🇯🇵 Japan · metro 239k · 3,067 venues mapped

Wakayama

Where Wakayama places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 19 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇯🇵 Kishiwada 32 km Nearest written profile 🇯🇵 Osaka 📖 60 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot

Come for everything else Wakayama does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink3,067 places mapped

11:00–22:00

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open past midnight

90%

open on Sundays

77h

open per week

12%

take a midday break

open 24/7

Shops & errands1,383 places mapped

00:00–24:00

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open past midnight

98%

open on Sundays

168h

open per week

68%

open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured

104

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

253.6 km

to Sanbesan

20.4

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

16:54

winter sunset (solar approx.)

14.4 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

7,632

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Wakayama	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	7.5%	225 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Naples 7.5%🇯🇵 Saga 7.5%🇺🇸 San Clemente 7.5%🇩🇪 Stuttgart 7.5%Wakayama🇷🇴 Arad 7.4%🇨🇴 Cúcuta 7.4%🇺🇸 Flagstaff 7.4%🇳🇱 Heemskerk 7.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	77 h	111 of 1,878	🇲🇹 Valletta 77 h🇮🇹 Venice 77 h🇱🇹 Vilnius 77 h🇮🇹 Viterbo 77 hWakayama🇺🇸 Watsonville 77 h🇺🇸 Wilmington 77 h🇰🇷 Wonju 77 h🇪🇸 Benidorm 76.9 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	7.5%	397 of 1,878	🇲🇽 Guadalajara 7.5%🇩🇪 Iserlohn 7.5%🇬🇧 Luton 7.5%🇫🇷 Rennes 7.5%Wakayama🇩🇪 Ingolstadt 7.4%🇨🇾 Kyrenia 7.4%🇫🇷 Le Mée-sur-Seine 7.4%🇫🇷 Lens 7.4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	12.3%	267 of 1,878	🇯🇵 Matsue 12.5%🇯🇵 Saga 12.5%🇦🇺 Canberra 12.4%🇬🇧 Portsmouth 12.4%Wakayama🇦🇺 Geelong 12.2%🇪🇸 Ibiza 12.2%🇲🇴 Macau 12.2%🇯🇵 Marugame 12.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7	6.7%	164 of 1,878	🇨🇴 Santa Rosa de Cabal 6.7%🇭🇺 Székesfehérvár 6.7%🇹🇷 Trabzon 6.7%🇹🇭 Ubon Ratchathani 6.7%Wakayama🇯🇵 Yamagata 6.7%🇷🇺 Yaroslavl 6.7%🇺🇦 Odesa 6.6%🇷🇺 Tambov 6.6%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	98%	19 of 1,704	🇺🇸 South Bend 98%🇬🇧 Southend-on-Sea 98%🇯🇵 Tokyo 98%🇺🇸 Virginia Beach 98%Wakayama🇹🇭 Bangkok 97.9%🇬🇧 Blackpool 97.9%🇺🇸 Escondido 97.9%🇬🇧 Maidenhead 97.9%

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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