Leaderboard
Cities with the cheapest night out
Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by what a typical night out actually costs — from the easiest on the wallet to the steepest. The night-out value score flips our going-out-cost measure, so a city of reasonable tabs and short cab fares leads the board.
- Cities ranked
- 134
- Top score
- 92
- Average
- 50
Pillar scores are national percentile ranks on a saturation curve, so the leader of every category lands near the same ceiling — the ranks beneath are still distinct. See how scoring works →
Bismarck ties 20 other cities at the top with 92. Tucson and 47 other cities sit at the bottom with 18 — a 74-point gap.
Regional read 3 of the top 10 here are from Ohio — the most of any single state.
All 134 cities, coloured by night-out value score band. The top-ranked cities draw larger.
- Quiet
- Some Fun
- Fun
- Exceptional
Score spread across all 134 cities
- Quiet 48
- Some Fun 14
- Fun 51
- Very Fun 0
- Exceptional 21
- T-1st 92 Bismarck, ND
- T-1st 92 Chicago, IL
- T-1st 92 Cincinnati, OH
- T-1st 92 Cleveland, OH
- T-1st 92 Columbus, OH
- T-1st 92 Des Moines, IA
- T-1st 92 Detroit, MI
- T-1st 92 Fargo, ND
- T-1st 92 Fort Wayne, IN
- T-1st 92 Indianapolis, IN
- T-1st 92 Kansas City, MO
- T-1st 92 Lincoln, NE
- T-1st 92 Madison, WI
- T-1st 92 Milwaukee, WI
- T-1st 92 Minneapolis, MN
- T-1st 92 Omaha, NE
- T-1st 92 Saint Paul, MN
- T-1st 92 Sioux Falls, SD
- T-1st 92 St. Louis, MO
- T-1st 92 Toledo, OH
- T-1st 92 Wichita, KS
Ranked 22–134
- T#22 65 Arlington, TX
- T#22 65 Asheville, NC
- T#22 65 Atlanta, GA
- T#22 65 Austin, TX
- T#22 65 Baltimore, MD
- T#22 65 Baton Rouge, LA
- T#22 65 Birmingham, AL
- T#22 65 Charleston, SC
- T#22 65 Charleston, WV
- T#22 65 Charlotte, NC
- T#22 65 Chesapeake, VA
- T#22 65 Corpus Christi, TX
- T#22 65 Dallas, TX
- T#22 65 Durham, NC
- T#22 65 El Paso, TX
- T#22 65 Fort Worth, TX
- T#22 65 Garland, TX
- T#22 65 Gatlinburg, TN
- T#22 65 Greensboro, NC
- T#22 65 Hialeah, FL
- T#22 65 Hilton Head Island, SC
- T#22 65 Houston, TX
- T#22 65 Irving, TX
- T#22 65 Jackson, MS
- T#22 65 Jacksonville, FL
- T#22 65 Key West, FL
- T#22 65 Laredo, TX
- T#22 65 Lexington, KY
- T#22 65 Little Rock, AR
- T#22 65 Louisville, KY
- T#22 65 Lubbock, TX
- T#22 65 Memphis, TN
- T#22 65 Miami, FL
- T#22 65 Montgomery, AL
- T#22 65 Nashville, TN
- T#22 65 New Orleans, LA
- T#22 65 Norfolk, VA
- T#22 65 Oklahoma City, OK
- T#22 65 Orlando, FL
- T#22 65 Plano, TX
- T#22 65 Raleigh, NC
- T#22 65 Richmond, VA
- T#22 65 San Antonio, TX
- T#22 65 Savannah, GA
- T#22 65 St. Petersburg, FL
- T#22 65 Tampa, FL
- T#22 65 Tulsa, OK
- T#22 65 Virginia Beach, VA
- T#22 65 Washington, DC
- T#22 65 Wilmington, DE
- T#22 65 Winston-Salem, NC
- T#73 41 Boston, MA
- T#73 41 Bridgeport, CT
- T#73 41 Buffalo, NY
- T#73 41 Burlington, VT
- T#73 41 Hartford, CT
- T#73 41 Jersey City, NJ
- T#73 41 Manchester, NH
- T#73 41 New York, NY
- T#73 41 Newark, NJ
- T#73 41 Philadelphia, PA
- T#73 41 Pittsburgh, PA
- T#73 41 Portland, ME
- T#73 41 Providence, RI
- T#73 41 Stowe, VT
- T#87 18 Albuquerque, NM
- T#87 18 Anaheim, CA
- T#87 18 Anchorage, AK
- T#87 18 Aspen, CO
- T#87 18 Aurora, CO
- T#87 18 Bakersfield, CA
- T#87 18 Bend, OR
- T#87 18 Billings, MT
- T#87 18 Boise, ID
- T#87 18 Boulder, CO
- T#87 18 Chandler, AZ
- T#87 18 Colorado Springs, CO
- T#87 18 Denver, CO
- T#87 18 Fremont, CA
- T#87 18 Fresno, CA
- T#87 18 Gilbert, AZ
- T#87 18 Glendale, AZ
- T#87 18 Henderson, NV
- T#87 18 Honolulu, HI
- T#87 18 Irvine, CA
- T#87 18 Jackson, WY
- T#87 18 Las Vegas, NV
- T#87 18 Long Beach, CA
- T#87 18 Los Angeles, CA
- T#87 18 Mesa, AZ
- T#87 18 Napa, CA
- T#87 18 North Las Vegas, NV
- T#87 18 Oakland, CA
- T#87 18 Park City, UT
- T#87 18 Phoenix, AZ
- T#87 18 Portland, OR
- T#87 18 Reno, NV
- T#87 18 Riverside, CA
- T#87 18 Sacramento, CA
- T#87 18 San Diego, CA
- T#87 18 San Francisco, CA
- T#87 18 San Jose, CA
- T#87 18 Santa Ana, CA
- T#87 18 Santa Barbara, CA
- T#87 18 Santa Clarita, CA
- T#87 18 Santa Fe, NM
- T#87 18 Scottsdale, AZ
- T#87 18 Seattle, WA
- T#87 18 Sedona, AZ
- T#87 18 Spokane, WA
- T#87 18 Stockton, CA
- T#87 18 Telluride, CO
- T#87 18 Tucson, AZ
The night-out value score flips a city's going-out cost score — 100 minus it — drawn from Bureau of Labor Statistics regional Consumer Price Index — food away from home, recreation services and transportation services.