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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
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🇨🇾 Cyprus · metro 191k · 823 venues mapped

Limassol

Where Limassol 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 107 of 1,878.

This city has a full profile Read Limassol in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇨🇾 Larnaca 60 km Nearest written profile 🇹🇷 Antalya 📖 325 km

Typical weather

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

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink823 places mapped
10:00–22:52
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13%
open past midnight
81%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
8%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands407 places mapped
06:00–23:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
86%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
47%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
75
muggy days a year
77
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
65
umbrella days a year
16.9 m
of rain since 1981
1,399
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
396.3 km
to Hasandag-Keciboyduran Volcanic Complex
15.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:41
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.5 h
longest day of the year
15
public holidays, 2024
11,381
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureLimassol RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 13% 170 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Windsor 13.1%🇺🇸 Alafaya 13%🇷🇺 Cherepovets 13%🇩🇪 Hof 13%Limassol🇧🇸 Nassau 13%🇻🇳 Phan Thiết 13%🇪🇸 Sant Vicenç dels Horts 13%🇮🇹 Vigevano 13%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 78 h 107 of 1,878 🇵🇷 Caguas 78 h🇺🇸 Champaign 78 h🇨🇴 Chía 78 h🇨🇿 Frýdek-Místek 78 hLimassol🇪🇸 Logroño 78 h🇬🇧 Maidstone 78 h🇺🇸 Naples 78 h🇧🇷 Niterói 78 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 11.6% 356 of 1,878 🇨🇿 Pardubice 11.7%🇫🇷 Angoulême 11.6%🇨🇴 Armenia 11.6%🇬🇧 Cheltenham 11.6%Limassol🇬🇧 Torquay 11.6%🇪🇸 Burgos 11.5%🇬🇧 Derby 11.5%🇬🇧 Huddersfield 11.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 8.2% 302 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Campbell 8.2%🇬🇧 Elland 8.2%🇬🇧 Harrogate 8.2%🇯🇵 Kitakyushu 8.2%Limassol🇬🇧 Bury St Edmunds 8.1%🇦🇺 Gold Coast 8.1%🇦🇺 Sydney 8.1%🇬🇧 Grimsby 8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.4% 197 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Indianapolis 3.4%🇺🇸 Kalamazoo 3.4%🇩🇪 Kleve 3.4%🇮🇳 Kolkata 3.4%Limassol🇲🇿 Maputo 3.4%🇺🇸 Olathe 3.4%🇬🇧 Preston 3.4%🇺🇸 Springfield 3.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 86.2% 128 of 1,704 🇬🇧 Stafford 86.5%🇫🇷 Sète 86.5%🇬🇧 Leeds 86.3%🇨🇴 Santa Rosa de Cabal 86.3%Limassol🇮🇹 Novara 86.1%🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo 86.1%🇺🇸 Santa Barbara 86.1%🇧🇷 Sao Jose dos Campos 85.9%

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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