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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇩🇴 Dominican Republic · metro 4.6M · 1,617 venues mapped

Santo Domingo

Where Santo Domingo 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 90 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince 258 km Nearest written profile 🇺🇸 Miami 📖 1,335 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, Dec — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,617 places mapped
10:00–23:00
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18%
open past midnight
89%
open on Sundays
82h
open per week
9%
open 24/7
Shops & errands1,442 places mapped
08:00–22:00
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1%
open past midnight
73%
open on Sundays
96h
open per week
6%
open 24/7
Services1,132 places mapped
08:00–18:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
49%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week
21%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
310
muggy days a year
74
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
166
umbrella days a year
32.2 m
of rain since 1981
9,862
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
710.5 km
to Saba
17.8
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
18:09
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.2 h
longest day of the year
12
public holidays, 2024
18,409
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSanto Domingo RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 18% 121 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne 18.1%🇺🇸 Des Moines 18%🇪🇸 Salamanca 18%🇪🇸 Santander 18%Santo Domingo🇷🇺 Ulyanovsk 18%🇯🇵 Hanno 17.9%🇺🇸 Oxford 17.9%🇫🇮 Tampere 17.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 82.2 h 90 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Milwaukee 82.5 h🇬🇧 Scarborough 82.5 h🇮🇳 Alappuzha 82.2 h🇺🇸 Kennewick 82.2 hSanto Domingo🇨🇦 Abbotsford 82 h🇧🇩 Chattogram 82 h🇭🇺 Kecskemét 82 h🇪🇸 Lugo 82 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 7.2% 400 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Saarlouis 7.3%🇸🇪 Umeå 7.3%🇹🇷 Gölbaşı 7.2%🇺🇦 Kharkiv 7.2%Santo Domingo🇪🇸 Torremolinos 7.2%🇳🇱 Venlo 7.2%🇧🇷 Belém 7.1%🇺🇿 Bukhara 7.1%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Sandusky 0%🇸🇻 Santa Ana 0%🇺🇸 Santa Clarita 0%🇨🇺 Santiago de Cuba 0%Santo Domingo🇵🇭 Santo Tomas 0%🇧🇦 Sarajevo 0%🇨🇦 Sarnia 0%🇨🇦 Saskatoon 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 9% 141 of 1,878 🇨🇺 Trinidad 9.1%🇧🇦 Tuzla 9.1%🇺🇸 Canton 9%🇷🇺 Odintsovo 9%Santo Domingo🇰🇷 Seoul 9%🇺🇦 Kherson 8.9%🇷🇺 Kirov 8.9%🇺🇸 Norcross 8.9%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 72.6% 230 of 1,704 🇮🇹 Latina 72.7%🇧🇷 Londrina 72.7%🇫🇷 Montpellier 72.7%🇫🇷 Bordeaux 72.6%Santo Domingo🇮🇳 Thiruvananthapuram 72.5%🇧🇷 Manaus 72.3%🇨🇲 Yaoundé 72.2%🇮🇹 Bari 72.1%

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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