock, not yours.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
- Search by city or library name. No location needed, and accents do not matter (type "sao paulo" for São Paulo).
- Filter to open now, 24 hours, public or university libraries.
- Open a library to see today's hours, the full week with today highlighted, upcoming holiday closures, address, phone and website.
- Get directions in your maps app with one tap.
- Save libraries and see at a glance which are open. Turn on an optional reminder to be told shortly before a saved library closes.
- Study in focused blocks with a simple timer: focus, short break, long break. It keeps running if you leave the app, and it keeps a small log with today's total and your streak.
- Choose 12 or 24 hour clock, kilometers or miles, haptics and sound.
HOW THE DATA WORKS
The app includes a list of libraries so it works offline from the first launch, and refreshes itself when you are online (at most every few hours). The date of the list is always shown. The list covers about 25,000 libraries worldwide and is community data: most opening hours come from OpenStreetMap contributors (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), the rest from libraryhours24.com. Each library shows its source and the data date. Public-holiday closures are typical patterns, not confirmed by each library. Opening hours can change without notice, so please check with the library before you travel. Every library has a "Report wrong hours" button that opens an email with the details filled in.
PRIVACY
No account, no tracking, no advertising identifiers. Your location is used only on your device to sort the list and is never stored or sent anywhere. Saved libraries and your study log stay on your device.
INDEPENDENT APP
Library Hours Now is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any library, library system, university or government body. Library names are used only to identify where hours apply.
Interface language: English.
What’s new
Version 1.0.1 · Updated November 10, 2026
Distances now follow your phone's region: everyone used to see miles, even where kilometers are the norm. Phones set to the US or UK keep miles; others such as Germany, Spain, Turkey or Australia now see km. Counts and distances use your region's number separators, and the "data updated" age now counts calendar days.