🇵🇹 Portugal · metro 135k · 2,076 venues mapped

Funchal

Where Funchal 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 96 of 1,878.

This city has a full profile Read Funchal in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.

Nearest city 🇲🇦 Essaouira 686 km Nearest written profile 🇵🇹 Lisbon 📖 972 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink2,076 places mapped

09:30–23:00

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open past midnight

83%

open on Sundays

80h

open per week

take a midday break

Shops & errands537 places mapped

08:00–21:00

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open past midnight

82%

open on Sundays

91h

open per week

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

umbrella days a year

15.5 m

of rain since 1981

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

8.3 km

to Madeira

0.4

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

18:06

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.3 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

15,615

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Funchal	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	9.4%	206 of 1,878	🇦🇹 Vienna 9.5%🇬🇧 Wakefield 9.5%🇵🇹 Braga 9.4%🇬🇧 Cardiff 9.4%Funchal🇦🇹 Graz 9.4%🇺🇸 Hemet 9.4%🇮🇳 Lucknow 9.4%🇬🇧 Norwich 9.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	80.5 h	96 of 1,878	🇰🇷 Busan 80.5 h🇺🇸 Denver 80.5 h🇯🇵 Fujieda 80.5 h🇯🇵 Fukuchiyama 80.5 hFunchal🇨🇾 Larnaca 80.5 h🇺🇸 Lincoln 80.5 h🇲🇽 Morelia 80.5 h🇺🇸 Provo 80.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	18.4%	288 of 1,878	🇮🇶 Al Hillah 18.5%🇮🇱 Tel Aviv 18.5%🇮🇳 Coimbatore 18.4%🇮🇹 Florence 18.4%Funchal🇺🇬 Kampala 18.4%🇬🇧 Keighley 18.4%🇨🇭 Lausanne 18.4%🇮🇹 Mestre 18.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	5.3%	331 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Spartanburg 5.4%🇨🇳 Zhujiajiao 5.4%🇮🇩 Banjarmasin 5.3%🇵🇪 Cusco 5.3%Funchal🇳🇱 Geleen 5.3%🇦🇹 Graz 5.3%🇮🇳 Irinjalakuda 5.3%🇮🇩 Makassar 5.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7	0.9%	222 of 1,878	🇳🇱 Dordrecht 0.9%🇩🇪 Dortmund 0.9%🇩🇪 Dusseldorf 0.9%🇩🇪 Erfurt 0.9%Funchal🇬🇧 Guildford 0.9%🇺🇸 Hazel Park 0.9%🇸🇪 Helsingborg 0.9%🇩🇪 Jena 0.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	82.5%	157 of 1,704	🇳🇿 Christchurch 82.6%🇧🇷 Novo Hamburgo 82.6%🇧🇷 Salvador 82.6%🇧🇹 Thimphu 82.6%Funchal🇳🇱 Heemskerk 82.4%🇧🇷 São Paulo 82.4%🇮🇹 Palermo 82.3%🇵🇹 Almada 82.2%

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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