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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 27k · 225 venues mapped

Santa Pola

Where Santa Pola 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 112 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Alicante 19 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Valencia 📖 143 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct, Nov — 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
12:00–24:00
0006121824
19%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
69h
open per week
29%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
31
muggy days a year
14
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
61
umbrella days a year
15 m
of rain since 1981
1,132
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
309.8 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
0.6
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:46
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.8 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,301
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSanta Pola RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 19% 112 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Nova Lima 19.1%🇵🇹 Amora 19%🇪🇸 Bilbao 19%🇷🇺 Samara 19%Santa Pola🇪🇸 Barcelona 18.9%🇷🇺 Kaliningrad 18.9%🇷🇺 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 18.8%🇷🇸 Novi Sad 18.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 69 h 144 of 1,878 🇫🇮 Oulu 69 h🇺🇸 Palm Desert 69 h🇪🇸 Rivas-Vaciamadrid 69 h🇺🇸 Santa Barbara 69 hSanta Pola🇬🇧 Stafford 69 h🇬🇧 Swansea 69 h🇭🇺 Veszprém 69 h🇦🇹 Vienna 69 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 0% 468 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 0%🇨🇱 Puerto Montt 0%🇳🇱 Purmerend 0%🇻🇪 San Cristobal 0%Santa Pola🇰🇿 Shymkent 0%🇩🇪 Straubing 0%🇧🇷 São Luís 0%🇵🇭 Tacloban 0%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 28.6% 129 of 1,878 🇨🇭 Wettingen 29%🇮🇹 Bergamo 28.9%🇧🇪 Roeselare 28.7%🇪🇸 Reus 28.6%Santa Pola🇪🇸 Torrejón de Ardoz 28.4%🇨🇭 Montreux 28.3%🇧🇪 Ostend 28.3%🇯🇵 Koriyama 28.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Sandusky 0%🇪🇸 Sant Andreu de la Barca 0%🇪🇸 Sant Vicenç dels Horts 0%🇧🇷 Santa Maria 0%Santa Pola🇪🇸 Santander 0%🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela 0%🇲🇽 Santiago de Querétaro 0%🇺🇸 Saratoga Springs 0%

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.

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