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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
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The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 160k · 898 venues mapped

Castelló de la Plana

Where Castelló de la Plana places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 102 of 1,878.

Nearest city · in the atlas 🇪🇸 Valencia 📖 64 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, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink898 places mapped
09:00–23:30
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5%
open past midnight
77%
open on Sundays
70h
open per week
32%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands405 places mapped
09:00–21:30
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1%
open past midnight
41%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
18%
take a midday break
11%
open 24/7
Services281 places mapped
09:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
5%
open on Sundays
40h
open per week
49%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
7
muggy days a year
4
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
83
umbrella days a year
22 m
of rain since 1981
939
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
325.1 km
to Olot Volcanic Field
0.6
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:38
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,302
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureCastelló de la Plana RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 5.1% 249 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Southend-on-Sea 5.2%🇳🇱 Zwolle 5.2%🇷🇺 Anapa 5.1%🇮🇩 Banjaran 5.1%Castelló de la Plana🇳🇿 Christchurch 5.1%🇧🇷 Curitiba 5.1%🇬🇧 Darlington 5.1%🇦🇺 Langwarrin 5.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 70 h 139 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Boulder 70 h🇭🇺 Budapest 70 h🇵🇱 Bydgoszcz 70 h🇻🇪 Caracas 70 hCastelló de la Plana🇺🇸 Charlottesville 70 h🇨🇦 Charlottetown 70 h🇬🇧 Chelmsford 70 h🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street 70 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 12.5% 347 of 1,878 🇵🇭 Bamban 12.5%🇮🇩 Bandung 12.5%🇬🇧 Barry 12.5%🇭🇺 Budapest 12.5%Castelló de la Plana🇪🇸 Donostia / San Sebastián 12.5%🇻🇪 Maracaibo 12.5%🇯🇵 Matsue 12.5%🇫🇷 Saint-Louis 12.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 32.4% 102 of 1,878 🇧🇪 Namur 32.6%🇵🇹 Braga 32.5%🇫🇷 Nice 32.5%🇪🇸 A Coruña 32.4%Castelló de la Plana🇫🇷 Grenoble 32.4%🇨🇭 Schaffhausen 32.4%🇮🇹 Bologna 32.1%🇮🇹 Livorno 32%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.9% 202 of 1,878 🇵🇹 Aveiro 2.9%🇨🇦 Barrie 2.9%🇺🇸 Bethlehem 2.9%🇮🇹 Cagliari 2.9%Castelló de la Plana🇨🇳 Dalian 2.9%🇪🇸 Dos Hermanas 2.9%🇦🇺 Geelong 2.9%🇺🇸 Greensboro 2.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 40.9% 405 of 1,704 🇪🇸 Alicante 41.3%🇵🇱 Gorzów Wielkopolski 41.3%🇫🇷 Mulhouse 41.2%🇸🇰 Prešov 41.2%Castelló de la Plana🇪🇸 Logroño 40.5%🇪🇸 Torremolinos 40.5%🇪🇸 Motril 40.4%🇪🇸 Zaragoza 40.4%

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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