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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇬🇹 Guatemala · metro 2.9M · 2,906 venues mapped

Guatemala City

Where Guatemala City places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is open before 8 a.m., where it ranks 20 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇬🇹 Totonicapán 96 km Nearest written profile 🇲🇽 Mérida 📖 710 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, 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 & drink2,906 places mapped
07:00–22:00
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3%
open past midnight
90%
open on Sundays
93h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands2,839 places mapped
08:00–20:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
80%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
3%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
6
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
197
umbrella days a year
55.2 m
of rain since 1981
3,315
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
15
volcanoes within 100 km
30.3 km
to Pacaya
66.8
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:38
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
16,721
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureGuatemala City RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 2.7% 273 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Rostock 2.8%🇵🇱 Sosnowiec 2.8%🇫🇷 Belfort 2.7%🇵🇱 Elbląg 2.7%Guatemala City🇯🇵 Ise 2.7%🇹🇬 Lomé 2.7%🇩🇪 Marl 2.7%🇷🇺 Maykop 2.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 93 h 52 of 1,878 🇬🇷 Chania 93 h🇺🇸 Duncanville 93 h🇺🇸 Edmond 93 h🇺🇸 Glen Burnie 93 hGuatemala City🇺🇸 Irving 93 h🇺🇸 Jacksonville Beach 93 h🇺🇸 Laurel 93 h🇺🇸 Lubbock 93 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 54.7% 20 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Wichita Falls 56%🇺🇸 Bayonet Point 55.4%🇺🇸 San Clemente 55%🇺🇸 Brockton 54.8%Guatemala City🇺🇸 Providence 54.2%🇺🇸 Wheaton 54.2%🇺🇸 Racine 53.8%🇺🇸 Yuma 53.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0.9% 375 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Albuquerque 0.9%🇿🇦 Cape Town 0.9%🇺🇸 Charlotte 0.9%🇺🇦 Chernivtsi 0.9%Guatemala City🇺🇸 Harrisonburg 0.9%🇺🇸 Houston 0.9%🇷🇴 Iași 0.9%🇭🇺 Kecskemét 0.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.7% 204 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Chesterfield 2.7%🇭🇷 Dubrovnik 2.7%🇺🇸 Green Bay 2.7%🇬🇧 Grimsby 2.7%Guatemala City🇪🇸 Ibiza 2.7%🇯🇵 Ise 2.7%🇹🇬 Lomé 2.7%🇺🇸 Moreno Valley 2.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 80.5% 177 of 1,704 🇫🇷 Maurepas 80.8%🇧🇦 Banja Luka 80.7%🇺🇸 Anchorage 80.6%🇧🇷 Macapá 80.6%Guatemala City🇲🇨 Monaco 80.5%🇬🇧 Swansea 80.5%🇵🇱 Gniezno 80.4%🇫🇷 Le Mée-sur-Seine 80.4%

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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