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The weather6
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Messina

Where Messina 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 51 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇮🇹 Acireale 73 km Nearest written profile 🇲🇹 Valletta 📖 271 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 — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink228 places mapped
09:30–23:30
0006121824
28%
open past midnight
84%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
20%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
11
muggy days a year
24
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
106
umbrella days a year
35.6 m
of rain since 1981
1,657
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
5
volcanoes within 100 km
56.6 km
to Vulcano
11.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:41
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.8 h
longest day of the year
13
public holidays, 2024
12,957
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureMessina RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 28% 51 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Huelva 28.6%🇹🇷 Izmir 28.6%🇪🇬 Cairo 28.5%🇪🇸 Málaga 28.4%Messina🇦🇷 Cordoba 27.9%🇮🇹 Brindisi 27.6%🇦🇪 Dubai 27.4%🇮🇹 Salerno 27.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 83.5 h 84 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Yoshkar-Ola 84 h🇨🇳 Zhujiajiao 84 h🇱🇹 Šiauliai 84 h🇺🇸 Antioch 83.8 hMessina🇺🇸 North Charleston 83.2 h🇬🇧 Bangor 83 h🇺🇸 Camarillo 83 h🇧🇷 Chapecó 83 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 40% 96 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Miami 40.2%🇺🇸 Cleveland 40.1%🇺🇸 Allen 40%🇺🇸 Ames 40%Messina🇺🇸 Greeley 39.9%🇺🇸 Jacksonville Beach 39.8%🇻🇳 Đà Nẵng 39.8%🇺🇸 Lake Ronkonkoma 39.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 20% 204 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Acireale 20%🇪🇸 Dos Hermanas 20%🇫🇷 Les Sables-d'Olonne 20%🇺🇾 Maldonado 20%Messina🇯🇵 Okayama 19.7%🇮🇹 Pistoia 19.7%🇵🇾 Presidente Franco 19.7%🇩🇪 Regensburg 19.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇺🇸 McAllen 0%🇧🇪 Mechelen 0%🇩🇿 Meftah 0%🇺🇸 Merced 0%Messina🇫🇷 Metz 0%🇲🇽 Mexicali 0%🇹🇼 Miaoli 0%🇨🇦 Milton 0%

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.

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