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Ranked · Sun & walkable · Minnesota

Best sunny, walkable cities in Minnesota

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.Minneapolis, MN427k residents

    68/100

    sunny days / year: 198 days · walkability: 71/100 · january low: 8°F

  2. 2.Winona, MN26k residents

    49/100

    sunny days / year: 195 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 11°F

  3. 3.Austin, MN26k residents

    44/100

    sunny days / year: 195 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 5°F

  4. 4.St. Paul, MN307k residents

    42/100

    sunny days / year: 195 days · walkability: 42/100 · january low: 5°F

  5. 5.Owatonna, MN26k residents

    42/100

    sunny days / year: 195 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 5°F

  6. 6.St. Cloud, MN71k residents

    41/100

    sunny days / year: 195 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 3°F

  7. 7.Mankato, MN45k residents

    40/100

    sunny days / year: 195 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 6°F

  8. 8.Duluth, MN87k residents

    39/100

    sunny days / year: 195 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 1°F

  9. 9.Brooklyn Park, MN84k residents

    39/100

    sunny days / year: 195 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 7°F

  10. 10.Rochester, MN122k residents

    38/100

    sunny days / year: 195 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 4°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 Minnesota?
Minneapolis, MN ranks first with a fit score of 68/100, followed by Winona (49) and Austin (44), 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.