What is open this month
Guides say a town «lives all year» or «empties in winter». That is the same sentence for a place where one business in ten shuts in January and a place where seven do. Here there is a share instead of a sentence: how much is running in the month you pick against that town's own best month.
Places matching: 132 of 132. The figure is what share of the year's best month is running in January.
| Place | Open | Yearly peak | Accounts that month | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adra | 100% | January | 187 | €1,150 |
| Antigua | 100% | January | 183 | €2,100 |
| Ferrol | 100% | January | 578 | €1,206 |
| Puerto de la Cruz | 100% | January | 590 | €3,090 |
| Reus | 100% | January | 899 | €1,583 |
| San Sebastián de La Gomera | 100% | January | 120 | €1,500 |
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 100% | February | 2,780 | €2,321 |
| Telde | 100% | March | 540 | €1,796 |
| Tías | 100% | February | 621 | €2,400 |
| Huelva | 99% | May | 1,237 | €1,650 |
| Adeje / Costa Adeje | 99% | November | 987 | €3,774 |
| Getxo | 99% | March | 487 | €4,125 |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 99% | February | 1,770 | €2,326 |
| Mogán | 99% | November | 671 | €2,900 |
| Maspalomas figure covers San Bartolomé de Tirajana | 99% | February | 1,292 | €3,100 |
| Los Llanos de Aridane | 99% | February | 269 | €1,450 |
| Puerto del Rosario | 99% | December | 357 | €1,958 |
| Algeciras | 99% | May | 808 | €1,594 |
| Teguise | 99% | March | 361 | €2,200 |
| A Coruña | 99% | November | 2,309 | €2,762 |
| Barcelona | 98% | May | 16,943 | €4,595 |
| Almería | 98% | August | 1,767 | €1,769 |
| Seville | 98% | May | 6,505 | €2,641 |
| Bilbao | 98% | May | 3,082 | €3,524 |
| Girona | 98% | November | 1,084 | €2,295 |
| Málaga | 98% | November | 5,132 | €3,283 |
| Badalona | 97% | May | 1,299 | €2,769 |
| Vigo | 97% | November | 2,442 | €2,335 |
| Valencia | 97% | May | 7,309 | €2,957 |
| Granada | 97% | November | 3,038 | €2,430 |
| Castellón de la Plana | 97% | December | 1,565 | €1,511 |
| Avilés | 97% | July | 602 | €1,550 |
| San Sebastián / Donostia | 97% | August | 2,070 | €5,186 |
| Jerez de la Frontera | 97% | November | 1,715 | €1,803 |
| Oviedo | 97% | November | 1,811 | €2,206 |
| Santander | 97% | August | 1,595 | €2,656 |
| La Línea de la Concepción | 97% | May | 463 | €1,623 |
| Narón | 97% | October | 241 | €1,208 |
| Corralejo figure covers La Oliva | 97% | August | 523 | €2,700 |
| Arrecife | 97% | November | 514 | €2,011 |
| Cádiz | 97% | August | 1,196 | €3,011 |
| Castelldefels | 96% | May | 523 | €4,327 |
| Yaiza | 96% | September | 366 | €2,600 |
| Gijón | 96% | August | 2,142 | €2,339 |
| Mataró | 96% | June | 937 | €2,512 |
| Los Barrios | 96% | November | 229 | €1,350 |
| Pontevedra | 96% | August | 838 | €2,027 |
| Sagunto | 95% | August | 486 | €1,612 |
| Carballo | 95% | October | 270 | €1,156 |
| Tarragona | 95% | May | 1,238 | €1,843 |
| Sanlúcar de Barrameda | 95% | July | 616 | €2,053 |
| Sada | 95% | August | 123 | €1,900 |
| Santa Cruz de La Palma | 95% | June | 201 | €1,400 |
| Alicante | 95% | July | 3,156 | €2,272 |
| Pájara | 95% | December | 317 | €2,300 |
| Orihuela Costa figure covers Orihuela | 94% | July | 868 | €3,348 |
| San Roque | 93% | July | 292 | €2,512 |
| Rincón de la Victoria | 92% | June | 317 | €3,498 |
| Cartagena | 92% | August | 1,497 | €1,479 |
| Estepona | 92% | July | 728 | €3,453 |
| Alhaurín de la Torre | 92% | June | 228 | €2,736 |
| Zarautz | 92% | August | 227 | €6,994 |
| Vinaròs | 92% | July | 325 | €1,497 |
| Viveiro | 91% | August | 181 | €1,300 |
| El Puerto de Santa María | 91% | August | 815 | €2,555 |
| Torre del Mar figure covers Vélez-Málaga | 91% | July | 711 | €1,581 |
| Vélez-Málaga | 91% | July | 711 | €2,745 |
| Palma de Mallorca | 91% | July | 3,730 | €3,792 |
| Marbella | 90% | August | 2,233 | €4,477 |
