It’s official: These cities are having the most sex, according to Time Out’s survey

Our dating lives have always been a hot topic of conversation, but major societal shifts in how we meet people, what our intentions are and how often we have sex feel more prevalent than ever before. 

Over the last couple of years, talk of a ‘sex recession’ and data revealing that Gen Z are having less sex than their predecessors has emerged, but what does our knowledge of sex in different cities all over the world reveal about our habits?

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Time Out has looked into the results of our latest survey, which asked 18,500 urbanites living in the world’s major cities how often they had sex. The list below is ranked by the proportion of locals who responded ‘at least once a week’, so let’s take a look. 

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Topping the ranking in joint first place (where 67 percent of respondents said they were gettin’ it on at least once a week) was Macau on the south coast of China and Krakow, Poland’s second city. 

Following closely behind in second place are Guadalajara, Sao Paulo and Luxembourg, where 66 percent of people we spoke to are getting intimate on the weekly, and Porto came in third, with 64 percent. 

Overall, Brazil was unveiled to be the sexiest country, with three different cities claiming a top 20 spot, and Mexico wasn’t too far behind, with two hubs making our ranking. Did your city make the ranks? Scroll on to find out. 

These are the 20 cities having the most sex

1. Macau, China
   = Krakow, Poland
2. Guadalajara, Mexico
   = Sao Paulo, Brazil
   = Luxembourg, Luxembourg
3. Porto, Portugal
4. Marseille, France
   = Bangkok, Thailand
   = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5. Panama City, Panama
   = Cambridge, UK
6. Naples, Italy
7. Medellin, Colombia
   = Brussels, Belgium
8. Hanoi, Vietnam
   = Bogota, Colombia
9. Mexico City, Mexico
10. Rotterdam, Netherlands
    = Brasilia, Brazil
    = San Jose, Costa Rica

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