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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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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
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇲🇽 Mexico · metro 9.2M · 3,489 venues mapped

Mexico City

Where Mexico City 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 122 of 1,704.

This city has a full profile Read Mexico City in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇲🇽 Tlalnepantla 14 km Nearest written profile 🇲🇽 Guadalajara 📖 462 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 — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink3,489 places mapped
09:00–22:00
0006121824
10%
open past midnight
80%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands1,655 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
87%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
25%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
157
umbrella days a year
36.2 m
of rain since 1981
109
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
5
volcanoes within 100 km
32.4 km
to Chichinautzin
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
18:04
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.3 h
longest day of the year
8
public holidays, 2024
16,264
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureMexico City RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 10.4% 196 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Santa Clarita 10.5%🇺🇸 Saratoga Springs 10.5%🇫🇷 Boulogne-sur-Mer 10.4%🇨🇷 Cartago 10.4%Mexico City🇺🇸 Mission Viejo 10.4%🇺🇸 Pleasanton 10.4%🇺🇸 San Diego 10.4%🇮🇩 Surakarta 10.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 72 h 133 of 1,878 🇵🇱 Lodz 72 h🇧🇷 Manaus 72 h🇮🇹 Massa 72 h🇨🇴 Medellín 72 hMexico City🇭🇺 Miskolc 72 h🇲🇽 Monterrey 72 h🇧🇸 Nassau 72 h🇬🇧 Norwich 72 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 12.6% 346 of 1,878 🇮🇳 Mumbai 12.8%🇮🇷 Yazd 12.8%🇫🇷 Chartres 12.7%🇯🇵 Fuji 12.7%Mexico City🇧🇬 Sofia 12.6%🇵🇭 Bamban 12.5%🇮🇩 Bandung 12.5%🇬🇧 Barry 12.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1% 374 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Irving 1%🇫🇮 Joensuu 1%🇸🇮 Ljubljana 1%🇺🇸 Lynn 1%Mexico City🇰🇪 Nairobi 1%🇭🇷 Split 1%🇨🇦 Trois-Rivières 1%🇷🇺 Tula 1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.8% 203 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Denver 2.8%🇫🇮 Helsinki 2.8%🇯🇵 Kumagaya 2.8%🇨🇿 Liberec 2.8%Mexico City🇧🇦 Mostar 2.8%🇺🇸 Mount Pleasant 2.8%🇹🇭 Phitsanulok 2.8%🇵🇾 Presidente Franco 2.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 87% 122 of 1,704 🇧🇷 Campinas 87%🇹🇷 Izmir 87%🇨🇿 Liberec 87%🇬🇧 Luton 87%Mexico City🇨🇦 Regina 86.8%🇺🇸 Ames 86.7%🇮🇹 Civitanova Marche 86.7%🇨🇳 Dalian 86.7%

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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