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Halle (Saale)

Where Halle (Saale) places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 197 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Leipzig 31 km Nearest written profile 🇩🇪 Berlin 📖 152 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, Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,072 places mapped
11:00–22:00
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4%
open past midnight
73%
open on Sundays
56h
open per week
11%
take a midday break
Shops & errands647 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
14%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Culture236 places mapped
10:00–18:00
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2%
open past midnight
27%
open on Sundays
35h
open per week
Services231 places mapped
08:00–18:00
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0%
open past midnight
4%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
134
umbrella days a year
27.6 m
of rain since 1981
339
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
388.6 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:05
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,648
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHalle (Saale) RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.4% 256 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Oss 4.5%🇧🇦 Tuzla 4.5%🇭🇺 Veszprém 4.5%🇵🇱 Zielona Góra 4.5%Halle (Saale)🇩🇪 Heidelberg 4.4%🇮🇷 Isfahan 4.4%🇩🇪 Krefeld 4.4%🇫🇷 Perpignan 4.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 56 h 197 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Fuengirola 56 h🇪🇸 Gijón 56 h🇲🇽 Guadalajara 56 h🇯🇵 Hakodate 56 hHalle (Saale)🇦🇺 Hobart 56 h🇩🇪 Iserlohn 56 h🇯🇵 Kanazawa 56 h🇩🇪 Kiel 56 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 3.5% 437 of 1,878 🇬🇪 Kutaisi 3.6%🇩🇪 Lippstadt 3.6%🇩🇪 Schweinfurt 3.6%🇰🇬 Bishkek 3.5%Halle (Saale)🇩🇪 Magdeburg 3.5%🇩🇰 Aalborg 3.4%🇳🇱 Alphen aan den Rijn 3.4%🇷🇺 Arkhangelsk 3.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 11.2% 278 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Sendai 11.4%🇩🇿 Algiers 11.3%🇬🇧 Basingstoke 11.3%🇨🇳 Guangzhou 11.2%Halle (Saale)🇬🇧 St Albans 11.2%🇬🇧 Taunton 11.2%🇲🇾 George Town 11.1%🇦🇷 La Plata 11.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 1.6% 215 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Wilhelmshaven 1.7%🇬🇧 Bournemouth 1.6%🇺🇸 Brockton 1.6%🇮🇹 Como 1.6%Halle (Saale)🇫🇮 Jyväskylä 1.6%🇮🇪 Limerick 1.6%🇺🇸 Palmdale 1.6%🇲🇺 Port Louis 1.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 14.2% 537 of 1,704 🇩🇪 Hennigsdorf 15%🇦🇹 Dornbirn 14.9%🇪🇸 Roquetas de Mar 14.6%🇪🇸 Jaén 14.3%Halle (Saale)🇩🇪 Aalen 13.9%🇪🇸 Mairena del Aljarafe 13.8%🇩🇪 Schweinfurt 13.8%🇪🇸 Segovia 13.3%

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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