🇲🇩 Moldova · metro 451k · 1,647 venues mapped

Chișinău

Where Chișinău places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 42 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇷🇴 Iași 97 km Nearest written profile 🇷🇴 Bucharest 📖 357 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit May, Jun, 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

Shops & errands2,523 places mapped

08:00–22:00

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open past midnight

96%

open on Sundays

98h

open per week

10%

open 24/7

Food & drink1,647 places mapped

09:00–23:00

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open past midnight

89%

open on Sundays

91h

open per week

11%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

937.7 km

to Kula

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

16:18

winter sunset (solar approx.)

15.9 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

12,332

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Chișinău	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	8.9%	211 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Turlock 9%🇫🇷 Valence 9%🇺🇸 Auburn 8.9%🇹🇭 Bangkok 8.9%Chișinău🇮🇪 Kilkenny 8.9%🇯🇵 Kisarazu 8.9%🇫🇷 Marseille 8.9%🇨🇦 Niagara Falls 8.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	91 h	58 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Billings 91 h🇺🇸 Birmingham 91 h🇺🇸 Bossier City 91 h🇨🇺 Camagüey 91 hChișinău🇺🇸 Columbia 91 h🇺🇸 Cookeville 91 h🇺🇸 Dayton 91 h🇺🇸 Dearborn Heights 91 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	12%	352 of 1,878	🇪🇸 Girona 12.1%🇫🇮 Joensuu 12.1%🇵🇸 Nablus 12.1%🇮🇹 Riva del Garda 12.1%Chișinău🇷🇺 Kazan 12%🇵🇱 Opole 12%🇨🇭 Thun 12%🇯🇵 Tokushima 12%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0.3%	381 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Arlington 0.3%🇳🇱 Arnhem 0.3%🇺🇸 Boise 0.3%🇷🇴 Bucharest 0.3%Chișinău🇺🇸 Jacksonville 0.3%🇷🇺 Krasnoyarsk 0.3%🇺🇸 Lewisville 0.3%🇺🇸 Manassas Park 0.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7	10.6%	125 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Atascocita 10.7%🇺🇸 El Paso 10.7%🇯🇵 Numazu 10.7%🇺🇸 Spartanburg 10.7%Chișinău🇮🇩 Banjarmasin 10.5%🇨🇳 Chengdu 10.5%🇺🇸 Daytona Beach 10.5%🇮🇳 Irinjalakuda 10.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	95.7%	42 of 1,704	🇺🇸 Yakima 95.8%🇬🇧 Aberdeen 95.7%🇵🇹 Albufeira 95.7%🇬🇧 Blantyre 95.7%Chișinău🇬🇧 Hinckley 95.7%🇺🇦 Khmelnytskyi 95.7%🇹🇭 Khon Kaen 95.7%🇯🇵 Naha 95.7%

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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