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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇦🇷 Argentina · metro 1.1M · 960 venues mapped

Mendoza

Where Mendoza 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 29 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇦🇷 San Juan 153 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇱 Santiago 📖 179 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Best time to visit Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Oct, Nov, Dec — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Shops & errands1,099 places mapped
09:00–21:15
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9%
open past midnight
79%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
29%
take a midday break
15%
open 24/7
Food & drink960 places mapped
10:00–24:00
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34%
open past midnight
84%
open on Sundays
81h
open per week
22%
take a midday break
6%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
46
umbrella days a year
13.1 m
of rain since 1981
4,765
days over 30 °C, of 16,629
0
volcanoes within 100 km
106.7 km
to Tupungatito
22
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
18:36
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.3 h
longest day of the year
20
public holidays, 2024
12,788
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureMendoza RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 34.3% 29 of 1,878 🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán 34.5%🇰🇿 Aktobe 34.4%🇬🇷 Chania 34.4%🇪🇸 Valladolid 34.4%Mendoza🇺🇾 Montevideo 34.1%🇪🇸 Jaén 33.3%🇦🇷 Santa Fe 33.3%🇮🇹 Pistoia 32.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 81 h 94 of 1,878 🇵🇭 Bamban 81 h🇺🇸 Bloomington 81 h🇪🇸 Dénia 81 h🇮🇳 Kollam 81 hMendoza🇵🇱 Przemyśl 81 h🇵🇭 Santo Tomas 81 h🇮🇱 Yavne 81 h🇵🇭 Puerto Princesa 80.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 10.4% 368 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Misawa 10.5%🇷🇴 Târgoviște 10.5%🇩🇪 Villingen-Schwenningen 10.5%🇯🇵 Fujieda 10.4%Mendoza🇧🇷 Boa Vista 10.3%🇫🇷 Bourges 10.3%🇪🇨 Cuenca 10.3%🇬🇧 Hastings 10.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 22.4% 184 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Naples 22.5%🇮🇹 Rome 22.5%🇪🇸 Barcelona 22.4%🇪🇸 Donostia / San Sebastián 22.4%Mendoza🇩🇪 Schweinfurt 22.3%🇵🇪 Piura 22.2%🇯🇵 Sano 22%🇩🇪 Weil am Rhein 22%
Never close at all% open 24/7 6% 171 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Tula 6.1%🇺🇸 Winchester 6.1%🇷🇺 Arkhangelsk 6%🇪🇸 Gijón 6%Mendoza🇬🇧 Blackpool 5.9%🇺🇸 Cookeville 5.9%🇺🇸 Dayton 5.9%🇺🇸 Flagstaff 5.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 79.4% 185 of 1,704 🇦🇷 La Plata 79.5%🇳🇱 Venlo 79.5%🇮🇹 Como 79.4%🇧🇷 Jundiaí 79.4%Mendoza🇲🇽 Toluca 79.4%🇫🇷 Cannes 79.3%🇮🇹 Savona 79.3%🇭🇺 Székesfehérvár 79.3%

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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