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Lap swim hours by city

Name: Lap swim hours by city (Oct 26, 2026)
Creator: LaneTimes

159 cities we track, ranked by lap swim pool-hours in the next 7 days. Computed only from the official public schedules LaneTimes reads every day. As of Oct 26, 2026 (checked 5:40 AM EDT).

This is a ranking of the cities we track, not of the best cities for swimmers: coverage differs by city, and a few cities are copied by hand and partial. See methodology and limits.

Takeaways

Toronto, ON has the most lap swim in our data: 902.3 pool-hours across 44 pools. Next are Ottawa, ON (649.8); Denver, CO † (612.9); Virginia Beach, VA (525.1); and El Paso, TX (516.0). Cities with more pools naturally add up to more hours, so the table also shows hours per pool.
Among the 86 cities where one pool has lap swim, Andover, KS offers the most: 108.0 hours in the week. Among cities with two or more lap pools, Charlotte, NC † has the highest average, 90.8 hours per pool.
12 of 148 cities show no lap swim on the one Saturday and one Sunday in the window. Wichita, KS has the most weekend lap swim, 143.0 pool-hours (31% of its week).
The earliest lap swim starts at 4:30am (Wichita, KS; Andover, KS; Newton, KS; and 1 more); 61 cities start by 5:30am. The latest finish is 10:30pm (Ottawa, ON; Markham, ON; and Richmond Hill, ON).
The typical city (median of 148) has 68.5 lap-swim pool-hours in the week. 11 cities we track have no lap swim in the next 7 days in our data (Barberton, OH; Chardon, OH; League City, TX; Lynnwood, WA; Miami-Dade County, FL †; New Westminster, BC; Seffner, FL; Springfield, TN; St. Petersburg, FL; Voorheesville, NY †; and Washington, DC); that can mean closures, a schedule gap, or a pool that only offers open swim.

Top 25 cities by lap swim hours


1	Toronto, ON	902.3	44 / 52	20.5	6am	10:25pm	113.3
2	Ottawa, ON	649.8	20 / 20	32.5	6am	10:30pm	69.5
3	Denver, CO^†	612.9	14 / 14	43.8	5:30am	8:30pm	72.2
4	Virginia Beach, VA	525.1	7 / 7	75.0	6am	9pm	52.5
5	El Paso, TX	516.0	10 / 10	51.6	5am	9pm	70.0
6	Wichita, KS	455.8	6 / 6	76.0	4:30am	9:30pm	143.0
7	Edmonton, AB	425.5	6 / 6	70.9	5:30am	10pm	84.0
8	Albany, NY^†	393.8	5 / 7	78.8	5:30am	8:30pm	74.8
9	Nashville, TN	313.3	4 / 5	78.3	5am	9:30pm	67.9
10	Tampa, FL	312.5	7 / 7	44.7	5am	8pm	47.5
11	San Diego, CA	293.5	10 / 10	29.4	7:30am	7:30pm	27.8
12	Charlotte, NC^†	272.5	3 / 3	90.8	5:30am	9pm	44.0
13	Mississauga, ON	269.8	9 / 10	30.0	6:30am	10pm	25.2
14	Chicago, IL	268.5	20 / 28	13.4	7am	9:45pm	20.5
15	Los Angeles, CA^†	253.2	7 / 9	36.2	6am	9pm	60.0
16	Portland, OR	236.8	3 / 3	78.9	5:30am	8:30pm	45.6
17	Vaughan, ON	228.3	9 / 10	25.4	6:30am	10pm	26.5
18	Scottsdale, AZ	224.0	5 / 5	44.8	6am	8pm	33.0
19	Houston, TX	202.0	5 / 7	40.4	6am	9pm	27.5
20	Oklahoma City, OK	178.7	6 / 6	29.8	5:15am	9:30pm	21.3
21	Seattle, WA	175.8	7 / 7	25.1	5:30am	9pm	26.3
22	Austin, TX	173.3	3 / 3	57.8	6am	8pm	42.0
23	Albuquerque, NM	173.0	5 / 5	34.6	5:30am	8pm	42.0
24	Beaverton, OR	158.0	5 / 5	31.6	5am	9pm	11.1
25	Markham, ON	148.0	7 / 8	21.2	6am	10:30pm	22.0

Lap pools = pools with lap swim in the window / pools we track in that city. † = includes schedules copied by hand from an official page. Click a column heading to sort.

All 159 cities we track


1	Toronto, ON	902.3	44 / 52	20.5	6am	10:25pm	113.3
2	Ottawa, ON	649.8	20 / 20	32.5	6am	10:30pm	69.5
3	Denver, CO^†	612.9	14 / 14	43.8	5:30am	8:30pm	72.2
4	Virginia Beach, VA	525.1	7 / 7	75.0	6am	9pm	52.5
5	El Paso, TX	516.0	10 / 10	51.6	5am	9pm	70.0
6	Wichita, KS	455.8	6 / 6	76.0	4:30am	9:30pm	143.0
7	Edmonton, AB	425.5	6 / 6	70.9	5:30am	10pm	84.0
8	Albany, NY^†	393.8	5 / 7	78.8	5:30am	8:30pm	74.8
9	Nashville, TN	313.3	4 / 5	78.3	5am	9:30pm	67.9
10	Tampa, FL	312.5	7 / 7	44.7	5am	8pm	47.5
11	San Diego, CA	293.5	10 / 10	29.4	7:30am	7:30pm	27.8
12	Charlotte, NC^†	272.5	3 / 3	90.8	5:30am	9pm	44.0
13	Mississauga, ON	269.8	9 / 10	30.0	6:30am	10pm	25.2
14	Chicago, IL	268.5	20 / 28	13.4	7am	9:45pm	20.5
15	Los Angeles, CA^†	253.2	7 / 9	36.2	6am	9pm	60.0
16	Portland, OR	236.8	3 / 3	78.9	5:30am	8:30pm	45.6
17	Vaughan, ON	228.3	9 / 10	25.4	6:30am	10pm	26.5
18	Scottsdale, AZ	224.0	5 / 5	44.8	6am	8pm	33.0
19	Houston, TX	202.0	5 / 7	40.4	6am	9pm	27.5
20	Oklahoma City, OK	178.7	6 / 6	29.8	5:15am	9:30pm	21.3
21	Seattle, WA	175.8	7 / 7	25.1	5:30am	9pm	26.3
22	Austin, TX	173.3	3 / 3	57.8	6am	8pm	42.0
23	Albuquerque, NM	173.0	5 / 5	34.6	5:30am	8pm	42.0
24	Beaverton, OR	158.0	5 / 5	31.6	5am	9pm	11.1
25	Markham, ON	148.0	7 / 8	21.2	6am	10:30pm	22.0
26	San Francisco, CA	141.3	7 / 7	20.2	6:30am	8:30pm	17.0
27	Kitchener, ON	139.3	5 / 5	27.9	6:30am	10pm	31.3
28	Tacoma, WA	124.8	2 / 2	62.4	5am	9pm	24.5
29	Katy, TX	121.5	2 / 2	60.8	6am	8:30pm	24.0
29	Oakville, ON	121.5	6 / 6	20.3	6am	10:05pm	20.3
31	Schenectady, NY^†	121.3	2 / 3	60.6	5:45am	8:45pm	21.8
32	Boston, MA	120.1	10 / 12	12.0	6am	8:30pm	9.8
33	Tucson, AZ	119.5	3 / 3	39.8	5:30am	6:30pm	14.0
34	Brampton, ON	119.0	6 / 10	19.8	6:15am	10pm	20.0
35	San Antonio, TX	112.5	3 / 3	37.5	5am	8:50pm	12.7
36	Nanaimo, BC	111.5	2 / 2	55.8	6am	9pm	24.5
37	Andover, KS	108.0	1 / 1	108.0	4:30am	9:30pm	24.0
38	West Chester, PA	106.3	1 / 1	106.3	5am	9:45pm	23.5
39	West Grove, PA	105.4	1 / 1	105.4	5am	9:45pm	23.5
40	Exton, PA	105.3	1 / 1	105.3	5am	9:45pm	23.5
41	Newton, KS	104.5	1 / 1	104.5	4:30am	9:30pm	24.0
42	Berwyn, PA	103.8	1 / 1	103.8	5am	9:45pm	23.5
43	Philadelphia, PA^†	103.5	2 / 2	51.8	6:30am	9pm	12.0
44	Palm Harbor, FL	102.0	2 / 2	51.0	5:30am	9pm	11.5
45	Kennett Square, PA	101.8	1 / 1	101.8	5am	9pm	23.0
46	Cleveland, OH	100.5	2 / 2	50.3	5:30am	8:30pm	8.0
47	London, ON	99.8	4 / 4	24.9	6am	10:10pm	10.6
48	West Hollywood, CA	95.0	1 / 1	95.0	6am	9pm	20.0
49	Burlington, ON	94.8	4 / 4	23.7	5:30am	10pm	13.3
50	Las Vegas, NV	93.5	2 / 3	46.8	5am	8pm	8.0
51	Hilliard, OH	93.3	1 / 1	93.3	5:30am	8:45pm	18.0
