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Ranked · Sun & walkable · California

Best sunny, walkable cities in California

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.Los Angeles, CA3.9M residents

    67/100

    sunny days / year: 284 days · walkability: 69/100 · january low: 49°F

  2. 2.San Diego, CA1.4M residents

    52/100

    sunny days / year: 266 days · walkability: 51/100 · january low: 50°F

  3. 3.San Francisco, CA830k residents

    42/100

    sunny days / year: 259 days · walkability: 89/100 · january low: 45°F

  4. 4.Sacramento, CA529k residents

    42/100

    sunny days / year: 269 days · walkability: 48/100 · january low: 41°F

  5. 5.San Jose, CA990k residents

    36/100

    sunny days / year: 257 days · walkability: 51/100 · january low: 43°F

  6. 6.Fresno, CA546k residents

    34/100

    sunny days / year: 260 days · walkability: 48/100 · january low: 41°F

  7. 7.East Los Angeles, CA112k residents

    32/100

    sunny days / year: 260 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 49°F

  8. 8.Bakersfield, CA412k residents

    31/100

    sunny days / year: 260 days · walkability: 42/100 · january low: 39°F

  9. 9.Stockton, CA322k residents

    30/100

    sunny days / year: 260 days · walkability: 42/100 · january low: 39°F

  10. 10.Santa Ana, CA313k residents

    30/100

    sunny days / year: 260 days · walkability: 42/100 · january low: 49°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 California?
Los Angeles, CA ranks first with a fit score of 67/100, followed by San Diego (52) and San Francisco (42), 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.