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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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Aalen

Where Aalen places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 123 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Göppingen 36 km Nearest written profile 🇩🇪 Munich 📖 134 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Aalen 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 & drink241 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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8%
open past midnight
72%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week
29%
take a midday break
Shops & errands128 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
14%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
5%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7
Services56 places mapped
09:00–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
4%
open on Sundays
42h
open per week
29%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
152
umbrella days a year
37.9 m
of rain since 1981
183
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
277.1 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:25
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.2 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,719
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureAalen RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 8% 220 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Nottingham 8.1%🇺🇸 Raleigh 8.1%🇰🇭 Siem Reap 8.1%🇸🇬 Singapore 8.1%Aalen🇬🇭 Accra 8%🇫🇷 Carcassonne 8%🇩🇰 Copenhagen 8%🇳🇮 León 8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 54 h 207 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Stoke-on-Trent 54.5 h🇯🇵 Komatsu 54.2 h🇱🇺 Luxembourg 54.2 h🇩🇪 Ulm 54.2 hAalen🇨🇱 Antofagasta 54 h🇩🇪 Darmstadt 54 h🇦🇹 Dornbirn 54 h🇩🇪 Erlangen 54 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 8% 392 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte 8.1%🇬🇧 Bridgend 8.1%🇯🇵 Ise 8.1%🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg 8.1%Aalen🇬🇭 Accra 8%🇺🇿 Asaka 8%🇹🇲 Ashgabat 8%🇮🇱 Jerusalem 8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 29.3% 123 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Rüsselsheim am Main 29.6%🇧🇪 Brussels 29.5%🇩🇪 Coburg 29.5%🇮🇹 Barletta 29.4%Aalen🇫🇷 Cannes 29.3%🇱🇺 Luxembourg 29.3%🇯🇵 Yokote 29.3%🇮🇹 Vicenza 29.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇧🇪 Brussels 0.1%🇫🇷 Montpellier 0.1%🇩🇪 Stuttgart 0.1%🇳🇱 's-Hertogenbosch 0%Aalen🇨🇭 Aarau 0%🇮🇹 Acireale 0%🇫🇷 Agde 0%🇫🇷 Agen 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 13.9% 538 of 1,704 🇦🇹 Dornbirn 14.9%🇪🇸 Roquetas de Mar 14.6%🇪🇸 Jaén 14.3%🇩🇪 Halle (Saale) 14.2%Aalen🇪🇸 Mairena del Aljarafe 13.8%🇩🇪 Schweinfurt 13.8%🇪🇸 Segovia 13.3%🇩🇪 Bayreuth 13.1%

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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