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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 292k · 2,358 venues mapped

Vigo

Where Vigo 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 69 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Ourense 72 km Nearest written profile 🇵🇹 Porto 📖 121 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 — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink2,358 places mapped
12:00–24:00
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24%
open past midnight
76%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week
30%
take a midday break
Shops & errands873 places mapped
09:00–21:30
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3%
open past midnight
35%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
22%
take a midday break
Services571 places mapped
08:30–20:30
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0%
open past midnight
19%
open on Sundays
60h
open per week
14%
take a midday break
Culture485 places mapped
10:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
47%
open on Sundays
39h
open per week
39%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
140
umbrella days a year
55.7 m
of rain since 1981
744
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
545.4 km
to Calatrava Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
18:06
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.3 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
15,058
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureVigo RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 24.4% 69 of 1,878 🇧🇭 Manama 25%🇺🇸 Terre Haute 24.7%🇹🇷 Fethiye 24.6%🇷🇺 Taganrog 24.5%Vigo🇺🇸 Green Bay 24.3%🇺🇸 Missoula 24.2%🇰🇼 Kuwait City 24.1%🇺🇸 Texarkana 24.1%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 54 h 207 of 1,878 🇬🇧 Torquay 54 h🇮🇹 Trapani 54 h🇩🇪 Trier 54 h🇳🇱 Utrecht 54 hVigo🇳🇿 Wellington 54 h🇩🇪 Wiesbaden 54 h🇵🇹 Tavira 53.8 h🇮🇹 Acireale 53.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 11.3% 359 of 1,878 🇸🇰 Žilina 11.4%🇲🇽 Cholula 11.3%🇮🇳 Jaipur 11.3%🇪🇸 Roquetas de Mar 11.3%Vigo🇧🇷 Vitória 11.3%🇪🇸 Pamplona 11.2%🇨🇿 Pilsen 11.2%🇷🇺 Pushkin 11.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 30.3% 116 of 1,878 🇨🇭 Basel 30.5%🇫🇷 Arras 30.4%🇮🇹 Imperia 30.3%🇮🇹 Latina 30.3%Vigo🇵🇹 Viseu 30.3%🇩🇪 Pforzheim 30.2%🇫🇷 Périgueux 30.2%🇵🇹 Aveiro 30%
Never close at all% open 24/7 2.5% 206 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Poway 2.5%🇺🇸 Sarasota 2.5%🇯🇵 Utsunomiya 2.5%🇨🇱 Valparaíso 2.5%Vigo🇬🇧 Worcester 2.5%🇵🇱 Świdnica 2.5%🇵🇱 Świnoujście 2.5%🇷🇸 Belgrade 2.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 35.3% 425 of 1,704 🇪🇸 Dénia 36.1%🇪🇸 Santander 36%🇸🇮 Maribor 35.9%🇪🇸 Salamanca 35.9%Vigo🇮🇳 Kannur 34.9%🇪🇸 León 34.9%🇪🇸 Málaga 34.7%🇩🇪 Weil am Rhein 34.7%

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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