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Pistoia

Where Pistoia 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 32 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇮🇹 Florence 31 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇹 Milan 📖 219 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jun, Jul, Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink286 places mapped
12:00–23:30
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33%
open past midnight
82%
open on Sundays
59h
open per week
20%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands81 places mapped
08:00–20:30
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
74%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
11%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
125
umbrella days a year
39.2 m
of rain since 1981
1,020
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
282.8 km
to Colli Albani
11.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:42
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.5 h
longest day of the year
13
public holidays, 2024
13,526
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasurePistoia RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 32.8% 32 of 1,878 🇦🇷 Mendoza 34.3%🇺🇾 Montevideo 34.1%🇪🇸 Jaén 33.3%🇦🇷 Santa Fe 33.3%Pistoia🇦🇷 Bahía Blanca 32.2%🇺🇾 Maldonado 32%🇪🇸 Zamora 31.8%🇮🇩 Banjarmasin 31.6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 59 h 185 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Hof 59 h🇩🇪 Ingolstadt 59 h🇨🇭 Kreuzlingen 59 h🇮🇹 Milan 59 hPistoia🇮🇹 Piacenza 58.8 h🇩🇪 Dusseldorf 58.5 h🇩🇪 Lüneburg 58.5 h🇳🇴 Stavanger 58.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 18% 292 of 1,878 🇹🇭 Phitsanulok 18.1%🇷🇴 Râmnicu Vâlcea 18.1%🇮🇹 La Spezia 18%🇦🇴 Luanda 18%Pistoia🇦🇹 Sankt Pölten 18%🇬🇧 Dunfermline 17.9%🇯🇵 Hanno 17.9%🇩🇿 Oran 17.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 19.7% 205 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Les Sables-d'Olonne 20%🇺🇾 Maldonado 20%🇮🇹 Messina 20%🇯🇵 Okayama 19.7%Pistoia🇵🇾 Presidente Franco 19.7%🇩🇪 Regensburg 19.6%🇩🇪 Reutlingen 19.6%🇩🇪 Villingen-Schwenningen 19.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3.3% 198 of 1,878 🇺🇦 Ivano-Frankivsk 3.3%🇪🇸 Marbella 3.3%🇬🇧 Newbury 3.3%🇺🇸 Norfolk 3.3%Pistoia🇺🇸 Reno 3.3%🇭🇷 Rijeka 3.3%🇺🇸 Spring Valley 3.3%🇬🇧 Walton-on-Thames 3.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 74.1% 220 of 1,704 🇪🇨 Ambato 74.2%🇧🇷 Joinville 74.2%🇺🇾 Montevideo 74.1%🇧🇷 Paranoá 74.1%Pistoia🇦🇷 Rosario 74%🇭🇳 Tegucigalpa 73.9%🇫🇷 Montbéliard 73.7%🇳🇱 Geleen 73.5%

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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