athens.taipei The Atlas of City Experiences
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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Compare two cities Head-to-head on absurd terms only. No GDP, no cappuccino index. The year, month by month Where to be in each month, who has the most days off, and when the airports peak. Start from a goal Eat well at 2 a.m. · Work all day from a café — ranked by what the city keeps open.
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🇭🇰 Hong Kong · 262 venues mapped

Sha Tin

Where Sha Tin 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 74 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇭🇰 Ma On Shan 6 km Nearest written profile 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 📖 12 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, Oct, Nov, Dec — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Shops & errands271 places mapped
08:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
92%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
Food & drink262 places mapped
09:00–22:00
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0%
open past midnight
100%
open on Sundays
87h
open per week
5%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
203
muggy days a year
138
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
175
umbrella days a year
74.3 m
of rain since 1981
2,888
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
494 km
to Hainan Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:45
winter sunset (solar approx.)
13.5 h
longest day of the year
14
public holidays, 2024
6,044
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureSha Tin RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 0% 296 of 1,878 🇸🇻 Santa Ana 0%🇵🇭 Santo Tomas 0%🇰🇷 Seogwipo 0%🇲🇾 Seremban 0%Sha Tin🇬🇧 Shrewsbury 0%🇩🇿 Sidi Moussa 0%🇮🇩 Singkawang 0%🇿🇦 Somerset West 0%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 87 h 74 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Orenburg 87.2 h🇹🇳 Tunis 87.2 h🇦🇷 Mar del Plata 87 h🇺🇸 Norcross 87 hSha Tin🇺🇸 Greeley 86.5 h🇺🇸 Harrisburg 86.5 h🇷🇺 Vladimir 86.5 h🇷🇺 Voronezh 86.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 37.8% 115 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Pensacola 38%🇦🇺 Cairns 37.9%🇺🇸 Camarillo 37.9%🇺🇸 Palm Bay 37.8%Sha Tin🇲🇦 Agadir 37.5%🇺🇸 Duncanville 37.5%🇬🇧 Llandudno 37.5%🇺🇸 Morgantown 37.5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 5.4% 330 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Santa Fe 5.5%🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 5.4%🇷🇺 Kazan 5.4%🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo 5.4%Sha Tin🇺🇸 Spartanburg 5.4%🇨🇳 Zhujiajiao 5.4%🇮🇩 Banjarmasin 5.3%🇵🇪 Cusco 5.3%
Never close at all% open 24/7 5.4% 177 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Chelyabinsk 5.4%🇺🇸 Hilo 5.4%🇷🇺 Maykop 5.4%🇦🇷 Salta 5.4%Sha Tin🇺🇸 Tucson 5.4%🇬🇪 Batumi 5.3%🇵🇱 Elbląg 5.3%🇯🇵 Fukuyama 5.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 92.3% 75 of 1,704 🇺🇸 Bellingham 92.3%🇵🇰 Islamabad 92.3%🇬🇧 Milton Keynes 92.3%🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán 92.3%Sha Tin🇬🇧 Harlow 92.2%🇺🇸 Albuquerque 92.1%🇮🇹 Catania 92.1%🇺🇸 Honolulu 92.1%

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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