athens.taipei The Atlas of City Experiences
The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 55k · 225 venues mapped

Sant Andreu de la Barca

Where Sant Andreu de la Barca places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 133 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Sant Vicenç dels Horts 7 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Barcelona 📖 17 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 & drink225 places mapped
09:00–23:59
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14%
open past midnight
79%
open on Sundays
72h
open per week
28%
take a midday break
Shops & errands108 places mapped
09:00–21:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
47%
open on Sundays
74h
open per week
21%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
2
muggy days a year
1
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
92
umbrella days a year
23.7 m
of rain since 1981
1,822
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
1
volcanoes within 100 km
92.8 km
to Olot Volcanic Field
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:26
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.2 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,170
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSant Andreu de la Barca RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 14% 160 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Matera 14%🇺🇸 Normal 14%🇲🇽 Puerto Vallarta 14%🇵🇹 Póvoa de Varzim 14%Sant Andreu de la Barca🇷🇺 Belgorod 13.9%🇺🇸 Eau Claire 13.9%🇮🇹 Forlì 13.9%🇯🇵 Kumagaya 13.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 72 h 133 of 1,878 🇸🇷 Paramaribo 72 h🇮🇹 Parma 72 h🇨🇱 Rancagua 72 h🇮🇸 Reykjavik 72 hSant Andreu de la Barca🇵🇱 Szczecin 72 h🇦🇺 Toowoomba 72 h🇵🇱 Warsaw 72 h🇬🇧 Aylesbury 71.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 25.6% 222 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Hilo 25.8%🇨🇦 Oshawa 25.8%🇬🇧 Belfast 25.7%🇮🇹 Arezzo 25.6%Sant Andreu de la Barca🇺🇸 Ann Arbor 25.5%🇨🇭 Lugano 25.5%🇮🇹 Rovereto 25.5%🇬🇧 Runcorn 25.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 27.9% 135 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Koriyama 28.2%🇮🇹 Novara 28.1%🇮🇹 Trapani 28%🇦🇷 Rosario 27.9%Sant Andreu de la Barca🇪🇸 Elda 27.8%🇪🇸 Nerja 27.8%🇮🇹 Florence 27.7%🇪🇸 Rivas-Vaciamadrid 27.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇺🇸 San Clemente 0%🇻🇪 San Cristobal 0%🇧🇿 San Pedro 0%🇺🇸 Sandusky 0%Sant Andreu de la Barca🇪🇸 Sant Vicenç dels Horts 0%🇧🇷 Santa Maria 0%🇪🇸 Santa Pola 0%🇪🇸 Santander 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 47.4% 383 of 1,704 🇦🇷 Bahía Blanca 47.8%🇪🇸 Cádiz 47.7%🇪🇸 Marbella 47.6%🇮🇹 Imperia 47.5%Sant Andreu de la Barca🇪🇸 Mataró 47.2%🇫🇷 Rennes 47%🇫🇷 Quimper 46.6%🇮🇹 Ancona 46.2%

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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