🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · metro 8.0M · 765 venues mapped

Riyadh

Where Riyadh 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 4 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇸🇦 Dammam 391 km Nearest written profile 🇧🇭 Manama 📖 424 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit

Best time to visit Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink765 places mapped

10:00–25:00

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55%

open past midnight

97%

open on Sundays

105h

open per week

14%

open 24/7

Shops & errands333 places mapped

08:00–24:00

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24%

open past midnight

96%

open on Sundays

98h

open per week

31%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

119

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,626

volcanoes within 100 km

582.8 km

to Kishb, Harrat

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

17:10

winter sunset (solar approx.)

13.7 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

9,667

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Riyadh	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	54.6%	4 of 1,878	🇬🇳 Coyah 64.6%🇬🇷 Rethymno 64.5%🇹🇷 Bodrum 56%Riyadh🇪🇬 Hurghada 47.7%🇪🇸 Cáceres 46.7%🇸🇦 Jeddah 45.9%🇬🇷 Volos 45.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	105 h	18 of 1,878	🇧🇦 Mostar 105 h🇺🇸 New Haven 105 h🇺🇸 Pharr 105 h🇲🇦 Rabat 105 hRiyadh🇦🇱 Shkoder 105 h🇱🇧 Sidon 105 h🇹🇳 Sousse 105 h🇦🇱 Tirana 105 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	15.1%	321 of 1,878	🇮🇳 Hyderabad 15.2%🇨🇦 London 15.2%🇧🇴 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 15.2%🇪🇸 A Coruña 15.1%Riyadh🇨🇭 Zurich 15.1%🇬🇧 Banbury 15%🇧🇷 Campina Grande 15%🇨🇳 Changsha 15%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	0.8%	376 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Mesa 0.8%🇨🇦 Nanaimo 0.8%🇷🇸 Niš 0.8%🇺🇸 Norwalk 0.8%Riyadh🇷🇺 Ryazan 0.8%🇦🇱 Shkoder 0.8%🇷🇴 Sibiu 0.8%🇫🇮 Tampere 0.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7	14.3%	93 of 1,878	🇷🇼 Kigali 14.3%🇪🇨 Latacunga 14.3%🇮🇩 Medan 14.3%🇮🇩 Rangkasbitung 14.3%Riyadh🇧🇷 Santa Luzia 14.3%🇨🇦 Sherbrooke 14.3%🇷🇺 Obninsk 14%🇬🇧 Liverpool 13.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	96.1%	38 of 1,704	🇺🇸 Ann Arbor 96.1%🇺🇸 Brockton 96.1%🇺🇸 Dearborn Heights 96.1%🇺🇸 Joliet 96.1%Riyadh🇮🇹 Anzio 96%🇮🇩 Banjarmasin 96%🇲🇦 Rabat 96%🇯🇵 Saga 96%

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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