CityFunIndex

Leaderboard

Best cities for drinks

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its Drinks score. Bars, breweries, cocktail rooms and the nightlife spread.

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 Gatlinburg (92) and Park City (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 drinks 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 Gatlinburg, TN Fun Score 73
  3. T-2nd 92 Park City, UT Fun Score 85
  4. T-2nd 92 Key West, FL Fun Score 71

Ranked 5–134

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

Drinks is measured from OpenStreetMap bars, pubs, nightclubs and craft breweries/distilleries, with Google Places ratings adjusting for venue quality.