52	Long Beach, CA	92.5	3 / 3	30.8	5:30am	9pm	8.0
53	Orlando, FL^†	92.0	3 / 3	30.7	6am	9pm	12.0
54	Schertz, TX	91.0	1 / 1	91.0	5am	9pm	13.0
55	Riverview, FL	90.0	1 / 1	90.0	5:30am	8pm	18.0
56	Hendersonville, TN	89.3	1 / 1	89.3	5am	8:30pm	12.8
57	Valrico, FL	89.0	1 / 1	89.0	5:30am	8:30pm	18.0
58	Coatesville, PA	88.0	1 / 1	88.0	5am	9:45pm	19.5
58	Franklin, TN	88.0	1 / 1	88.0	6am	8:30pm	15.5
60	Hutchinson, KS	86.5	1 / 1	86.5	5am	8:30pm	9.0
60	Medicine Hat, AB	86.5	1 / 1	86.5	6am	9pm	14.0
62	Smyrna, TN	85.0	1 / 1	85.0	5am	9:30pm	12.0
63	Wadsworth, OH	84.4	1 / 1	84.4	5:40am	8:30pm	11.3
64	El Dorado, KS	84.3	1 / 1	84.3	4:30am	9:30pm	15.5
65	Clifton Park, NY	83.8	1 / 1	83.8	5:30am	8:30pm	16.8
66	Lakewood, OH	82.9	1 / 1	82.9	6am	8pm	19.0
67	Zephyrhills, FL	82.7	1 / 1	82.7	6am	8pm	13.0
68	Edmond, OK	79.3	2 / 2	39.6	5am	9pm	11.8
69	Avon, OH	78.8	1 / 1	78.8	5:30am	9:30pm	14.0
70	Westlake, OH	73.5	1 / 1	73.5	6am	7:30pm	10.0
71	St. Catharines, ON	70.4	1 / 1	70.4	5:30am	9:25pm	19.2
72	Bremerton, WA	68.8	1 / 1	68.8	5am	9pm	16.5
73	Puyallup, WA	68.7	1 / 1	68.7	5am	9pm	15.0
74	McPherson, KS	68.5	1 / 1	68.5	6am	8pm	9.5
75	Mesa, AZ	68.0	2 / 2	34.0	5am	7:30pm	8.0
76	Columbus, OH	67.3	2 / 3	33.7	6:15am	8pm	5.6
77	Spring Hill, FL	67.0	1 / 1	67.0	5am	7pm	16.0
78	Lecanto, FL	65.1	1 / 1	65.1	5am	9pm	15.0
79	Richmond Hill, ON	65.0	5 / 6	13.0	6:30am	10:30pm	9.0
80	Akron, OH	64.0	1 / 1	64.0	6am	8pm	5.0
81	Guelph, ON	63.0	2 / 2	31.5	6:30am	10pm	9.0
81	Uniontown, OH	63.0	1 / 1	63.0	6am	8:30pm	4.9
83	Newmarket, ON	62.4	2 / 2	31.2	6am	10pm	3.5
84	Chatham-Kent, ON	61.8	2 / 2	30.9	6am	8:45pm	11.5
85	North Royalton, OH	61.5	1 / 1	61.5	6:30am	5:30pm	16.5
86	Gahanna, OH	60.5	1 / 1	60.5	5:45am	6pm	12.0
86	Kingston, ON	60.5	2 / 2	30.3	6am	9:25pm	10.8
86	Powell, OH	60.5	1 / 1	60.5	6am	8:30pm	14.0
89	Delaware, OH	60.3	1 / 1	60.3	5:30am	9:15pm	None
90	Detroit, MI^†	58.4	4 / 4	14.6	10am	8pm	3.3
91	Plant City, FL	58.0	1 / 1	58.0	6am	7pm	13.0
91	Spring, TX	58.0	1 / 1	58.0	6am	8pm	None
93	Clarksville, TN	57.5	1 / 1	57.5	5am	4:30pm	None
93	Squamish, BC	57.5	1 / 1	57.5	6am	9pm	5.3
95	Phoenix, AZ	57.0	1 / 1	57.0	6am	7pm	12.0
96	Charleston, SC	56.8	1 / 1	56.8	7am	7:45pm	6.8
97	Barrie, ON	56.5	2 / 3	28.3	7am	9:25pm	5.8
98	Sumner, WA	56.3	1 / 1	56.3	5am	9pm	13.9
99	Warrensville Heights, OH	55.5	1 / 1	55.5	7am	9:30pm	7.0
100	Stillwater, OK	55.3	1 / 1	55.3	6:15am	8:20pm	10.7
101	Grove City, OH	55.0	1 / 1	55.0	5:30am	8:45pm	5.8
102	The Woodlands, TX	52.9	1 / 1	52.9	8:30am	8pm	2.0
103	Lakewood, WA	52.3	1 / 1	52.3	5am	9pm	14.3
104	New York, NY	52.0	2 / 2	26.0	7am	9:30pm	8.3
105	Bellevue, WA	51.0	1 / 1	51.0	8am	8pm	11.5
