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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Gijón

Where Gijón places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is kitchens open past midnight, where it ranks 86 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Avilés 21 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Bilbao 📖 223 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jun, Jul, 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 & drink1,021 places mapped
12:00–24:00
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22%
open past midnight
79%
open on Sundays
56h
open per week
25%
take a midday break
6%
open 24/7
Shops & errands323 places mapped
09:00–21:30
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0%
open past midnight
18%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
Services196 places mapped
09:00–19:30
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0%
open past midnight
15%
open on Sundays
42h
open per week
30%
take a midday break
11%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
154
umbrella days a year
39.7 m
of rain since 1981
289
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
536.6 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:49
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.4 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,825
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureGijón RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 22.4% 86 of 1,878 🇨🇱 Valparaíso 22.8%🇺🇸 Knoxville 22.7%🇪🇸 Zaragoza 22.7%🇪🇸 Dénia 22.6%Gijón🇧🇾 Hrodna 22.4%🇮🇹 Latina 22.4%🇨🇴 Chía 22.2%🇧🇷 Uberlândia 22.2%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 56 h 197 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Crewe 56 h🇩🇪 Cuxhaven 56 h🇮🇹 Forlì 56 h🇪🇸 Fuengirola 56 hGijón🇲🇽 Guadalajara 56 h🇯🇵 Hakodate 56 h🇩🇪 Halle (Saale) 56 h🇦🇺 Hobart 56 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 9% 382 of 1,878 🇵🇹 Viseu 9.1%🇹🇷 Yalova 9.1%🇷🇺 Zelenograd 9.1%🇬🇧 Crewe 9%Gijón🇯🇵 Kofu 9%🇪🇸 Valencia 9%🇵🇱 Warsaw 9%🇫🇷 Arras 8.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 25.4% 156 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Anzio 25.7%🇩🇪 Unna 25.7%🇮🇹 Arezzo 25.6%🇩🇪 Darmstadt 25.5%Gijón🇮🇹 Massa 25.4%🇯🇵 Nagano 25.4%🇮🇹 Chieti 25.3%🇪🇸 Mataró 25.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 6% 171 of 1,878 🇸🇬 Singapore 6.1%🇷🇺 Tula 6.1%🇺🇸 Winchester 6.1%🇷🇺 Arkhangelsk 6%Gijón🇦🇷 Mendoza 6%🇬🇧 Blackpool 5.9%🇺🇸 Cookeville 5.9%🇺🇸 Dayton 5.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 18.3% 522 of 1,704 🇦🇹 Graz 18.4%🇩🇪 Magdeburg 18.4%🇩🇪 Neumünster 18.4%🇩🇪 Bamberg 18.3%Gijón🇩🇪 Dresden 18.2%🇪🇸 Córdoba 17.2%🇩🇪 Saarlouis 16.9%🇩🇪 Kempten (Allgäu) 16.8%

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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