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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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Baden-Baden

Where Baden-Baden 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 181 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Karlsruhe 30 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇭 Zurich 📖 157 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit 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 & drink253 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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3%
open past midnight
79%
open on Sundays
60h
open per week
21%
take a midday break
Shops & errands107 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
30%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week
8%
take a midday break
Culture59 places mapped
10:30–18:00
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12%
open past midnight
88%
open on Sundays
45h
open per week
Services50 places mapped
08:30–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
6%
open on Sundays
48h
open per week
41%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
150
umbrella days a year
34.8 m
of rain since 1981
854
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
186.1 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
1.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:33
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.2 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,850
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBaden-Baden RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 3% 270 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Dresden 3.1%🇩🇪 Erfurt 3.1%🇮🇷 Karaj 3.1%🇯🇵 Takayama 3.1%Baden-Baden🇩🇰 Esbjerg 3%🇬🇧 Liverpool 3%🇺🇸 Norristown 3%🇦🇺 Perth 3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 60 h 181 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Lübeck 60.5 h🇫🇷 Saint-Louis 60.5 h🇦🇺 Perth 60.2 h🇩🇪 Aachen 60 hBaden-Baden🇮🇹 Bari 60 h🇧🇷 Belém 60 h🇦🇹 Bregenz 60 h🇩🇪 Dortmund 60 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 3.6% 436 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Murmansk 3.7%🇧🇷 Salvador 3.7%🇩🇪 Siegen 3.7%🇷🇺 Yaroslavl 3.7%Baden-Baden🇬🇪 Kutaisi 3.6%🇩🇪 Lippstadt 3.6%🇩🇪 Schweinfurt 3.6%🇰🇬 Bishkek 3.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 20.6% 199 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Fuengirola 20.9%🇮🇹 Cosenza 20.8%🇮🇹 Brindisi 20.7%🇩🇪 Mönchengladbach 20.7%Baden-Baden🇩🇪 Bocholt 20.6%🇩🇪 Ulm 20.6%🇮🇹 Bassano del Grappa 20.5%🇩🇪 Munich 20.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.6% 225 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Verona 0.7%🇳🇿 Wellington 0.7%🇭🇺 Érd 0.7%🇩🇪 Augsburg 0.6%Baden-Baden🇫🇷 Cannes 0.6%🇧🇴 Cochabamba 0.6%🇩🇪 Dresden 0.6%🇩🇪 Gießen 0.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 30.4% 448 of 1,704 🇩🇪 Wuppertal 30.8%🇨🇭 Thun 30.7%🇨🇭 Winterthur 30.7%🇪🇸 Lleida 30.6%Baden-Baden🇩🇪 Dortmund 30.4%🇪🇸 Vic 30.4%🇩🇪 Wilhelmshaven 30.4%🇩🇪 Bocholt 30.2%

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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