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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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🇺🇸 United States · metro 95k · 224 venues mapped

San Marcos

Where San Marcos places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 1 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Escondido 8 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Los Angeles 📖 142 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, Oct — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink224 places mapped
08:00–22:00
0006121824
11%
open past midnight
89%
open on Sundays
90h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands78 places mapped
06:30–23:00
0006121824
7%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
110h
open per week
14%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
1
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
40
umbrella days a year
16.2 m
of rain since 1981
4,394
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
144.4 km
to Salton Buttes
5.6
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:46
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.3 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
15,098
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSan Marcos RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 10.6% 194 of 1,878 🇷🇼 Kigali 10.7%🇺🇸 Las Cruces 10.7%🇺🇸 Stillwater 10.7%🇺🇸 Eugene 10.6%San Marcos🇫🇷 Strasbourg 10.6%🇺🇸 Allen 10.5%🇬🇧 Chester-le-Street 10.5%🇷🇺 Krasnoyarsk 10.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 89.8 h 65 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Kazan 90 h🇷🇺 Kirov 90 h🇺🇸 New Hope 90 h🇱🇾 Tripoli 90 hSan Marcos🇺🇸 Chicago 89.5 h🇺🇸 St. Louis 89.5 h🇨🇳 Changsha 89.2 h🇷🇺 Cherepovets 89.2 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 43.9% 66 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Piscataway 44.4%🇺🇸 Coeur d'Alene 43.9%🇺🇸 Jacksonville 43.9%🇺🇸 Lynn 43.9%San Marcos🇺🇸 Moreno Valley 43.8%🇺🇸 Great Falls 43.6%🇺🇸 Oxford 43.6%🇺🇸 Peabody 43.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Saint Cloud 0%🇺🇸 Saint Joseph 0%🇲🇽 San Andrés Cholula 0%🇺🇸 San Clemente 0%San Marcos🇺🇸 Sandusky 0%🇸🇻 Santa Ana 0%🇺🇸 Santa Clarita 0%🇨🇺 Santiago de Cuba 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 3% 201 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Coeur d'Alene 3%🇺🇸 Lewisville 3%🇷🇸 Niš 3%🇮🇹 Palermo 3%San Marcos🇬🇧 Southampton 3%🇫🇷 Vannes 3%🇭🇺 Veszprém 3%🇺🇸 York 3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 100% 1 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Saint Joseph 100%🇯🇵 Sakata 100%🇺🇸 Salinas 100%🇺🇸 San Clemente 100%San Marcos🇯🇵 Sano 100%🇺🇸 Saratoga Springs 100%🇨🇦 Sarnia 100%🇺🇸 Schenectady 100%

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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