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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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Salerno

Where Salerno 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 55 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇮🇹 San Giuseppe Vesuviano 30 km Nearest written profile 🇮🇹 Rome 📖 234 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, 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 & drink937 places mapped
10:15–24:00
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27%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
76h
open per week
19%
take a midday break
6%
open 24/7
Shops & errands374 places mapped
08:00–21:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
80%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
35%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
1
muggy days a year
3
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
113
umbrella days a year
38.2 m
of rain since 1981
1,718
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
3
volcanoes within 100 km
34.9 km
to Vesuvius
9.8
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:37
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.1 h
longest day of the year
13
public holidays, 2024
13,114
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSalerno RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 27.3% 55 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Messina 28%🇦🇷 Cordoba 27.9%🇮🇹 Brindisi 27.6%🇦🇪 Dubai 27.4%Salerno🇪🇸 Madrid 27.2%🇰🇷 Mokpo 26.7%🇺🇸 Muncie 26.3%🇮🇹 Viterbo 26.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 76 h 115 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Madison 76 h🇻🇪 Maracaibo 76 h🇸🇰 Poprad 76 h🇱🇻 Riga 76 hSalerno🇺🇸 Spokane Valley 76 h🇵🇱 Tarnów 76 h🇳🇦 Windhoek 76 h🇨🇦 Winnipeg 76 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 31.8% 167 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Bentonville 32.1%🇺🇸 Colorado Springs 31.9%🇵🇭 Cabiao 31.8%🇹🇯 Proletar 31.8%Salerno🇸🇦 Dammam 31.7%🇺🇸 Little Elm 31.7%🇨🇳 Shanghai 31.7%🇵🇪 Huaraz 31.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 19.1% 211 of 1,878 🇵🇹 Lisbon 19.4%🇮🇹 Viterbo 19.3%🇪🇸 Girona 19.2%🇩🇪 Aschaffenburg 19.1%Salerno🇮🇹 San Giuseppe Vesuviano 19.1%🇧🇪 Verviers 19.1%🇵🇹 Faro 19%🇵🇹 Porto 19%
Never close at all% open 24/7 6.4% 167 of 1,878 🇨🇦 Guelph 6.4%🇨🇴 Ibagué 6.4%🇯🇵 Kisarazu 6.4%🇺🇸 North Richland Hills 6.4%Salerno🇬🇧 Harlow 6.3%🇯🇵 Marugame 6.3%🇺🇸 Nashville 6.3%🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo 6.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 79.6% 183 of 1,704 🇧🇫 Ouagadougou 80%🇫🇷 Perpignan 80%🇦🇷 Salta 80%🇹🇷 Istanbul 79.7%Salerno🇦🇷 La Plata 79.5%🇳🇱 Venlo 79.5%🇮🇹 Como 79.4%🇧🇷 Jundiaí 79.4%

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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