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The weather6
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Nova Lima

Where Nova Lima 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 111 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte 12 km Nearest written profile 🇧🇷 São Paulo 📖 490 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, Jul, Aug, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink874 places mapped
11:00–23:00
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19%
open past midnight
71%
open on Sundays
47h
open per week
9%
take a midday break
Shops & errands280 places mapped
07:00–21:00
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0%
open past midnight
63%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
7
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
135
umbrella days a year
58.6 m
of rain since 1981
1,961
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2473.4 km
to Guayaques
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:24
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.3 h
longest day of the year
10
public holidays, 2024
13,849
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureNova Lima RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 19.1% 111 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Tuscaloosa 19.3%🇲🇱 Bamako 19.2%🇺🇸 Milwaukee 19.2%🇺🇸 Charleston 19.1%Nova Lima🇵🇹 Amora 19%🇪🇸 Bilbao 19%🇷🇺 Samara 19%🇪🇸 Santa Pola 19%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 47 h 238 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Toulon 47.5 h🇧🇷 Uberlândia 47.5 h🇮🇹 Viareggio 47.5 h🇫🇷 Bordeaux 47.2 hNova Lima🇮🇹 Pesaro 47 h🇩🇪 Zwickau 47 h🇳🇱 Deventer 46.8 h🇫🇷 Saint-Nazaire 46.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 1.1% 461 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Leeuwarden 1.3%🇵🇱 Świnoujście 1.3%🇷🇺 Kaluga 1.2%🇷🇺 Makhachkala 1.2%Nova Lima🇪🇸 Salamanca 1.1%🇳🇱 Enschede 0.9%🇯🇵 Komatsu 0.9%🇷🇺 Pskov 0.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 9% 294 of 1,878 🇨🇱 Puerto Montt 9.1%🇬🇷 Volos 9.1%🇯🇵 Kofu 9%🇲🇻 Malé 9%Nova Lima🇯🇵 Hachioji 8.9%🇲🇾 Miri 8.9%🇺🇾 Montevideo 8.9%🇧🇷 São Paulo 8.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Newry 0%🇳🇱 Nijmegen 0%🇫🇷 Niort 0%🇳🇨 Nouméa 0%Nova Lima🇮🇹 Novara 0%🇧🇷 Novo Hamburgo 0%🇲🇽 Nuevo Laredo 0%🇩🇰 Odense 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 62.9% 302 of 1,704 🇧🇷 João Pessoa 63.2%🇫🇷 Lorient 63.1%🇳🇱 Leiden 63%🇫🇷 Saint-Nazaire 63%Nova Lima🇷🇴 Târgu Mureș 62.9%🇧🇷 Vitória 62.7%🇫🇷 Belfort 62.5%🇨🇺 Holguín 62.5%

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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