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The ground and the sky4
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Cluj-Napoca

Where Cluj-Napoca 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 82 of 1,878.

This city has a full profile Read Cluj-Napoca in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇷🇴 Târgu Mureș 77 km Nearest written profile 🇷🇴 Bucharest 📖 325 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit 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 & drink690 places mapped
09:30–22:00
0006121824
15%
open past midnight
68%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands569 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
71%
open on Sundays
100h
open per week
13%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
138
umbrella days a year
28.6 m
of rain since 1981
1,004
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
988.4 km
to Vesuvius
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:40
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.9 h
longest day of the year
17
public holidays, 2024
12,689
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureCluj-Napoca RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 15.3% 147 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Niigata 15.4%🇪🇸 Pamplona 15.4%🇵🇹 Portimão 15.4%🇮🇷 Shiraz 15.4%Cluj-Napoca🇷🇴 Constanța 15.3%🇺🇸 Corpus Christi 15.3%🇺🇸 Findlay 15.3%🇮🇹 Taranto 15.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 84 h 82 of 1,878 🇺🇦 Chernihiv 84 h🇨🇺 Cienfuegos 84 h🇺🇸 Cincinnati 84 h🇮🇹 Civitanova Marche 84 hCluj-Napoca🇺🇸 College Station 84 h🇺🇸 Columbus 84 h🇺🇸 Conway 84 h🇬🇷 Corfu 84 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 15% 322 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Banbury 15%🇧🇷 Campina Grande 15%🇨🇳 Changsha 15%🇬🇧 Chesterfield 15%Cluj-Napoca🇨🇳 Hefei 15%🇬🇧 Manchester 15%🇧🇷 Maringá 15%🇨🇴 Barranquilla 14.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 2.1% 363 of 1,878 🇭🇺 Sopron 2.2%🇲🇲 Twante 2.2%🇷🇺 Vladivostok 2.2%🇬🇧 Aberdeen 2.1%Cluj-Napoca🇳🇱 Dordrecht 2.1%🇺🇸 Fargo 2.1%🇨🇦 Guelph 2.1%🇺🇸 Olathe 2.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.2% 189 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Smolensk 4.3%🇺🇸 Winston-Salem 4.3%🇧🇷 Campo Grande 4.2%🇨🇦 Charlottetown 4.2%Cluj-Napoca🇺🇸 Dunwoody 4.2%🇺🇸 Findlay 4.2%🇧🇷 Londrina 4.2%🇪🇨 Manta 4.2%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 71.4% 240 of 1,704 🇫🇷 Toulouse 71.7%🇫🇷 Nimes 71.6%🇮🇹 Bologna 71.4%🇮🇹 Brescia 71.4%Cluj-Napoca🇳🇮 Managua 71.4%🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada 71.4%🇨🇿 České Budějovice 71.4%🇮🇹 Busto Arsizio 71.2%

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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