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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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The ground and the sky4
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 64k · 1,268 venues mapped

Torrevieja

Where Torrevieja 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 92 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Santa Pola 26 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Valencia 📖 168 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct, Nov — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,268 places mapped
12:00–24:00
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22%
open past midnight
91%
open on Sundays
77h
open per week
15%
take a midday break
Shops & errands367 places mapped
09:00–21:30
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0%
open past midnight
45%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
3%
open 24/7
Services204 places mapped
08:30–16:30
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0%
open past midnight
29%
open on Sundays
38h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
6%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
31
muggy days a year
14
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
61
umbrella days a year
15 m
of rain since 1981
1,131
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
307.2 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
1.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:47
winter sunset (solar approx.)
14.8 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,305
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureTorrevieja RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 21.6% 92 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Naples 21.6%🇺🇸 Oshkosh 21.6%🇮🇹 Rome 21.6%🇦🇷 Salta 21.6%Torrevieja🇷🇺 Bataysk 21.5%🇦🇷 Mar del Plata 21.5%🇺🇿 Tashkent 21.5%🇪🇸 Granada 21.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 77.2 h 110 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Chattanooga 77.5 h🇺🇸 Eugene 77.5 h🇺🇸 Redding 77.5 h🇧🇬 Sofia 77.2 hTorrevieja🇬🇧 Basingstoke 77 h🇬🇧 Belfast 77 h🇺🇸 Bend 77 h🇬🇧 Blantyre 77 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 5.9% 413 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Münster 5.9%🇩🇪 Rosenheim 5.9%🇪🇸 Tarifa 5.9%🇧🇹 Thimphu 5.9%Torrevieja🇫🇷 Arles 5.8%🇩🇪 Karlsruhe 5.8%🇧🇪 La Louvière 5.8%🇧🇪 Liège 5.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 14.7% 247 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Hinckley 14.9%🇩🇪 Wuppertal 14.9%🇬🇧 Carlisle 14.8%🇦🇹 Salzburg 14.8%Torrevieja🇵🇾 Asuncion 14.6%🇩🇪 Jena 14.6%🇯🇵 Hiroshima 14.5%🇩🇪 Kassel 14.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Tivoli 0%🇲🇽 Tlalnepantla 0%🇪🇸 Toledo 0%🇺🇸 Topeka 0%Torrevieja🇵🇱 Toruń 0%🇬🇹 Totonicapán 0%🇧🇪 Tournai 0%🇮🇹 Trapani 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 45.3% 392 of 1,704 🇪🇸 Sant Boi de Llobregat 46.1%🇨🇿 Frýdek-Místek 45.8%🇵🇱 Gliwice 45.6%🇮🇹 Aosta 45.5%Torrevieja🇹🇿 Mwanza 45%🇫🇷 Colmar 44.6%🇩🇪 Flensburg 44.6%🇩🇪 Kehl 44.6%

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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