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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
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 341k · 981 venues mapped

Murcia

Where Murcia 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 129 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Torrevieja 39 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Valencia 📖 178 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, Jun, 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 & drink981 places mapped
09:00–23:45
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17%
open past midnight
79%
open on Sundays
69h
open per week
20%
take a midday break
6%
open 24/7
Shops & errands446 places mapped
09:00–21:30
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0%
open past midnight
30%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
14%
take a midday break
Services312 places mapped
08:30–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
41%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
15%
take a midday break
31%
open 24/7
Culture294 places mapped
11:00–20:45
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0%
open past midnight
16%
open on Sundays
30h
open per week
26%
take a midday break
4%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
1
muggy days a year
2
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
46
umbrella days a year
12.6 m
of rain since 1981
4,530
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
270.2 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
1.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:49
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.8 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,343
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureMurcia RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 17.2% 129 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Stockton 17.3%🇺🇸 Visalia 17.3%🇯🇵 Fujieda 17.2%🇮🇳 Mangaluru 17.2%Murcia🇺🇸 Saint Joseph 17.2%🇺🇸 Toledo 17.2%🇮🇱 Yavne 17.2%🇺🇸 Bozeman 17.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 69 h 144 of 1,878 🇨🇿 Brno 69 h🇵🇾 Ciudad del Este 69 h🇮🇱 Jerusalem 69 h🇪🇸 Lleida 69 hMurcia🇫🇮 Oulu 69 h🇺🇸 Palm Desert 69 h🇪🇸 Rivas-Vaciamadrid 69 h🇺🇸 Santa Barbara 69 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 14.9% 323 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Maringá 15%🇨🇴 Barranquilla 14.9%🇬🇧 Glasgow 14.9%🇪🇸 Ibiza 14.9%Murcia🇮🇷 Tabriz 14.9%🇷🇴 Arad 14.8%🇰🇷 Cheongju-si 14.8%🇨🇴 Cúcuta 14.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 19.5% 207 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Regensburg 19.6%🇩🇪 Reutlingen 19.6%🇩🇪 Villingen-Schwenningen 19.6%🇩🇪 Lüdenscheid 19.5%Murcia🇩🇪 Stuttgart 19.5%🇬🇧 Guildford 19.4%🇵🇹 Lisbon 19.4%🇮🇹 Viterbo 19.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 5.7% 174 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Hirosaki 5.7%🇮🇳 Hyderabad 5.7%🇻🇳 Hội An 5.7%🇨🇦 London 5.7%Murcia🇮🇷 Rasht 5.7%🇺🇦 Rivne 5.7%🇬🇧 Scarborough 5.7%🇷🇺 Taganrog 5.7%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 30.2% 449 of 1,704 🇩🇪 Dortmund 30.4%🇪🇸 Vic 30.4%🇩🇪 Wilhelmshaven 30.4%🇩🇪 Bocholt 30.2%Murcia🇩🇪 Aachen 30.1%🇩🇪 Delmenhorst 29.9%🇩🇪 Krefeld 29.9%🇨🇭 Zurich 29.9%

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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