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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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The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 523k · 1,233 venues mapped

Málaga

Where Málaga 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 50 of 1,878.

This city has a full profile Read Málaga in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇪🇸 Torremolinos 13 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Madrid 📖 416 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Best time to visit Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, 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 & drink1,233 places mapped
12:00–24:00
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28%
open past midnight
91%
open on Sundays
70h
open per week
24%
take a midday break
Shops & errands852 places mapped
09:00–21:30
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7%
open past midnight
35%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
Services369 places mapped
08:30–20:00
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6%
open past midnight
18%
open on Sundays
44h
open per week
22%
take a midday break
Culture306 places mapped
09:30–20:30
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0%
open past midnight
27%
open on Sundays
41h
open per week
8%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
18
muggy days a year
3
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
60
umbrella days a year
21.5 m
of rain since 1981
221
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
241.6 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
18:05
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.7 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,595
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureMálaga RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 28.4% 50 of 1,878 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 28.8%🇪🇸 Huelva 28.6%🇹🇷 Izmir 28.6%🇪🇬 Cairo 28.5%Málaga🇮🇹 Messina 28%🇦🇷 Cordoba 27.9%🇮🇹 Brindisi 27.6%🇦🇪 Dubai 27.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 70 h 139 of 1,878 🇲🇽 Mazatlán 70 h🇬🇧 Milton Keynes 70 h🇨🇦 Montreal 70 h🇯🇵 Muroran 70 hMálaga🇵🇱 Olsztyn 70 h🇨🇦 Ottawa 70 h🇵🇱 Pabianice 70 h🇨🇴 Pasto 70 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 4.4% 428 of 1,878 🇺🇦 Donetsk 4.4%🇩🇪 Dormagen 4.4%🇩🇪 Hamm 4.4%🇵🇱 Lublin 4.4%Málaga🇧🇪 Ostend 4.4%🇳🇱 's-Hertogenbosch 4.3%🇷🇺 Angarsk 4.3%🇨🇱 Antofagasta 4.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 23.5% 173 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Erlangen 23.7%🇫🇷 Marignane 23.6%🇮🇹 Ravenna 23.6%🇩🇪 Augsburg 23.5%Málaga🇮🇹 Riccione 23.5%🇮🇹 Tivoli 23.5%🇲🇨 Monaco 23.4%🇪🇸 Castelldefels 23.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Montauban 0%🇫🇷 Montbéliard 0%🇪🇸 Motril 0%🇫🇷 Mulhouse 0%Málaga🇲🇽 Mérida 0%🇯🇵 Nagasaki 0%🇹🇭 Nakhon Ratchasima 0%🇧🇪 Namur 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 34.7% 427 of 1,704 🇪🇸 Salamanca 35.9%🇪🇸 Vigo 35.3%🇮🇳 Kannur 34.9%🇪🇸 León 34.9%Málaga🇩🇪 Weil am Rhein 34.7%🇨🇭 Biel/Bienne 34.6%🇩🇪 Hagen 34.5%🇳🇴 Oslo 34.4%

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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