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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 56
  2. T-2nd 92 Hialeah, FL Fun Score 18
  3. T-2nd 92 San Francisco, CA Fun Score 98
  4. T-2nd 92 Long Beach, CA Fun Score 32

Ranked 5–134

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

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