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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 67k · 1,668 venues mapped

Valdemoro

Where Valdemoro 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 16 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Rivas-Vaciamadrid 21 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Madrid 📖 25 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, Sep, Oct — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,668 places mapped
11:00–24:00
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39%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
14%
take a midday break
Shops & errands1,015 places mapped
09:00–21:30
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
62%
open on Sundays
76h
open per week
14%
take a midday break
5%
open 24/7
Services538 places mapped
09:00–21:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
22%
open on Sundays
66h
open per week
5%
open 24/7
Culture267 places mapped
09:00–21:00
0006121824
5%
open past midnight
10%
open on Sundays
60h
open per week
10%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
72
umbrella days a year
17.3 m
of rain since 1981
3,916
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
149.8 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:52
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,609
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureValdemoro RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 39.2% 16 of 1,878 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 41.2%🇮🇱 Jerusalem 40%🇱🇧 Sidon 40%🇹🇷 Adana 39.4%Valdemoro🇨🇱 Antofagasta 39.1%🇸🇦 Dammam 39%🇬🇷 Corfu 38.5%🇰🇿 Astana 38.3%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 77.8 h 108 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Tokyo 78 h🇪🇸 Torrejón de Ardoz 78 h🇨🇦 Trois-Rivières 78 h🇱🇦 Vientiane 78 hValdemoro🇨🇦 Cambridge 77.5 h🇺🇸 Chattanooga 77.5 h🇺🇸 Eugene 77.5 h🇺🇸 Redding 77.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 20% 273 of 1,878 🇹🇷 Nevşehir 20%🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince 20%🇵🇭 Tarlac City 20%🇧🇪 Tournai 20%Valdemoro🇨🇳 Wuhan 20%🇬🇧 Grays 19.9%🇨🇳 Jiangshan 19.8%🇨🇦 Vaudreuil-Dorion 19.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 13.8% 256 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Gera 13.9%🇯🇵 Kumagaya 13.9%🇯🇵 Tokyo 13.9%🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán 13.8%Valdemoro🇦🇷 Bahía Blanca 13.6%🇳🇿 Christchurch 13.6%🇧🇪 Mechelen 13.6%🇮🇹 Catania 13.5%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.3% 208 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Sao Jose dos Campos 2.3%🇦🇺 Sydney 2.3%🇹🇼 Taipei 2.3%🇺🇸 Trenton 2.3%Valdemoro🇺🇸 Allen 2.2%🇵🇾 Asuncion 2.2%🇺🇸 Baltimore 2.2%🇨🇭 Basel 2.2%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 61.5% 311 of 1,704 🇭🇺 Sopron 61.8%🇵🇱 Bydgoszcz 61.7%🇧🇪 Brussels 61.6%🇵🇱 Opole 61.6%Valdemoro🇭🇷 Zagreb 61.4%🇵🇾 Ciudad del Este 61.3%🇮🇳 Kozhikode 61.3%🇫🇷 Grenoble 61.1%

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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