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Montevideo

Where Montevideo 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 30 of 1,878.

This city has a full profile Read Montevideo in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇺🇾 Maldonado 113 km Nearest written profile 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 📖 203 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot
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Come for everything else Montevideo does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Shops & errands1,190 places mapped
08:00–22:00
0006121824
1%
open past midnight
74%
open on Sundays
96h
open per week
14%
open 24/7
Food & drink913 places mapped
10:00–24:00
0006121824
34%
open past midnight
60%
open on Sundays
63h
open per week
9%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
21
muggy days a year
1
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
98
umbrella days a year
49.7 m
of rain since 1981
250
days over 30 °C, of 16,626
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1190.3 km
to Payun Matru
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:40
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.5 h
longest day of the year
5
public holidays, 2024
12,535
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureMontevideo RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 34.1% 30 of 1,878 🇰🇿 Aktobe 34.4%🇬🇷 Chania 34.4%🇪🇸 Valladolid 34.4%🇦🇷 Mendoza 34.3%Montevideo🇪🇸 Jaén 33.3%🇦🇷 Santa Fe 33.3%🇮🇹 Pistoia 32.8%🇦🇷 Bahía Blanca 32.2%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 63 h 167 of 1,878 🇪🇸 León 63 h🇬🇧 Lincoln 63 h🇪🇸 Marbella 63 h🇹🇼 Miaoli 63 hMontevideo🇳🇴 Oslo 63 h🇨🇦 Peterborough 63 h🇩🇪 Potsdam 63 h🇧🇷 Recife 63 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 3.9% 433 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Cherepovets 3.9%🇯🇵 Fukuyama 3.9%🇨🇺 Havana 3.9%🇧🇾 Hrodna 3.9%Montevideo🇫🇷 Sète 3.9%🇺🇿 Tashkent 3.9%🇰🇿 Atyrau 3.8%🇲🇱 Bamako 3.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 8.9% 295 of 1,878 🇲🇻 Malé 9%🇧🇷 Nova Lima 9%🇯🇵 Hachioji 8.9%🇲🇾 Miri 8.9%Montevideo🇧🇷 São Paulo 8.9%🇧🇷 Arujá 8.8%🇻🇳 Cần Thơ 8.8%🇬🇧 Inverness 8.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 5% 181 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Lido di Ostia 5%🇬🇧 Luton 5%🇺🇸 Manassas Park 5%🇯🇵 Mito 5%Montevideo🇨🇦 Montreal 5%🇮🇳 Ponnani 5%🇱🇦 Vientiane 5%🇷🇺 Yoshkar-Ola 5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 74.1% 220 of 1,704 🇧🇷 Porto Alegre 74.4%🇳🇦 Windhoek 74.4%🇪🇨 Ambato 74.2%🇧🇷 Joinville 74.2%Montevideo🇧🇷 Paranoá 74.1%🇮🇹 Pistoia 74.1%🇦🇷 Rosario 74%🇭🇳 Tegucigalpa 73.9%

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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