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Best cities for climate

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its Climate score. How often the weather is good enough to get outside.

Cities ranked
134
Top score
93
Average
49

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 →

Miami (93) leads, ahead of Hialeah (92) and San Francisco (92). Jackson anchors the bottom at 0 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read 7 of the top 10 here are from California — the most of any single state.

All 134 cities, coloured by climate score band. The top-ranked cities draw larger.

  • Quiet
  • Some Fun
  • Fun
  • Very Fun
  • Exceptional

Score spread across all 134 cities

  • Quiet 40
  • Some Fun 26
  • Fun 27
  • Very Fun 21
  • Exceptional 20
  1. 1st 93 Miami, FL Fun Score 55
  2. T-2nd 92 Hialeah, FL Fun Score 18
  3. T-2nd 92 San Francisco, CA Fun Score 96
  4. T-2nd 92 Long Beach, CA Fun Score 31

Ranked 5–134

  1. T#5 91 Oakland, CA Fun Score 61
  2. T#5 91 Irvine, CA Fun Score 57
  3. T#5 91 Santa Ana, CA Fun Score 32
  4. T#8 90 Los Angeles, CA Fun Score 38
  5. T#8 90 Telluride, CO Fun Score 77
  6. T#8 90 Anaheim, CA Fun Score 41
  7. T#11 89 Honolulu, HI Fun Score 86
  8. T#11 89 Fremont, CA Fun Score 54
  9. T#13 88 Santa Barbara, CA Fun Score 83
  10. T#13 88 San Jose, CA Fun Score 62
  11. T#13 88 Seattle, WA Fun Score 100
  12. T#16 87 San Diego, CA Fun Score 74
  13. T#16 87 Key West, FL Fun Score 71
  14. T#18 86 Portland, OR Fun Score 81
  15. T#18 86 Santa Clarita, CA Fun Score 30
  16. #20 85 Napa, CA Fun Score 52
  17. T#21 84 Hilton Head Island, SC Fun Score 58
  18. T#21 84 St. Petersburg, FL Fun Score 46
  19. T#23 83 Virginia Beach, VA Fun Score 49
  20. T#23 83 Jacksonville, FL Fun Score 19
  21. #25 82 Savannah, GA Fun Score 75
  22. #26 81 New Orleans, LA Fun Score 64
  23. T#27 80 Charleston, SC Fun Score 87
  24. T#27 80 Chesapeake, VA Fun Score 44
  25. #29 79 Norfolk, VA Fun Score 56
  26. #30 78 Tampa, FL Fun Score 70
  27. T#31 77 Riverside, CA Fun Score 21
  28. T#31 77 Sacramento, CA Fun Score 54
  29. #33 76 Stockton, CA Fun Score 2
  30. #34 75 Atlanta, GA Fun Score 88
  31. T#35 74 Corpus Christi, TX Fun Score 20
  32. T#35 74 Houston, TX Fun Score 41
  33. #37 73 Baton Rouge, LA Fun Score 28
  34. #38 72 Orlando, FL Fun Score 65
  35. T#39 71 Montgomery, AL Fun Score 41
  36. T#39 71 Birmingham, AL Fun Score 58
  37. #41 70 Greensboro, NC Fun Score 59
  38. #42 69 Charlotte, NC Fun Score 54
  39. T#43 68 Asheville, NC Fun Score 85
  40. T#43 68 Durham, NC Fun Score 64
  41. #45 67 Raleigh, NC Fun Score 64
  42. #46 66 New York, NY Fun Score 54
  43. T#47 65 Cleveland, OH Fun Score 77
  44. T#47 65 Washington, DC Fun Score 93
  45. #49 64 Baltimore, MD Fun Score 76
  46. #50 63 Winston-Salem, NC Fun Score 32
  47. T#51 62 Wilmington, DE Fun Score 50
  48. T#51 62 Jersey City, NJ Fun Score 43
  49. #53 61 Fresno, CA Fun Score 23
  50. #54 60 Bridgeport, CT Fun Score 41
  51. T#55 59 Newark, NJ Fun Score 36
  52. T#55 59 Lexington, KY Fun Score 69
  53. #57 58 Little Rock, AR Fun Score 47
  54. #58 57 Philadelphia, PA Fun Score 45
