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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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🇧🇷 Brazil · metro 235k · 318 venues mapped

São Carlos

Where São Carlos 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 170 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇧🇷 Araraquara 38 km Nearest written profile 🇧🇷 São Paulo 📖 213 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 — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink318 places mapped
11:00–22:00
0006121824
5%
open past midnight
69%
open on Sundays
49h
open per week
8%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands138 places mapped
07:45–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
81%
open on Sundays
90h
open per week
12%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
58
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
137
umbrella days a year
58.8 m
of rain since 1981
4,898
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2019.9 km
to Cordon de Puntas Negras
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:36
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.5 h
longest day of the year
10
public holidays, 2024
13,770
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSão Carlos RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 5.1% 249 of 1,878 🇦🇺 Langwarrin 5.1%🇬🇧 Leeds 5.1%🇸🇪 Linköping 5.1%🇩🇪 Straubing 5.1%São Carlos🇮🇷 Yazd 5.1%🇵🇭 Apalit 5%🇨🇿 Brno 5%🇬🇧 Crawley 5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 49 h 229 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Lille 49 h🇫🇷 Metz 49 h🇮🇹 Savona 49 h🇨🇴 Sogamoso 49 hSão Carlos🇯🇵 Takayama 49 h🇧🇷 Teresina 49 h🇫🇷 Tours 49 h🇫🇷 Vichy 49 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 10.3% 369 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Hastings 10.3%🇸🇪 Norrköping 10.3%🇦🇷 San Juan 10.3%🇬🇧 Sheffield 10.3%São Carlos🇬🇧 Leeds 10.2%🇩🇪 Passau 10.2%🇨🇱 Penco 10.2%🇷🇺 Samara 10.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 7.7% 307 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Isesaki 7.7%🇯🇵 Kagoshima 7.7%🇯🇵 Niigata 7.7%🇻🇪 San Cristobal 7.7%São Carlos🇲🇹 Valletta 7.7%🇮🇷 Yazd 7.7%🇩🇿 Zeralda 7.7%🇯🇵 Kisarazu 7.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.6% 205 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Naples 2.6%🇺🇸 Richmond 2.6%🇺🇸 Sacramento 2.6%🇭🇺 Szeged 2.6%São Carlos🇦🇹 Bregenz 2.5%🇲🇪 Budva 2.5%🇺🇸 Cleveland 2.5%🇺🇸 Glen Burnie 2.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 81.2% 170 of 1,704 🇧🇬 Plovdiv 81.3%🇧🇷 Goiânia 81.2%🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince 81.2%🇵🇹 Póvoa de Varzim 81.2%São Carlos🇫🇷 Cergy 81.1%🇨🇦 Sherwood Park 81.1%🇫🇷 Lens 81%🇮🇹 Rovereto 81%

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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