106	Circleville, OH	50.8	1 / 1	50.8	6:15am	8:30pm	9.0
106	Orillia, ON	50.8	1 / 1	50.8	6am	8:45pm	4.0
108	Greater Sudbury, ON	50.1	5 / 5	10.0	8am	9:25pm	3.7
109	Spring Valley, NV	48.0	1 / 1	48.0	5:30am	8pm	6.0
110	Georgina, ON	47.5	2 / 2	23.8	6am	9:30pm	5.0
111	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	45.3	1 / 1	45.3	8am	7:45pm	4.3
111	East Gwillimbury, ON	45.3	1 / 1	45.3	6am	9:30pm	4.0
113	Belleville, ON	43.5	1 / 1	43.5	6am	8:45pm	6.0
114	Clarington, ON	43.1	3 / 3	14.4	6am	9:30pm	4.6
115	Troy, NY	42.7	1 / 1	42.7	6am	8pm	8.8
116	Leamington, ON	42.0	1 / 1	42.0	6:30am	9:30pm	2.5
117	Santa Clarita, CA	40.5	1 / 1	40.5	5:30am	8pm	6.0
118	Federal Way, WA	40.0	1 / 1	40.0	5:30am	1:30pm	None
119	Milton, ON	38.0	3 / 3	12.7	6am	9:10pm	6.0
120	Peterborough, ON	37.5	1 / 1	37.5	6am	10pm	5.5
121	Chandler, AZ	37.0	4 / 5	9.3	5:30am	9pm	4.0
122	Waterloo, ON	35.5	1 / 1	35.5	7am	10pm	4.5
123	Dallas, TX	35.0	1 / 1	35.0	8am	8:30pm	3.5
124	Steinbach, MB	34.5	1 / 1	34.5	6:30am	10pm	2.0
125	New Port Richey, FL	34.0	1 / 1	34.0	5:30am	4:30pm	6.5
126	Brandon, MB	32.5	1 / 1	32.5	6:30am	10pm	2.0
127	Bellefontaine, OH	28.5	1 / 1	28.5	6am	7pm	3.0
127	Minneapolis, MN	28.5	1 / 1	28.5	10am	8pm	5.0
129	Lyndhurst, OH	26.3	1 / 1	26.3	6am	8:50pm	None
130	Brentwood, TN	26.0	1 / 1	26.0	7am	9:30pm	16.0
131	Salt Lake City, UT^†	25.0	1 / 1	25.0	8am	1pm	None
132	Huntsville, ON	23.5	1 / 1	23.5	6:30am	7:45pm	4.0
132	Orangeville, ON	23.5	1 / 1	23.5	7:30am	9:45pm	4.0
134	Baltimore, MD	23.0	3 / 3	7.7	9:30am	7:30pm	2.0
135	Aurora, CO	22.0	1 / 1	22.0	5:30am	6pm	1.0
136	Bethany, OK	20.3	1 / 1	20.3	5:15am	3:40pm	1.0
137	Monterey Park, CA	18.0	1 / 1	18.0	6am	10am	8.0
137	Reynoldsburg, OH	18.0	1 / 1	18.0	6am	12pm	None
139	Atlanta, GA^†	17.0	4 / 4	4.3	10am	4pm	17.0
140	Midwest City, OK	16.5	1 / 1	16.5	5am	2pm	0.8
141	Pittsburgh, PA^†	13.8	1 / 1	13.8	8am	8pm	2.0
142	Moose Jaw, SK	12.0	1 / 1	12.0	6am	9am	None
143	Missouri City, TX	10.0	1 / 1	10.0	5:30am	10:30am	None
144	Abbotsford, BC	9.0	1 / 2	9.0	12pm	6pm	4.0
145	Weatherford, OK	8.5	1 / 1	8.5	5:30am	7:45am	None
146	Indianapolis, IN	6.0	1 / 2	6.0	11am	1pm	None
147	Pearland, TX	5.0	1 / 1	5.0	8am	8pm	1.0
148	Ballston Spa, NY	2.0	1 / 1	2.0	5pm	6pm	None
–	Barberton, OH	0.0	0 / 1	–	–	–	None
–	Chardon, OH	0.0	0 / 1	–	–	–	None
–	League City, TX	0.0	0 / 1	–	–	–	None
–	Lynnwood, WA	0.0	0 / 1	–	–	–	None
–	Miami-Dade County, FL^†	0.0	0 / 1	–	–	–	None
–	New Westminster, BC	0.0	0 / 1	–	–	–	None
–	Seffner, FL	0.0	0 / 1	–	–	–	None
–	Springfield, TN	0.0	0 / 1	–	–	–	None
–	St. Petersburg, FL	0.0	0 / 1	–	–	–	None
–	Voorheesville, NY^†	0.0	0 / 1	–	–	–	None
–	Washington, DC	0.0	0 / 12	–	–	–	None

