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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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São José do Rio Preto

Where São José do Rio Preto 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 215 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇧🇷 Araraquara 165 km Nearest written profile 🇧🇷 São Paulo 📖 414 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
Shops & errands275 places mapped
08:00–21:00
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0%
open past midnight
75%
open on Sundays
82h
open per week
5%
open 24/7
Food & drink203 places mapped
10:45–21:00
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0%
open past midnight
60%
open on Sundays
40h
open per week
10%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
103
muggy days a year
5
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
137
umbrella days a year
56.4 m
of rain since 1981
7,378
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1889.8 km
to Guayaques
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:44
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.4 h
longest day of the year
10
public holidays, 2024
13,940
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSão José do Rio Preto RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 0% 296 of 1,878 🇮🇩 Singkawang 0%🇿🇦 Somerset West 0%🇸🇻 Sonsonate 0%🇬🇧 Sunderland 0%São José do Rio Preto🇵🇭 Tacloban 0%🇵🇪 Tacna 0%🇹🇼 Taichung 0%🇮🇳 Talegaon Dabhade 0%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 40.5 h 259 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Valence 42 h🇮🇹 Aosta 41.5 h🇧🇪 Frameries 40.9 h🇫🇷 Arles 40.5 hSão José do Rio Preto🇧🇷 Araraquara 40 h🇧🇷 Boa Vista 40 h🇫🇷 Lorient 40 h🇧🇪 Roeselare 40 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 10% 372 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Saga 10%🇨🇺 Santiago de Cuba 10%🇰🇷 Seogwipo 10%🇹🇳 Sousse 10%São José do Rio Preto🇯🇵 Tanabe 10%🇯🇵 Utsunomiya 10%🇧🇷 Araraquara 9.9%🇪🇸 Córdoba 9.9%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 10% 287 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Kishiwada 10%🇩🇪 Lüneburg 10%🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince 10%🇰🇷 Seogwipo 10%São José do Rio Preto🇳🇿 Auckland 9.8%🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 9.8%🇬🇧 Oxford 9.6%🇦🇹 Wiener Neustadt 9.6%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Stralsund 0%🇩🇪 Straubing 0%🇮🇪 Swords 0%🇭🇺 Szombathely 0%São José do Rio Preto🇫🇷 Sète 0%🇹🇼 Taichung 0%🇯🇵 Takaoka 0%🇯🇵 Takayama 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 75% 215 of 1,704 🇮🇹 Genoa 75%🇮🇹 L'Aquila 75%🇨🇱 Rancagua 75%🇮🇹 Riva del Garda 75%São José do Rio Preto🇳🇱 Amsterdam 74.9%🇸🇪 Linköping 74.7%🇧🇷 Porto Alegre 74.4%🇳🇦 Windhoek 74.4%

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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