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San Diego, CA · the CityFunIndex

Outdoors in San Diego

San Diego ranks #90 of 134 US cities for outdoors, with a Outdoors score of 33 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 34th percentile nationally and #9 of 18 in California.

Outdoors score
33
Some Fun
National rank
#90 of 134
In California
#9 of 18
Percentile
34th

The typical city scores 50 for outdoors; San Diego sits 17 points below the median.

How outdoors is measured

Parks, beaches and easy access to nature.

Data sources: OpenStreetMap parks, nature reserves, playgrounds and beaches, plus National Park Service units and Recreation.gov federal facilities.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around San Diego

  1. T#87 Tampa, FL 35
  2. #89 North Las Vegas, NV 34
  3. #90 San Diego, CA — this page 33
  4. T#91 Plano, TX 32
  5. T#91 San Francisco, CA 32

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Top US cities for outdoors

  1. #1 Aspen, CO 93
  2. T#2 Gatlinburg, TN 92
  3. T#2 Stowe, VT 92
  4. T#2 Telluride, CO 92
  5. T#5 Jackson, WY 91

More about San Diego

San Diego scores 74 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: