CityFunIndex

Leaderboard

Best cities for culture

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its Culture score. Museums, theatres, galleries and arts institutions.

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 Telluride (92) and Park City (92). Chesapeake anchors the bottom at 0 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read The top 10 spans 9 different states — no single state dominates this board.

All 134 cities, coloured by culture 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 Telluride, CO Fun Score 74
  3. T-2nd 92 Park City, UT Fun Score 85
  4. T-2nd 92 Gatlinburg, TN Fun Score 73

Ranked 5–134

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

Culture is measured from OpenStreetMap museums, galleries and theatres plus geo-tagged Wikipedia landmarks, with Google Places ratings adjusting for venue quality.