athens.taipei The Atlas of City Experiences
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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The index

126 cities across the atlas, by region — or browse the full A–Z.

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CEE & Balkans16
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🇪🇨 Ecuador · metro 3.2M · 2,789 venues mapped

Guayaquil

Where Guayaquil places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is never close at all, where it ranks 154 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇨 Cuenca 126 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇴 Medellín 📖 1,054 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Guayaquil does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink2,789 places mapped
09:00–22:00
0006121824
4%
open past midnight
84%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
8%
open 24/7
Shops & errands1,960 places mapped
08:30–20:00
0006121824
1%
open past midnight
76%
open on Sundays
77h
open per week
Services1,303 places mapped
08:30–21:30
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0%
open past midnight
79%
open on Sundays
88h
open per week
13%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
151
muggy days a year
1
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
115
umbrella days a year
44 m
of rain since 1981
15,197
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
143.7 km
to Chimborazo
26.6
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
18:20
winter sunset (solar approx.)
12.2 h
longest day of the year
16
public holidays, 2024
15,871
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureGuayaquil RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.5% 255 of 1,878 🇵🇭 Cabiao 4.5%🇧🇪 Charleroi 4.5%🇺🇸 Coeur d'Alene 4.5%🇮🇩 Gresik 4.5%Guayaquil🇩🇪 Heilbronn 4.5%🇩🇪 Hennigsdorf 4.5%🇯🇵 Himeji 4.5%🇨🇳 Jinan 4.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 63 h 167 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Fukuyama 63 h🇮🇪 Galway 63 h🇯🇵 Gamagori 63 h🇪🇸 Girona 63 hGuayaquil🇬🇧 Guildford 63 h🇬🇧 Harlow 63 h🇸🇪 Helsingborg 63 h🇯🇵 Himeji 63 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 17.4% 298 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Santander 17.5%🇬🇧 Stevenage 17.5%🇮🇹 Vicenza 17.5%🇮🇹 Alghero 17.4%Guayaquil🇪🇸 Lleida 17.4%🇬🇧 Southport 17.4%🇨🇦 Victoria 17.4%🇭🇺 Érd 17.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.3% 371 of 1,878 🇿🇦 Diepsloot 1.3%🇨🇦 Edmonton 1.3%🇺🇸 Greeley 1.3%🇺🇸 Greenwood 1.3%Guayaquil🇺🇸 Harrisburg 1.3%🇺🇸 Johnson City 1.3%🇨🇦 Kamloops 1.3%🇺🇸 Kansas City 1.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 7.7% 154 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Birmingham 7.7%🇬🇧 Burnley 7.7%🇷🇺 Cheboksary 7.7%🇯🇵 Echizen 7.7%Guayaquil🇯🇵 Isesaki 7.7%🇮🇷 Karaj 7.7%🇮🇳 Kochi 7.7%🇺🇸 Oxford 7.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 75.6% 211 of 1,704 🇦🇷 San Carlos de Bariloche 76.2%🇮🇹 Vercelli 76.1%🇦🇷 Mar del Plata 76%🇧🇷 Belém 75.6%Guayaquil🇮🇹 Pavia 75.4%🇳🇱 Purmerend 75.4%🇭🇷 Split 75.4%🇫🇷 Béziers 75.3%

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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