🇮🇶 Iraq · metro 1.1M · 609 venues mapped
Karbala
Where Karbala 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.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
Best time to visit Mar, Apr, Oct, Nov — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesShops & errands1,444 places mapped
06:00–22:00
0006121824
7%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
91h
open per week
7%
open 24/7
Food & drink609 places mapped
06:00–24:00
0006121824
11%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
119h
open per week
40%
open 24/7
Vital absurdities
measured0
muggy days a year
120
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
19
umbrella days a year
4.5 m
of rain since 1981
8,843
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
605 km
to Ash Shaam, Harrat
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:02
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.3 h
longest day of the year
16
public holidays, 2024
10,406
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venuesThe 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.