🇨🇳 China · metro 43.0M · 2,639 venues mapped
Guangzhou
Where Guangzhou 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 12 of 1,704.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
Best time to visit Feb, Oct, Nov — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink2,639 places mapped
07:30–22:30
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7%
open past midnight
98%
open on Sundays
96h
open per week
11%
take a midday break
24%
open 24/7
Shops & errands1,238 places mapped
07:00–22:30
0006121824
1%
open past midnight
99%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
34%
open 24/7
Vital absurdities
measured189
muggy days a year
96
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
164
umbrella days a year
78.5 m
of rain since 1981
6,877
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
474.5 km
to Hainan Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:47
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.6 h
longest day of the year
21
public holidays, 2024
6,130
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.