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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 50k · 224 venues mapped

Segovia

Where Segovia 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 13 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Salamanca 68 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Madrid 📖 69 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit 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 & drink224 places mapped
10:00–24:00
0006121824
41%
open past midnight
97%
open on Sundays
82h
open per week
9%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7
Shops & errands107 places mapped
09:00–21:30
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
13%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
17%
take a midday break
Services51 places mapped
08:45–16:30
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
41%
open on Sundays
38h
open per week
12%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
101
umbrella days a year
21.8 m
of rain since 1981
1,859
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
231.2 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:52
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.1 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,660
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSegovia RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 41.2% 13 of 1,878 🇷🇸 Kragujevac 44.6%🇦🇷 Resistencia 43.3%🇮🇪 Waterford 42.3%🇸🇩 Khartoum 42.1%Segovia🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 41.2%🇮🇱 Jerusalem 40%🇱🇧 Sidon 40%🇹🇷 Adana 39.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 82 h 91 of 1,878 🇭🇺 Kecskemét 82 h🇪🇸 Lugo 82 h🇨🇦 Pickering 82 h🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro 82 hSegovia🇺🇸 Spokane 82 h🇪🇸 Zamora 82 h🇪🇸 Bilbao 81.8 h🇬🇧 King's Lynn 81.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 11.8% 354 of 1,878 🇬🇷 Ioannina 11.8%🇬🇧 Mansfield 11.8%🇫🇷 Marignane 11.8%🇯🇵 Sapporo 11.8%Segovia🇨🇭 Winterthur 11.8%🇨🇲 Yaoundé 11.8%🇨🇦 Kitchener 11.7%🇫🇮 Lahti 11.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 8.8% 296 of 1,878 🇻🇳 Cần Thơ 8.8%🇬🇧 Inverness 8.8%🇮🇹 Lecce 8.8%🇬🇧 Newport 8.8%Segovia🇪🇸 Benidorm 8.7%🇧🇸 Nassau 8.7%🇦🇺 Newcastle 8.7%🇬🇧 Norwich 8.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.9% 202 of 1,878 🇭🇺 Nyíregyháza 2.9%🇵🇱 Olsztyn 2.9%🇦🇺 Point Cook 2.9%🇮🇳 Pune 2.9%Segovia🇺🇸 Syracuse 2.9%🇬🇧 York 2.9%🇫🇷 Auxerre 2.8%🇺🇸 Chapel Hill 2.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 13.3% 540 of 1,704 🇩🇪 Halle (Saale) 14.2%🇩🇪 Aalen 13.9%🇪🇸 Mairena del Aljarafe 13.8%🇩🇪 Schweinfurt 13.8%Segovia🇩🇪 Bayreuth 13.1%🇩🇪 Jena 13.1%🇳🇴 Stavanger 12.7%🇩🇪 Passau 12%

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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