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

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🇹🇭 Thailand · metro 437k · 272 venues mapped

Hat Yai

Where Hat Yai 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 1 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇲🇾 Alor Setar 100 km Nearest written profile 🇲🇾 George Town 📖 178 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Feb — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not a wet month.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink272 places mapped
09:00–21:00
0006121824
2%
open past midnight
87%
open on Sundays
67h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands111 places mapped
00:00–24:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
168h
open per week
58%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
365
muggy days a year
218
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
261
umbrella days a year
90.3 m
of rain since 1981
4,587
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
472.3 km
to Singkut
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
18:08
winter sunset (solar approx.)
12.5 h
longest day of the year
29
public holidays, 2024
4,630
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHat Yai RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 1.8% 282 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Natal 1.9%🇫🇷 Chartres 1.8%🇩🇪 Cuxhaven 1.8%🇳🇱 Geleen 1.8%Hat Yai🇮🇩 Malang 1.8%🇵🇭 Nasugbu 1.8%🇧🇪 Ostend 1.8%🇩🇪 Reinbek 1.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 67 h 152 of 1,878 🇵🇪 Arequipa 67 h🇦🇷 Bahía Blanca 67 h🇵🇹 Coimbra 67 h🇵🇱 Gliwice 67 hHat Yai🇯🇵 Miyazaki 67 h🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne 67 h🇦🇹 Villach 67 h🇬🇮 Gibraltar 66.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 29.1% 191 of 1,878 🇸🇮 Ljubljana 29.2%🇭🇰 Ma On Shan 29.2%🇹🇭 Udon Thani 29.2%🇮🇹 Albano Laziale 29.1%Hat Yai🇺🇸 Portland 29.1%🇲🇦 Rabat 29.1%🇺🇸 Fredericksburg 28.9%🇮🇹 Vercelli 28.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇮🇱 Haifa 0%🇺🇸 Hamilton 0%🇻🇳 Hanoi 0%🇨🇳 Harbin 0%Hat Yai🇺🇸 Hazel Park 0%🇳🇱 Heemskerk 0%🇨🇳 Hefei 0%🇺🇸 Hemet 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.6% 195 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Chester 3.6%🇺🇸 College Station 3.6%🇺🇸 Colorado Springs 3.6%🇬🇧 Folkestone 3.6%Hat Yai🇯🇵 Himeji 3.6%🇷🇺 Irkutsk 3.6%🇺🇦 Khmelnytskyi 3.6%🇺🇸 Los Angeles 3.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 100% 1 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Greenwood 100%🇯🇵 Hachioji 100%🇯🇵 Hamamatsu 100%🇨🇳 Hangzhou 100%Hat Yai🇺🇸 Henderson 100%🇯🇵 Hirosaki 100%🇹🇯 Hisor 100%🇹🇭 Hua Hin 100%

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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