CityFunIndex

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Cities with the mildest weather

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by how mild its weather is — from the gentlest conditions to the harshest. The mildness score flips our weather-extremes measure, so a city of easy seasons leads.

Cities ranked
134
Top score
100
Average
51

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 →

Seattle (100) leads, ahead of San Francisco (99) and Key West (98). Colorado Springs anchors the bottom at 7 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read 5 of the top 10 here are from California — the most of any single state.

All 134 cities, coloured by mildness 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 19
  • Exceptional 22
  1. 1st 100 Seattle, WA Fun Score 100
  2. 2nd 99 San Francisco, CA Fun Score 96
  3. T-3rd 98 Key West, FL Fun Score 71
  4. T-3rd 98 Telluride, CO Fun Score 77

Ranked 5–134

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

The mildness score flips a city's weather extremes score — 100 minus it — drawn from NOAA Storm Events and climate-extremes data.