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Bahía Blanca

Where Bahía Blanca places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is kitchens open past midnight, where it ranks 33 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇦🇷 Mar del Plata 418 km Nearest written profile 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 📖 573 km

Typical weather

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

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Shops & errands373 places mapped
08:30–21:00
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2%
open past midnight
48%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
37%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7
Food & drink286 places mapped
10:00–23:00
0006121824
32%
open past midnight
76%
open on Sundays
67h
open per week
14%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
1
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
72
umbrella days a year
30.2 m
of rain since 1981
3,282
days over 30 °C, of 16,629
0
volcanoes within 100 km
665.4 km
to Payun Matru
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:54
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.9 h
longest day of the year
20
public holidays, 2024
12,155
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBahía Blanca RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 32.2% 33 of 1,878 🇺🇾 Montevideo 34.1%🇪🇸 Jaén 33.3%🇦🇷 Santa Fe 33.3%🇮🇹 Pistoia 32.8%Bahía Blanca🇺🇾 Maldonado 32%🇪🇸 Zamora 31.8%🇮🇩 Banjarmasin 31.6%🇪🇸 Alcalá de Henares 31.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 67 h 152 of 1,878 🇲🇽 Zapopan 67.2 h🇸🇻 Cojutepeque 67.1 h🇪🇸 Alicante 67 h🇵🇪 Arequipa 67 hBahía Blanca🇵🇹 Coimbra 67 h🇵🇱 Gliwice 67 h🇹🇭 Hat Yai 67 h🇯🇵 Miyazaki 67 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 15.3% 319 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Hereford 15.4%🇯🇵 Isesaki 15.4%🇯🇵 Niigata 15.4%🇮🇹 Perugia 15.4%Bahía Blanca🇮🇩 Banjaran 15.3%🇨🇿 Liberec 15.3%🇵🇹 Almada 15.2%🇨🇭 Bern 15.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 13.6% 257 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Kumagaya 13.9%🇯🇵 Tokyo 13.9%🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán 13.8%🇪🇸 Valdemoro 13.8%Bahía Blanca🇳🇿 Christchurch 13.6%🇧🇪 Mechelen 13.6%🇮🇹 Catania 13.5%🇬🇧 Harlow 13.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Ascoli Piceno 0%🇮🇹 Asti 0%🇪🇸 Avilés 0%🇩🇪 Bad Kreuznach 0%Bahía Blanca🇩🇪 Bamberg 0%🇹🇷 Bandırma 0%🇬🇧 Bangor 0%🇸🇰 Banská Bystrica 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 47.8% 379 of 1,704 🇵🇱 Świnoujście 48.7%🇮🇹 Reggio nell'Emilia 48.6%🇮🇹 Cuneo 48.4%🇳🇱 Deventer 48.4%Bahía Blanca🇪🇸 Cádiz 47.7%🇪🇸 Marbella 47.6%🇮🇹 Imperia 47.5%🇪🇸 Sant Andreu de la Barca 47.4%

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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