athens.taipei The Atlas of City Experiences
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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The index

126 cities across the atlas, by region — or browse the full A–Z.

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TokyoOsakaFukuokaSeoulBusanTaipei
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 68k · 1,741 venues mapped

Benidorm

Where Benidorm 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 112 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Alicante 37 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Valencia 📖 106 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Best time to visit Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,741 places mapped
10:00–23:30
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10%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
77h
open per week
9%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands425 places mapped
09:00–21:30
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0%
open past midnight
42%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
10%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
46
muggy days a year
20
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
78
umbrella days a year
19.5 m
of rain since 1981
263
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
339.5 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
1.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:43
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.9 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,273
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBenidorm RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 10.1% 199 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Redlands 10.2%🇺🇸 Reno 10.2%🇫🇷 Saint-Nazaire 10.2%🇨🇦 Sherbrooke 10.2%Benidorm🇺🇸 Chapel Hill 10.1%🇺🇸 College Station 10.1%🇺🇸 Dunwoody 10.1%🇯🇵 Kanazawa 10.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 76.9 h 112 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Wakayama 77 h🇺🇸 Watsonville 77 h🇺🇸 Wilmington 77 h🇰🇷 Wonju 77 hBenidorm🇫🇷 Arras 76.8 h🇹🇭 Bangkok 76.8 h🇬🇧 Southport 76.8 h🇺🇸 Fort Collins 76.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 2.9% 443 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Mönchengladbach 3%🇩🇰 Odense 3%🇷🇺 Vladivostok 3%🇧🇷 Aracaju 2.9%Benidorm🇳🇱 Breda 2.9%🇩🇪 Hildesheim 2.9%🇯🇵 Kishiwada 2.9%🇷🇴 Ploiești 2.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 8.7% 297 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Inverness 8.8%🇮🇹 Lecce 8.8%🇬🇧 Newport 8.8%🇪🇸 Segovia 8.8%Benidorm🇧🇸 Nassau 8.7%🇦🇺 Newcastle 8.7%🇬🇧 Norwich 8.7%🇵🇹 Albufeira 8.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.3% 188 of 1,878 🇺🇸 San Diego 4.4%🇨🇴 Santa Marta 4.4%🇨🇦 White Rock 4.4%🇷🇺 Angarsk 4.3%Benidorm🇺🇸 Chattanooga 4.3%🇲🇽 Guadalupe 4.3%🇺🇸 Jacksonville Beach 4.3%🇺🇸 Key West 4.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 41.7% 402 of 1,704 🇿🇼 Harare 42.5%🇪🇸 Fuengirola 42.2%🇪🇸 Girona 42.2%🇵🇱 Tarnów 42.2%Benidorm🇵🇱 Kielce 41.7%🇪🇸 Alicante 41.3%🇵🇱 Gorzów Wielkopolski 41.3%🇫🇷 Mulhouse 41.2%

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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