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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇪🇸 Spain · metro 624k · 2,318 venues mapped

Zaragoza

Where Zaragoza 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 84 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇪🇸 Lleida 125 km Nearest written profile 🇪🇸 Bilbao 📖 245 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, Jul, Aug, 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 & drink2,318 places mapped
11:00–23:30
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23%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
60h
open per week
31%
take a midday break
Shops & errands870 places mapped
09:00–21:30
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3%
open past midnight
40%
open on Sundays
75h
open per week
15%
take a midday break
Services599 places mapped
09:30–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
8%
open on Sundays
48h
open per week
36%
take a midday break
Culture320 places mapped
10:00–21:00
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0%
open past midnight
54%
open on Sundays
52h
open per week
35%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
79
umbrella days a year
16.9 m
of rain since 1981
3,569
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
287.7 km
to Olot Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:36
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.2 h
longest day of the year
9
public holidays, 2024
14,407
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureZaragoza RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 22.7% 84 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro 22.9%🇮🇹 Caserta 22.8%🇨🇱 Valparaíso 22.8%🇺🇸 Knoxville 22.7%Zaragoza🇪🇸 Dénia 22.6%🇪🇸 Gijón 22.4%🇧🇾 Hrodna 22.4%🇮🇹 Latina 22.4%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 60 h 181 of 1,878 🇧🇴 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 60 h🇨🇭 Schaffhausen 60 h🇬🇧 Shrewsbury 60 h🇦🇺 Sydney 60 hZaragoza🇩🇪 Kempten (Allgäu) 59.8 h🇵🇹 Lagos 59.8 h🇬🇧 Newbury 59.8 h🇫🇷 Ajaccio 59.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 9.3% 379 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Naha 9.3%🇫🇷 Périgueux 9.3%🇨🇷 San José 9.3%🇮🇳 Talegaon Dabhade 9.3%Zaragoza🇮🇶 Erbil 9.2%🇨🇿 Frýdek-Místek 9.2%🇦🇹 Innsbruck 9.2%🇮🇷 Karaj 9.2%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 31.4% 108 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Genoa 31.8%🇮🇹 Pesaro 31.8%🇮🇹 Cervia 31.6%🇮🇹 Ancona 31.5%Zaragoza🇮🇹 Cuneo 31.3%🇯🇵 Hamamatsu 31.2%🇯🇵 Takayama 31.2%🇵🇹 Tavira 31.2%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.6% 225 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Sindelfingen 0.6%🇫🇷 Strasbourg 0.6%🇨🇭 Thun 0.6%🇮🇹 Trieste 0.6%Zaragoza🇩🇰 Aalborg 0.5%🇫🇷 Annecy 0.5%🇩🇪 Aschaffenburg 0.5%🇵🇹 Barreiro 0.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 40.4% 407 of 1,704 🇪🇸 Castelló de la Plana 40.9%🇪🇸 Logroño 40.5%🇪🇸 Torremolinos 40.5%🇪🇸 Motril 40.4%Zaragoza🇨🇭 Lausanne 40.3%🇪🇸 Sant Vicenç dels Horts 40%🇫🇷 Saint-Louis 39.6%🇨🇭 Neuchâtel 39%

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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