🇮🇪 Ireland · metro 74k · 440 venues mapped
Galway
Where Galway 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 57 of 1,704.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot
Come for everything else Galway does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink440 places mapped
11:00–22:00
0006121824
16%
open past midnight
88%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
Shops & errands228 places mapped
08:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
94%
open on Sundays
89h
open per week
12%
open 24/7
Vital absurdities
measured0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
211
umbrella days a year
51.5 m
of rain since 1981
6
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1145.5 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:20
winter sunset (solar approx.)
17 h
longest day of the year
10
public holidays, 2024
15,079
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.