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Ranked · Sun & walkable · Massachusetts

Best sunny, walkable cities in Massachusetts

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.Fall River, MA94k residents

    63/100

    sunny days / year: 200 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 24°F

  2. 2.New Bedford, MA101k residents

    62/100

    sunny days / year: 200 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 21°F

  3. 3.Brockton, MA105k residents

    61/100

    sunny days / year: 200 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 21°F

  4. 4.Springfield, MA155k residents

    58/100

    sunny days / year: 200 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 16°F

  5. 5.Taunton, MA60k residents

    58/100

    sunny days / year: 200 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 20°F

  6. 6.Saugus, MA29k residents

    58/100

    sunny days / year: 200 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 23°F

  7. 7.Worcester, MA207k residents

    56/100

    sunny days / year: 200 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 17°F

  8. 8.Lynn, MA102k residents

    56/100

    sunny days / year: 200 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 18°F

  9. 9.Lawrence, MA89k residents

    56/100

    sunny days / year: 200 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 20°F

  10. 10.Methuen, MA53k residents

    56/100

    sunny days / year: 200 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 20°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 Massachusetts?
Fall River, MA ranks first with a fit score of 63/100, followed by New Bedford (62) and Brockton (61), 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.