🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · metro 2.3M · 2,262 venues mapped

Almaty

Where Almaty places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 44 of 1,878.

This city has a full profile Read Almaty in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.

Nearest city 🇰🇬 Bishkek 193 km Nearest written profile 🇰🇿 Astana 📖 973 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit May, Jun, 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 & drink2,262 places mapped

10:00–24:00

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16%

open past midnight

93%

open on Sundays

96h

open per week

12%

open 24/7

Shops & errands1,785 places mapped

08:00–23:00

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open past midnight

95%

open on Sundays

98h

open per week

13%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

928.3 km

to Ashikule Volcanic Field

4.6

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

16:20

winter sunset (solar approx.)

15.4 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

9,254

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Almaty	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	16.3%	137 of 1,878	🇪🇸 Donostia / San Sebastián 16.4%🇦🇴 Luanda 16.4%🇯🇵 Tsuruoka 16.4%🇷🇺 Vladimir 16.4%Almaty🇩🇪 Kehl 16.3%🇧🇷 Ponta Porã 16.3%🇨🇺 Santa Clara 16.3%🇺🇸 Willoughby 16.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	96.2 h	44 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Sandusky 96.5 h🇲🇰 Skopje 96.5 h🇺🇸 Stamford 96.5 h🇨🇳 Guangzhou 96.4 hAlmaty🇮🇳 Chandigarh 96.2 h🇯🇵 Shizuoka 96.2 h🇹🇷 Fethiye 96 h🇺🇸 Flint 96 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	10.1%	371 of 1,878	🇩🇪 Passau 10.2%🇨🇱 Penco 10.2%🇷🇺 Samara 10.2%🇷🇺 Saratov 10.2%Almaty🇨🇳 Beijing 10.1%🇱🇧 Beirut 10.1%🇯🇵 Gamagori 10.1%🇫🇷 Marseille 10.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0.8%	376 of 1,878	🇱🇹 Vilnius 0.9%🇷🇺 Vladimir 0.9%🇸🇰 Žilina 0.9%🇺🇸 Alafaya 0.8%Almaty🇬🇷 Athens 0.8%🇮🇶 Baghdad 0.8%🇺🇸 Bellingham 0.8%🇺🇸 Cleveland 0.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7	11.7%	114 of 1,878	🇦🇱 Durrës 11.8%🇦🇱 Fier 11.8%🇮🇩 Mataram 11.8%🇧🇹 Thimphu 11.8%Almaty🇺🇸 New Braunfels 11.7%🇿🇦 Cape Town 11.6%🇺🇸 Naples 11.6%🇺🇸 Panama City 11.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	94.8%	51 of 1,704	🇬🇧 Glasgow 94.9%🇺🇦 Ivano-Frankivsk 94.9%🇺🇸 Louisville 94.9%🇬🇧 Oxford 94.9%Almaty🇺🇸 Bethlehem 94.8%🇮🇷 Isfahan 94.8%🇬🇧 Slough 94.8%🇬🇧 Warwick 94.8%

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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