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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 155k · 633 venues mapped

Torrejón de Ardoz

Where Torrejón de Ardoz 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 88 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Alcalá de Henares 10 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Madrid 📖 20 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 & drink633 places mapped
11:00–24:00
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22%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
28%
take a midday break
Shops & errands242 places mapped
09:00–21:30
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0%
open past midnight
74%
open on Sundays
81h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Services143 places mapped
08:30–20:30
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0%
open past midnight
38%
open on Sundays
64h
open per week
14%
take a midday break
10%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
82
umbrella days a year
20.6 m
of rain since 1981
3,291
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
182.5 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:51
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.1 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,597
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureTorrejón de Ardoz RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 22.1% 88 of 1,878 🇧🇾 Hrodna 22.4%🇮🇹 Latina 22.4%🇨🇴 Chía 22.2%🇧🇷 Uberlândia 22.2%Torrejón de Ardoz🇷🇺 Vladivostok 22.1%🇷🇺 Astrakhan 22%🇯🇵 Otsu 22%🇵🇱 Białystok 21.9%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 78 h 107 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Portland 78 h🇺🇸 Reading 78 h🇬🇧 Slough 78 h🇯🇵 Tokyo 78 hTorrejón de Ardoz🇨🇦 Trois-Rivières 78 h🇱🇦 Vientiane 78 h🇪🇸 Valdemoro 77.8 h🇨🇦 Cambridge 77.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 14.7% 325 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Grimsby 14.7%🇧🇷 Manaus 14.7%🇨🇦 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 14.7%🇨🇭 Solothurn 14.7%Torrejón de Ardoz🇬🇧 Wigan 14.7%🇪🇸 Barcelona 14.6%🇬🇧 Bournemouth 14.6%🇶🇦 Doha 14.6%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 28.4% 130 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Bergamo 28.9%🇧🇪 Roeselare 28.7%🇪🇸 Reus 28.6%🇪🇸 Santa Pola 28.6%Torrejón de Ardoz🇨🇭 Montreux 28.3%🇧🇪 Ostend 28.3%🇯🇵 Koriyama 28.2%🇮🇹 Novara 28.1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.1% 210 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Rovereto 2.1%🇧🇦 Sarajevo 2.1%🇲🇰 Skopje 2.1%🇷🇴 Timișoara 2.1%Torrejón de Ardoz🇺🇸 Akron 2%🇪🇸 Alcalá de Henares 2%🇩🇪 Berlin 2%🇵🇱 Bielsko-Biała 2%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 73.5% 224 of 1,704 🇭🇳 Tegucigalpa 73.9%🇫🇷 Montbéliard 73.7%🇳🇱 Geleen 73.5%🇫🇷 Le Havre 73.5%Torrejón de Ardoz🇨🇴 Medellín 73.4%🇪🇸 Castelldefels 73.3%🇭🇺 Nyíregyháza 73.3%🇵🇾 Presidente Franco 73.3%

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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