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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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Blumenau

Where Blumenau places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is never close at all, where it ranks 191 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇧🇷 Jaraguá do Sul 48 km Nearest written profile 🇧🇷 Florianópolis 📖 91 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Blumenau does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink813 places mapped
11:00–23:00
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2%
open past midnight
58%
open on Sundays
50h
open per week
20%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands370 places mapped
08:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
75%
open on Sundays
90h
open per week
7%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
62
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
180
umbrella days a year
73.6 m
of rain since 1981
774
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1851.7 km
to Blanco, Cerro
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:31
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.8 h
longest day of the year
10
public holidays, 2024
13,277
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBlumenau RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 1.5% 285 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Fuji 1.6%🇮🇳 Kottayam 1.6%🇬🇧 Oxford 1.6%🇬🇧 Bedford 1.5%Blumenau🇦🇺 Cairns 1.5%🇩🇪 Chemnitz 1.5%🇬🇧 Hastings 1.5%🇵🇪 Arequipa 1.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 50.5 h 222 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Unna 51 h🇳🇱 Veenendaal 51 h🇫🇷 Le Mans 50.8 h🇫🇷 Maurepas 50.8 hBlumenau🇧🇷 Campinas 50.5 h🇩🇪 Aschaffenburg 50.2 h🇩🇪 Gerlingen 50.2 h🇦🇺 Launceston 50.2 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 11.1% 361 of 1,878 🇨🇿 Pilsen 11.2%🇷🇺 Pushkin 11.2%🇦🇹 Wels 11.2%🇷🇺 Anapa 11.1%Blumenau🇲🇽 Culiacán 11.1%🇪🇸 Granada 11.1%🇬🇧 High Wycombe 11.1%🇩🇪 Hof 11.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 20.1% 203 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Siegen 20.4%🇩🇪 Tübingen 20.4%🇮🇹 Pescara 20.2%🇪🇸 Vilanova i la Geltrú 20.2%Blumenau🇮🇹 Acireale 20%🇪🇸 Dos Hermanas 20%🇫🇷 Les Sables-d'Olonne 20%🇺🇾 Maldonado 20%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4% 191 of 1,878 🇺🇸 White Plains 4.1%🇱🇹 Šiauliai 4.1%🇳🇿 Auckland 4%🇺🇸 Austin 4%Blumenau🇮🇳 Chennai 4%🇰🇷 Gwangju 4%🇷🇺 Ivanovo 4%🇮🇱 Jerusalem 4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 75.2% 214 of 1,704 🇳🇱 Purmerend 75.4%🇭🇷 Split 75.4%🇫🇷 Béziers 75.3%🇪🇨 Cuenca 75.3%Blumenau🇪🇹 Addis Ababa 75%🇧🇷 Boa Vista 75%🇮🇹 Genoa 75%🇮🇹 L'Aquila 75%

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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