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Ranked · Sun & walkable · Alabama

Best sunny, walkable cities in Alabama

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Sun & walkable” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on sunny days / year, walkability, crime index, january low. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Mobile, AL203k residents

    90/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 43°F

  2. 2.Montgomery, AL197k residents

    84/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 37°F

  3. 3.Dothan, AL72k residents

    83/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 40°F

  4. 4.Tuscaloosa, AL111k residents

    82/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 35°F

  5. 5.Decatur, AL57k residents

    74/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 31°F

  6. 6.Enterprise, AL30k residents

    74/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 38°F

  7. 7.Auburn, AL81k residents

    72/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 35°F

  8. 8.Bessemer, AL25k residents

    72/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 34°F

  9. 9.Gadsden, AL33k residents

    71/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 33°F

  10. 10.Florence, AL42k residents

    69/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 31°F

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is the sunniest and most walkable in Alabama?
Mobile, AL ranks first with a fit score of 90/100, followed by Montgomery (84) and Dothan (83), using the "Sun & walkable" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on sunny days / year, walkability, crime index, january low, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.