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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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🇸🇰 Slovakia · metro 310k · 3,146 venues mapped

Bratislava

Where Bratislava 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 133 of 1,878.

This city has a full profile Read Bratislava in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇸🇰 Trnava 44 km Nearest written profile 🇦🇹 Vienna 📖 55 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit May, 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 & drink3,146 places mapped
10:00–21:30
0006121824
3%
open past midnight
72%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week
Shops & errands1,073 places mapped
07:00–20:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
69%
open on Sundays
89h
open per week
4%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
112
umbrella days a year
28 m
of rain since 1981
1,273
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
778.3 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
1.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:00
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.1 h
longest day of the year
14
public holidays, 2024
13,200
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureBratislava RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 2.6% 274 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Maykop 2.7%🇬🇧 Newport 2.7%🇵🇱 Zakopane 2.7%🇬🇧 Bognor Regis 2.6%Bratislava🇯🇵 Fukushima 2.6%🇮🇩 Makassar 2.6%🇬🇧 Rugby 2.6%🇺🇸 Valdosta 2.6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 72 h 133 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Anzio 72 h🇨🇴 Barranquilla 72 h🇫🇷 Bastia 72 h🇮🇹 Bergamo 72 hBratislava🇨🇦 Calgary 72 h🇰🇷 Daegu 72 h🇵🇦 David 72 h🇺🇸 Easton 72 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 13.6% 336 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Tsukuba 13.7%🇫🇷 Ajaccio 13.6%🇨🇭 Biel/Bienne 13.6%🇬🇧 Blackburn 13.6%Bratislava🇷🇴 Constanța 13.6%🇵🇪 Lima 13.6%🇬🇧 Portsmouth 13.6%🇪🇸 San Fernando 13.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 2.6% 358 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Montgomery 2.7%🇺🇸 Naples 2.7%🇧🇷 Recife 2.7%🇺🇸 Wichita Falls 2.7%Bratislava🇸🇪 Helsingborg 2.6%🇵🇪 Huaraz 2.6%🇮🇳 Kolkata 2.6%🇺🇸 Muncie 2.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.3% 228 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Aix-en-Provence 0.3%🇫🇷 Angers 0.3%🇳🇱 Arnhem 0.3%🇪🇸 Barcelona 0.3%Bratislava🇩🇪 Chemnitz 0.3%🇵🇱 Gdansk 0.3%🇩🇪 Gerlingen 0.3%🇩🇪 Heidelberg 0.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 68.9% 259 of 1,704 🇫🇷 Arras 69.4%🇧🇦 Sarajevo 69.4%🇭🇺 Budapest 69.2%🇧🇷 Natal 69.2%Bratislava🇧🇷 Criciúma 68.9%🇫🇷 Le Mans 68.8%🇫🇷 Lyon 68.8%🇪🇸 Rivas-Vaciamadrid 68.7%

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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