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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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🇨🇱 Chile · metro 6.6M · 7,311 venues mapped

Santiago

Where Santiago 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 120 of 1,878.

This city has a full profile Read Santiago in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇨🇱 Rancagua 80 km Nearest written profile 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 📖 1,137 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink7,311 places mapped
10:00–22:00
0006121824
16%
open past midnight
74%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
4%
open 24/7
Shops & errands5,695 places mapped
08:30–21:15
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
84%
open on Sundays
88h
open per week
16%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
34
umbrella days a year
13.3 m
of rain since 1981
2,218
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
2
volcanoes within 100 km
78.9 km
to San Jose
47.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:42
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.4 h
longest day of the year
17
public holidays, 2024
12,710
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSantiago RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 16% 140 of 1,878 🇫🇮 Helsinki 16.1%🇲🇽 Hermosillo 16.1%🇪🇸 Lugo 16.1%🇬🇧 Maidenhead 16%Santiago🇺🇸 Springfield 16%🇦🇺 Toowoomba 16%🇮🇹 Trapani 16%🇺🇸 Bakersfield 15.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 75 h 120 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Pamplona 75 h🇬🇧 Pontefract 75 h🇵🇹 Porto 75 h🇵🇹 Póvoa de Varzim 75 hSantiago🇨🇦 Sherwood Park 75 h🇮🇹 Siena 75 h🇭🇺 Sopron 75 h🇸🇰 Trenčín 75 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 4.7% 425 of 1,878 🇰🇿 Astana 4.7%🇫🇷 Colmar 4.7%🇵🇱 Lodz 4.7%🇷🇺 Penza 4.7%Santiago🇳🇱 Bussum 4.6%🇦🇹 Dornbirn 4.6%🇷🇺 Irkutsk 4.6%🇧🇾 Minsk 4.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 3% 354 of 1,878 🇲🇾 Kuching 3%🇺🇸 Lubbock 3%🇳🇱 Oss 3%🇪🇸 Ourense 3%Santiago🇨🇦 Sherwood Park 3%🇵🇪 Tacna 3%🇨🇺 Trinidad 3%🇨🇿 Zlín 3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 4.5% 186 of 1,878 🇦🇷 Posadas 4.5%🇨🇱 Puerto Montt 4.5%🇵🇱 Radom 4.5%🇪🇸 San Fernando 4.5%Santiago🇺🇸 Turlock 4.5%🇯🇵 Asahikawa 4.4%🇬🇧 Bedford 4.4%🇺🇸 Columbus 4.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 84% 144 of 1,704 🇵🇹 Porto 84.1%🇮🇩 Singkawang 84.1%🇮🇪 Cork 84%🇲🇿 Maputo 84%Santiago🇨🇦 Winnipeg 84%🇰🇪 Ngong 83.9%🇫🇮 Lahti 83.8%🇮🇹 Albano Laziale 83.7%

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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