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Palermo

Where Palermo 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 96 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇮🇹 Trapani 73 km Nearest written profile 🇲🇹 Valletta 📖 267 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, Jul, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,214 places mapped
10:30–23:30
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21%
open past midnight
87%
open on Sundays
71h
open per week
17%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands586 places mapped
08:00–20:30
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0%
open past midnight
82%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
22%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
4
muggy days a year
7
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
88
umbrella days a year
28.9 m
of rain since 1981
2,483
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
127.3 km
to Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia
6.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:50
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.8 h
longest day of the year
13
public holidays, 2024
13,133
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasurePalermo RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 21.2% 96 of 1,878 🇵🇭 Puerto Princesa 21.4%🇯🇵 Shizuoka 21.4%🇪🇸 Valencia 21.3%🇰🇭 Kampot 21.2%Palermo🇺🇸 Yuma 21.2%🇮🇹 Lecce 21.1%🇨🇺 Nuevitas 21.1%🇵🇰 Karachi 21%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 71 h 136 of 1,878 🇪🇨 Ibarra 71 h🇦🇷 La Plata 71 h🇺🇸 Lynchburg 71 h🇬🇧 Nottingham 71 hPalermo🇵🇪 Pisco 71 h🇸🇰 Prievidza 71 h🇵🇱 Rzeszów 71 h🇵🇱 Sosnowiec 71 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 17.7% 295 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Stafford 17.8%🇬🇫 Cayenne 17.7%🇭🇺 Gyor 17.7%🇸🇰 Košice 17.7%Palermo🇸🇰 Trenčín 17.7%🇬🇧 Aylesbury 17.6%🇮🇹 Barletta 17.6%🇬🇧 Blackpool 17.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 17.2% 229 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Lido di Ostia 17.5%🇪🇸 Pamplona 17.5%🇩🇪 Dormagen 17.4%🇩🇪 Dusseldorf 17.3%Palermo🇧🇪 Temse 17.2%🇮🇹 Venice 17.2%🇧🇷 Campinas 17%🇩🇪 Iserlohn 17%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3% 201 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Chico 3%🇺🇸 Coeur d'Alene 3%🇺🇸 Lewisville 3%🇷🇸 Niš 3%Palermo🇺🇸 San Marcos 3%🇬🇧 Southampton 3%🇫🇷 Vannes 3%🇭🇺 Veszprém 3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 82.3% 159 of 1,704 🇧🇹 Thimphu 82.6%🇵🇹 Funchal 82.5%🇳🇱 Heemskerk 82.4%🇧🇷 São Paulo 82.4%Palermo🇵🇹 Almada 82.2%🇮🇳 Kolkata 82.2%🇨🇴 Tunja 82.2%🇫🇷 Boulogne-sur-Mer 82.1%

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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