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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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🇹🇷 Turkey · metro 2.5M · 1,541 venues mapped

Izmir

Where Izmir places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is kitchens open past midnight, where it ranks 48 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇹🇷 Bodrum 155 km Nearest written profile 🇬🇷 Athens 📖 302 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit May, Jun, Sep, Oct — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,541 places mapped
09:00–23:30
0006121824
29%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
91h
open per week
7%
open 24/7
Shops & errands1,314 places mapped
09:00–21:00
0006121824
1%
open past midnight
87%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
2
muggy days a year
3
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
70
umbrella days a year
27.7 m
of rain since 1981
3,732
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
121.7 km
to Kula
19.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:54
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.8 h
longest day of the year
14
public holidays, 2024
12,042
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureIzmir RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 28.6% 48 of 1,878 🇨🇬 Pointe-Noire 29.2%🇲🇦 Tangier 29.2%🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 28.8%🇪🇸 Huelva 28.6%Izmir🇪🇬 Cairo 28.5%🇪🇸 Málaga 28.4%🇮🇹 Messina 28%🇦🇷 Cordoba 27.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 91 h 58 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Fort Wayne 91 h🇷🇴 Giurgiu 91 h🇺🇸 Green Bay 91 h🇺🇸 Iowa City 91 hIzmir🇮🇩 Jakarta 91 h🇮🇷 Karaj 91 h🇺🇸 Kenosha 91 h🇺🇸 Key West 91 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 6.2% 410 of 1,878 🇬🇳 Coyah 6.2%🇮🇱 Eilat 6.2%🇩🇪 Freilassing 6.2%🇪🇬 Hurghada 6.2%Izmir🇮🇳 Kasaragod 6.2%🇨🇴 Palmira 6.2%🇫🇷 Pau 6.2%🇩🇪 Potsdam 6.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1.8% 366 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Chelyabinsk 1.8%🇺🇸 Cheyenne 1.8%🇳🇱 Gouda 1.8%🇺🇸 Grand Junction 1.8%Izmir🇬🇧 Kidderminster 1.8%🇫🇮 Lahti 1.8%🇺🇸 Mansfield 1.8%🇧🇷 Niterói 1.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 7.1% 160 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Tokyo 7.2%🇺🇸 Chicago 7.1%🇬🇧 Dunfermline 7.1%🇯🇵 Hanno 7.1%Izmir🇮🇪 Kilkenny 7.1%🇦🇺 Launceston 7.1%🇺🇸 Longview 7.1%🇵🇭 Puerto Princesa 7.1%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 87% 122 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Keighley 87.2%🇸🇪 Lund 87.1%🇺🇸 Manchester 87.1%🇧🇷 Campinas 87%Izmir🇨🇿 Liberec 87%🇬🇧 Luton 87%🇲🇽 Mexico City 87%🇨🇦 Regina 86.8%

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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