CityFunIndex

Leaderboard

Best cities for coffee

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its Coffee score. Cafés and the strength of the third-place coffee culture.

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 →

Stowe (93) leads, ahead of Park City (92) and Gatlinburg (92). Hialeah anchors the bottom at 0 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read The top 10 spans 10 different states — no single state dominates this board.

All 134 cities, coloured by coffee 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 Stowe, VT Fun Score 53
  2. T-2nd 92 Park City, UT Fun Score 85
  3. T-2nd 92 Gatlinburg, TN Fun Score 73
  4. T-2nd 92 Sedona, AZ Fun Score 49

Ranked 5–134

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

Coffee is measured from OpenStreetMap café counts, with Google Places ratings adjusting for venue quality.