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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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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
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 138k · 753 venues mapped

Albacete

Where Albacete 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 46 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Elda 109 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Valencia 📖 138 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink753 places mapped
11:00–23:30
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18%
open past midnight
68%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week
41%
take a midday break
Shops & errands392 places mapped
09:00–21:00
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1%
open past midnight
31%
open on Sundays
60h
open per week
54%
take a midday break
Services151 places mapped
09:30–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
5%
open on Sundays
39h
open per week
42%
take a midday break
Culture51 places mapped
09:00–21:00
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0%
open past midnight
18%
open on Sundays
42h
open per week
59%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
68
umbrella days a year
15.5 m
of rain since 1981
3,712
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
187.6 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:49
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.9 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,430
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureAlbacete RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 17.5% 126 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Miyazaki 17.6%🇷🇴 Ploiești 17.6%🇮🇹 Riccione 17.6%🇦🇲 Yerevan 17.6%Albacete🇺🇸 Morgantown 17.5%🇺🇸 Palmdale 17.5%🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg 17.5%🇺🇸 Hazel Park 17.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 45.5 h 244 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Groningen 46 h🇧🇪 Namur 46 h🇧🇪 Ostend 46 h🇮🇹 Imperia 45.8 hAlbacete🇫🇷 Chalon-sur-Saône 45.5 h🇫🇷 Grenoble 45.5 h🇳🇱 Heemskerk 45.5 h🇳🇱 Hoorn 45.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 28.3% 197 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Austin 28.5%🇧🇳 Bandar Seri Begawan 28.4%🇺🇸 Chattanooga 28.4%🇹🇳 Tunis 28.4%Albacete🇺🇸 Honolulu 28.3%🇲🇽 Playa del Carmen 28.3%🇮🇳 Chennai 28.2%🇺🇸 Fresno 28.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 40.8% 46 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Lorient 41.1%🇫🇷 Agde 40.9%🇫🇷 Albi 40.9%🇨🇭 Neuchâtel 40.9%Albacete🇫🇷 Troyes 40.8%🇮🇹 Vercelli 40.8%🇮🇹 Vigevano 40.7%🇫🇷 Perpignan 40.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇨🇭 Aarau 0%🇮🇹 Acireale 0%🇫🇷 Agde 0%🇫🇷 Agen 0%Albacete🇺🇸 Albany 0%🇫🇷 Albi 0%🇵🇹 Albufeira 0%🇮🇹 Alessandria 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 31% 443 of 1,704 🇸🇮 Ljubljana 31.7%🇪🇸 Bilbao 31.4%🇩🇪 Hamburg 31.3%🇲🇪 Podgorica 31.1%Albacete🇩🇪 Göttingen 31%🇩🇪 Tübingen 31%🇪🇸 A Coruña 30.9%🇪🇸 Almeria 30.8%

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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