🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · metro 555k · 633 venues mapped
Galle
Where Galle 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 1 of 1,704.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot
Come for everything else Galle does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink633 places mapped
09:00–22:00
0006121824
2%
open past midnight
93%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
Shops & errands355 places mapped
08:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
94h
open per week
Vital absurdities
measured364
muggy days a year
359
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
289
umbrella days a year
87.5 m
of rain since 1981
618
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1649.9 km
to Barren Island
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
18:01
winter sunset (solar approx.)
12.5 h
longest day of the year
27
public holidays, 2024
5,666
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venuesThe 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.