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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
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 227k · 1,711 venues mapped

Donostia / San Sebastián

Where Donostia / San Sebastián 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 126 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇫🇷 Bayonne 45 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Bilbao 📖 77 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jul, Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,711 places mapped
09:45–23:00
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16%
open past midnight
79%
open on Sundays
74h
open per week
22%
take a midday break
Shops & errands583 places mapped
09:00–21:00
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0%
open past midnight
29%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week
21%
take a midday break
Services324 places mapped
09:00–20:00
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2%
open past midnight
10%
open on Sundays
44h
open per week
42%
take a midday break
6%
open 24/7
Culture126 places mapped
10:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
37%
open on Sundays
42h
open per week
50%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
2
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
165
umbrella days a year
47.9 m
of rain since 1981
119
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
389.2 km
to Olot Volcanic Field
1.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:35
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.4 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,527
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureDonostia / San Sebastián RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 16.4% 136 of 1,878 🇹🇳 Sousse 16.7%🇬🇧 Derby 16.6%🇮🇪 Galway 16.5%🇺🇸 Tampa 16.5%Donostia / San Sebastián🇦🇴 Luanda 16.4%🇯🇵 Tsuruoka 16.4%🇷🇺 Vladimir 16.4%🇰🇿 Almaty 16.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 73.8 h 126 of 1,878 🇨🇷 San José 74 h🇺🇸 State College 74 h🇭🇺 Székesfehérvár 74 h🇨🇱 Valparaíso 74 hDonostia / San Sebastián🇬🇧 Reading 73.8 h🇵🇹 Almada 73.5 h🇺🇦 Druzhkivka 73.5 h🇳🇮 Granada 73.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 12.5% 347 of 1,878 🇮🇩 Bandung 12.5%🇬🇧 Barry 12.5%🇭🇺 Budapest 12.5%🇪🇸 Castelló de la Plana 12.5%Donostia / San Sebastián🇻🇪 Maracaibo 12.5%🇯🇵 Matsue 12.5%🇫🇷 Saint-Louis 12.5%🇬🇧 Brighton 12.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 22.4% 184 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Roquetas de Mar 22.6%🇮🇹 Naples 22.5%🇮🇹 Rome 22.5%🇪🇸 Barcelona 22.4%Donostia / San Sebastián🇦🇷 Mendoza 22.4%🇩🇪 Schweinfurt 22.3%🇵🇪 Piura 22.2%🇯🇵 Sano 22%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.3% 218 of 1,878 🇵🇱 Białystok 1.3%🇬🇧 Brighton 1.3%🇪🇸 Burgos 1.3%🇬🇧 Cheltenham 1.3%Donostia / San Sebastián🇮🇪 Dublin 1.3%🇩🇪 Essen 1.3%🇮🇹 Gallarate 1.3%🇺🇸 Johnson City 1.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 29.3% 454 of 1,704 🇩🇪 Krefeld 29.9%🇨🇭 Zurich 29.9%🇩🇪 Unna 29.8%🇩🇪 Gütersloh 29.4%Donostia / San Sebastián🇩🇪 Osnabrück 29.3%🇩🇪 Wiesbaden 29.3%🇩🇪 Koblenz 29.1%🇩🇪 Reutlingen 29.1%

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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