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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Wiesbaden

Where Wiesbaden places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 195 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇩🇪 Rüsselsheim am Main 16 km Nearest written profile 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 📖 161 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 & drink2,101 places mapped
11:30–22:00
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8%
open past midnight
76%
open on Sundays
54h
open per week
21%
take a midday break
Shops & errands1,019 places mapped
07:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
29%
open on Sundays
78h
open per week
Culture377 places mapped
10:00–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
46%
open on Sundays
20h
open per week
6%
take a midday break
Services346 places mapped
08:30–18:30
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1%
open past midnight
5%
open on Sundays
50h
open per week
22%
take a midday break
3%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
142
umbrella days a year
33 m
of rain since 1981
454
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
100.2 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:27
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.4 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
13,876
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureWiesbaden RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 7.7% 223 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Terrassa 7.7%🇨🇦 Vaudreuil-Dorion 7.7%🇺🇸 Waukegan 7.7%🇨🇭 Wettingen 7.7%Wiesbaden🇩🇿 Zeralda 7.7%🇮🇹 Cagliari 7.6%🇮🇳 Hyderabad 7.6%🇵🇹 Lisbon 7.6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 54 h 207 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Trier 54 h🇳🇱 Utrecht 54 h🇪🇸 Vigo 54 h🇳🇿 Wellington 54 hWiesbaden🇵🇹 Tavira 53.8 h🇮🇹 Acireale 53.5 h🇳🇱 Breda 53.5 h🇩🇪 Coburg 53.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 5.1% 421 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Kiel 5.1%🇫🇷 Lille 5.1%🇧🇪 Namur 5.1%🇩🇪 Neuwied 5.1%Wiesbaden🇩🇪 Bad Kreuznach 5%🇩🇪 Essen 5%🇱🇹 Kaunas 5%🇩🇪 Lüneburg 5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 21% 195 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Toyohashi 21.4%🇩🇪 Neuwied 21.3%🇧🇷 Sao Jose dos Campos 21.2%🇪🇸 Vic 21.2%Wiesbaden🇪🇸 Fuengirola 20.9%🇮🇹 Cosenza 20.8%🇮🇹 Brindisi 20.7%🇩🇪 Mönchengladbach 20.7%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.4% 227 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Trier 0.4%🇮🇹 Turin 0.4%🇦🇹 Wels 0.4%🇨🇭 Wettingen 0.4%Wiesbaden🇫🇷 Aix-en-Provence 0.3%🇫🇷 Angers 0.3%🇳🇱 Arnhem 0.3%🇪🇸 Barcelona 0.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 29.3% 454 of 1,704 🇩🇪 Unna 29.8%🇩🇪 Gütersloh 29.4%🇪🇸 Donostia / San Sebastián 29.3%🇩🇪 Osnabrück 29.3%Wiesbaden🇩🇪 Koblenz 29.1%🇩🇪 Reutlingen 29.1%🇩🇪 Rüsselsheim am Main 29.1%🇵🇱 Przemyśl 28.8%

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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