  55. T#59 56 Jackson, MS Fun Score 25
  56. T#59 56 Charleston, WV Fun Score 61
  57. #61 55 Memphis, TN Fun Score 14
  58. #62 54 Richmond, VA Fun Score 91
  59. T#63 53 Louisville, KY Fun Score 55
  60. T#63 53 Gatlinburg, TN Fun Score 71
  61. #65 52 Pittsburgh, PA Fun Score 94
  62. #66 51 Dallas, TX Fun Score 38
  63. T#67 50 Plano, TX Fun Score 40
  64. T#67 50 Garland, TX Fun Score 0
  65. #69 49 Arlington, TX Fun Score 17
  66. #70 48 Nashville, TN Fun Score 60
  67. T#71 47 Irving, TX Fun Score 20
  68. T#71 47 Fort Worth, TX Fun Score 18
  69. #73 46 Indianapolis, IN Fun Score 48
  70. #74 45 Cincinnati, OH Fun Score 92
  71. T#75 44 Austin, TX Fun Score 67
  72. T#75 44 San Antonio, TX Fun Score 22
  73. #77 43 Chicago, IL Fun Score 56
  74. #78 42 Bakersfield, CA Fun Score 0
  75. T#79 41 Columbus, OH Fun Score 60
  76. T#79 41 St. Louis, MO Fun Score 65
  77. #81 40 Providence, RI Fun Score 78
  78. #82 39 Buffalo, NY Fun Score 77
  79. T#83 38 Detroit, MI Fun Score 45
  80. T#83 38 Oklahoma City, OK Fun Score 25
  81. #85 37 Toledo, OH Fun Score 45
  82. #86 36 Tulsa, OK Fun Score 51
  83. T#87 35 Kansas City, MO Fun Score 65
  84. T#87 35 Boston, MA Fun Score 98
  85. #89 34 Fort Wayne, IN Fun Score 49
  86. #90 33 Hartford, CT Fun Score 64
  87. T#91 32 Milwaukee, WI Fun Score 70
  88. T#91 32 Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 35
  89. #93 31 Henderson, NV Fun Score 13
  90. #94 30 North Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 4
  91. T#95 29 Des Moines, IA Fun Score 74
  92. T#95 29 El Paso, TX Fun Score 21
  93. #97 28 Portland, ME Fun Score 100
  94. #98 27 Wichita, KS Fun Score 15
  95. T#99 26 Manchester, NH Fun Score 55
  96. T#99 26 Saint Paul, MN Fun Score 64
  97. #101 25 Madison, WI Fun Score 97
  98. #102 24 Burlington, VT Fun Score 73
  99. T#103 23 Tucson, AZ Fun Score 47
  100. T#103 23 Minneapolis, MN Fun Score 84
  101. #105 22 Spokane, WA Fun Score 63
  102. #106 21 Omaha, NE Fun Score 68
  103. T#107 20 Glendale, AZ Fun Score 10
  104. T#107 20 Scottsdale, AZ Fun Score 46
  105. #109 19 Laredo, TX Fun Score 10
  106. #110 18 Lubbock, TX Fun Score 32
  107. T#111 17 Mesa, AZ Fun Score 36
  108. T#111 17 Phoenix, AZ Fun Score 40
  109. #113 16 Gilbert, AZ Fun Score 31
  110. #114 15 Sioux Falls, SD Fun Score 40
  111. T#115 14 Lincoln, NE Fun Score 74
  112. T#115 14 Chandler, AZ Fun Score 41
  113. #117 13 Boise, ID Fun Score 80
  114. #118 12 Albuquerque, NM Fun Score 41
  115. T#119 11 Stowe, VT Fun Score 44
  116. T#119 11 Fargo, ND Fun Score 48
  117. #121 10 Santa Fe, NM Fun Score 63
  118. #122 9 Denver, CO Fun Score 82
  119. T#123 8 Park City, UT Fun Score 74
  120. T#123 8 Aurora, CO Fun Score 37
  121. #125 7 Sedona, AZ Fun Score 55
  122. #126 6 Billings, MT Fun Score 60
  123. T#127 5 Colorado Springs, CO Fun Score 51
  124. T#127 5 Reno, NV Fun Score 66
  125. #129 4 Bismarck, ND Fun Score 26
  126. #130 3 Boulder, CO Fun Score 77
  127. T#131 2 Anchorage, AK Fun Score 36
  128. T#131 2 Bend, OR Fun Score 80
  129. #133 1 Aspen, CO Fun Score 67
  130. #134 0 Jackson, WY Fun Score 87

Climate is measured from NOAA climate normals — counts of comfortable days.