Methodology and limits

Source. Only LaneTimes's own schedule data (the same data behind every city page), which is copied from each operator's official public listings: booking systems, open data, official pool pages or schedules. Nothing is estimated or filled in.
Window. The next 7 days starting today in each city's own time zone (for this build, 2026-10-26 to 2026-11-01 Eastern). It is one week, not a season average, so holidays, closures and swim meets can move a city up or down between days.
What counts. Only drop-in sessions we could verify from an official source and that we classify as lap swim (including lane-swim and blocks shared with other swim types). A block counts if at least one lane is open for laps, whether it is one lane or all of them. Open, family, lessons, classes and club time are not counted. Pools we do not track are not counted.
Pool-hours. For each pool and each day, overlapping or duplicate lap listings are merged into one block before adding up, so the same time is never counted twice. A city's total adds its pools together, so two pools open at the same hour count as two pool-hours. It is not lane-hours.
Earliest / latest. The earliest lap swim start and latest lap swim end, at any pool in the city on any day in the window, in local time.
Weekend. Pool-hours on the one Saturday and one Sunday inside the window. A window that starts on a Sunday includes that day's hours even if part of the day has passed.
Coverage varies. We track some cities fully (all pools on the operator's booking system) and others only partly: a city may have more pools than we list, and † cities include schedules copied by hand from an official page. Cities with only one or two pools tracked will rank lower than their real number of swim options. Counts reflect what we track, not what exists.
Freshness. Every city is re-read daily; the oldest check among these 159 cities was Oct 23. Always confirm with the pool before you go.
Not affiliated. LaneTimes is independent and is not endorsed by any city or pool. See About & corrections.

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“Lap swim hours by city we track.” LaneTimes, https://lanetimes.com/lap-swim-by-city/. Data as of Oct 26, 2026.