🇫🇷 France · metro 50k · 261 venues mapped

Arles

Where Arles 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 33 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇫🇷 Nimes 28 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇹 Turin 📖 288 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

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 & drink261 places mapped

11:30–21:30

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open past midnight

64%

open on Sundays

40h

open per week

43%

take a midday break

Shops & errands74 places mapped

08:15–19:30

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open past midnight

58%

open on Sundays

66h

open per week

26%

take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

239.4 km

to Olot Volcanic Field

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

17:08

winter sunset (solar approx.)

15.4 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

14,010

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Arles	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	3.5%	265 of 1,878	🇩🇪 Stralsund 3.6%🇸🇰 Trnava 3.6%🇬🇧 Warwick 3.6%🇨🇳 Zhujiajiao 3.6%Arles🇳🇿 Auckland 3.5%🇩🇪 Bonn 3.4%🇺🇸 Bridgeport 3.4%🇮🇳 Chennai 3.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	40.5 h	259 of 1,878	🇵🇪 Tacna 42 h🇫🇷 Valence 42 h🇮🇹 Aosta 41.5 h🇧🇪 Frameries 40.9 hArles🇧🇷 São José do Rio Preto 40.5 h🇧🇷 Araraquara 40 h🇧🇷 Boa Vista 40 h🇫🇷 Lorient 40 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	5.8%	414 of 1,878	🇩🇪 Rosenheim 5.9%🇪🇸 Tarifa 5.9%🇧🇹 Thimphu 5.9%🇪🇸 Torrevieja 5.9%Arles🇩🇪 Karlsruhe 5.8%🇧🇪 La Louvière 5.8%🇧🇪 Liège 5.8%🇫🇷 Metz 5.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	43%	33 of 1,878	🇪🇸 Salamanca 43.8%🇮🇹 Alghero 43.5%🇬🇫 Cayenne 43.5%🇫🇷 Metz 43.3%Arles🇮🇹 Pavia 42.7%🇮🇹 Imola 42.6%🇮🇹 Rovereto 42.6%🇫🇷 Douai 42.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7	0%	231 of 1,878	🇨🇱 Antofagasta 0%🇮🇹 Aosta 0%🇳🇱 Apeldoorn 0%🇮🇹 Arezzo 0%Arles🇨🇴 Armenia 0%🇮🇹 Ascoli Piceno 0%🇮🇹 Asti 0%🇪🇸 Avilés 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	57.9%	331 of 1,704	🇳🇱 Heerlen 58.8%🇫🇷 Saint-Malo 58.6%🇳🇱 Oss 58.4%🇺🇦 Druzhkivka 58.3%Arles🇳🇱 Amersfoort 57.7%🇮🇹 Vicenza 57.6%🇵🇱 Zielona Góra 57.6%🇫🇷 Vannes 57.5%

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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