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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇫🇷 France · metro 47k · 342 venues mapped

Saint-Malo

Where Saint-Malo places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 91 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇫🇷 Saint-Brieuc 58 km Nearest written profile 🇫🇷 Paris 📖 320 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, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink342 places mapped
11:00–21:30
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7%
open past midnight
68%
open on Sundays
45h
open per week
34%
take a midday break
Shops & errands104 places mapped
08:00–19:30
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0%
open past midnight
59%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week
19%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
145
umbrella days a year
32.9 m
of rain since 1981
68
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
493 km
to Chaine des Puys
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:15
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.1 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
14,594
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSaint-Malo RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 6.6% 234 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Leicester 6.6%🇺🇸 Medford 6.6%🇨🇦 Nanaimo 6.6%🇺🇦 Odesa 6.6%Saint-Malo🇪🇬 Alexandria 6.5%🇺🇸 Asbury Park 6.5%🇺🇸 Bethlehem 6.5%🇵🇭 Cebu City 6.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 45 h 246 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Montauban 45 h🇧🇷 Novo Hamburgo 45 h🇫🇷 Poitiers 45 h🇫🇷 Saint-Brieuc 45 hSaint-Malo🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne 45 h🇧🇪 Temse 45 h🇫🇷 Toulouse 45 h🇫🇷 Agen 44.8 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 7.7% 395 of 1,878 🇸🇪 Karlstad 7.7%🇮🇳 Kolkata 7.7%🇫🇷 Montauban 7.7%🇩🇪 Munich 7.7%Saint-Malo🇧🇷 Sorocaba 7.7%🇷🇺 Tambov 7.7%🇩🇪 Bamberg 7.6%🇷🇺 Krasnoyarsk 7.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 34.1% 91 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Nimes 34.8%🇦🇹 Lustenau 34.6%🇫🇷 Clermont-Ferrand 34.5%🇫🇷 Le Havre 34.1%Saint-Malo🇨🇭 Lausanne 33.7%🇫🇷 Tours 33.7%🇵🇹 Évora 33.6%🇮🇹 Pisa 33.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇷🇴 Râmnicu Vâlcea 0%🇩🇪 Saarlouis 0%🇺🇸 Saint Cloud 0%🇫🇷 Saint-Brieuc 0%Saint-Malo🇫🇷 Saint-Nazaire 0%🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne 0%🇯🇵 Sakata 0%🇪🇸 Salamanca 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 58.6% 328 of 1,704 🇭🇺 Gyor 58.9%🇫🇷 Auxerre 58.8%🇫🇷 Bourges 58.8%🇳🇱 Heerlen 58.8%Saint-Malo🇳🇱 Oss 58.4%🇺🇦 Druzhkivka 58.3%🇫🇷 Arles 57.9%🇳🇱 Amersfoort 57.7%

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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