| Roquetas de Mar | 90% | July | 803 | €1,706 |
| Castro Urdiales | 90% | August | 299 | €2,812 |
| Águilas | 89% | August | 312 | €1,448 |
| Fuengirola | 89% | August | 1,053 | €3,711 |
| Mijas | 89% | August | 649 | €3,339 |
| El Campello | 88% | July | 294 | €2,824 |
| Gandía | 88% | July | 713 | €1,758 |
| Sitges | 88% | August | 444 | €4,924 |
| Benidorm | 87% | August | 1,360 | €3,213 |
| Cee | 87% | August | 93 | €1,050 |
| Benalmádena | 86% | August | 723 | €3,779 |
| Dénia | 86% | July | 603 | €2,989 |
| San Pedro del Pinatar | 86% | July | 209 | €2,049 |
| Torrevieja | 86% | July | 922 | €2,241 |
| Chiclana de la Frontera | 85% | July | 689 | €2,219 |
| Jávea / Xàbia | 85% | August | 389 | €3,489 |
| Mazarrón | 84% | July | 315 | €1,581 |
| Calpe / Calp | 83% | July | 375 | €3,258 |
| Torremolinos | 83% | July | 902 | €3,736 |
| Santa Pola | 82% | July | 362 | €2,604 |
| Altea | 82% | August | 353 | €3,423 |
| Blanes | 82% | July | 377 | €2,223 |
| Moraira figure covers Teulada | 80% | August | 206 | €3,956 |
| Nerja | 80% | August | 411 | €2,450 |
| Vera | 80% | July | 204 | €1,750 |
| Manilva | 79% | July | 177 | €3,450 |
| Ribadeo | 79% | July | 161 | €1,450 |
| Torrox | 78% | August | 181 | €2,000 |
| Salobreña | 78% | July | 109 | €2,235 |
| Los Alcázares | 77% | August | 157 | €1,750 |
| Almuñécar | 77% | August | 381 | €3,021 |
| San Javier | 75% | July | 284 | €1,941 |
| Ayamonte | 75% | August | 210 | €2,024 |
| Benicàssim | 75% | July | 195 | €2,728 |
| Laredo | 74% | August | 163 | €2,908 |
| Guardamar del Segura | 73% | August | 182 | €3,363 |
| Garrucha | 70% | August | 85 | €2,200 |
| Isla Cristina | 70% | August | 181 | €1,425 |
| Maó / Mahón | 70% | July | 319 | €2,981 |
| Cullera | 69% | July | 227 | €2,391 |
| Cambrils | 67% | July | 348 | €2,413 |
| Mojácar | 65% | July | 166 | €2,651 |
| Ibiza (Eivissa) | 63% | June | 700 | €5,435 |
| Camariñas | 62% | August | 38 | €950 |
| Lloret de Mar | 60% | July | 434 | €2,393 |
| Punta Umbría | 59% | July | 207 | €2,226 |
| Santa Eulària des Riu | 58% | July | 417 | €6,800 |
| Roses | 57% | July | 230 | €3,489 |
| Tarifa | 57% | August | 303 | €4,466 |
| Llanes | 56% | July | 237 | €2,170 |
| Sant Antoni de Portmany | 56% | July | 245 | €4,400 |
| Conil de la Frontera | 55% | August | 289 | €3,202 |
| Sant Josep de sa Talaia | 55% | July | 256 | €5,600 |
| Salou | 53% | August | 326 | €2,554 |
| Pollença | 52% | August | 194 | €4,000 |
| Sanxenxo | 52% | July | 297 | €3,301 |
| Ciutadella de Menorca | 52% | August | 310 | €4,077 |
| Fisterra | 45% | August | 44 | €1,250 |
| Alaior | 44% | July | 66 | €2,600 |
| Alcúdia | 44% | July | 188 | €4,200 |
| Peñíscola | 43% | July | 154 | €2,380 |
| Es Castell | 41% | June | 24 | €3,000 |
| Formentera | 30% | July | 135 | €6,500 |
Where the figure comes from
Social security contribution accounts by workplace, month by month for 2025, across three activities: food and drink, lodging and retail. An account closes when a business stops paying contributions — that is, when it shuts, not when it is empty.
The divisor is the town's own best month, not July. In the Canaries the peak falls in winter, and dividing by July would give more than one. The peak month sits in the table beside the share: on its own it says more about a town than the share does.
Five places are villages inside another municipality and share its figure. The table says so, and the checkbox above removes them: otherwise a seaside village would carry what is true of a town twenty kilometres inland.
It is worth switching the activity. Food and drink is the most sensitive marker of a season, retail the steadiest: shops live on residents, not visitors. The order of towns barely changes with the choice; the level changes a lot.
Nearby
This is an observation, not advice: the share describes a municipality's contribution accounts, not whether you would find something to do there in February.