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Ranked · Sun & walkable · Arkansas

Best sunny, walkable cities in Arkansas

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.Little Rock, AR203k residents

    52/100

    sunny days / year: 217 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 31°F

  2. 2.Fort Smith, AR90k residents

    49/100

    sunny days / year: 217 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 30°F

  3. 3.Fayetteville, AR99k residents

    47/100

    sunny days / year: 217 days · walkability: 35/100 · january low: 25°F

  4. 4.Pine Bluff, AR40k residents

    45/100

    sunny days / year: 217 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 33°F

  5. 5.North Little Rock, AR65k residents

    43/100

    sunny days / year: 217 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 31°F

  6. 6.Jonesboro, AR80k residents

    42/100

    sunny days / year: 217 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 27°F

  7. 7.Texarkana, AR29k residents

    42/100

    sunny days / year: 217 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 35°F

  8. 8.Springdale, AR88k residents

    40/100

    sunny days / year: 217 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 27°F

  9. 9.Conway, AR68k residents

    40/100

    sunny days / year: 217 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 27°F

  10. 10.Jacksonville, AR29k residents

    40/100

    sunny days / year: 217 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 32°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 Arkansas?
Little Rock, AR ranks first with a fit score of 52/100, followed by Fort Smith (49) and Fayetteville (47), 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.