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Ranked · Sun & walkable · Mississippi

Best sunny, walkable cities in Mississippi

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.

Top 10 · computed ranking
  1. 1.Jackson, MS147k residents

    69/100

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

  2. 2.Gulfport, MS73k residents

    61/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 44°F

  3. 3.Biloxi, MS49k residents

    48/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 44°F

  4. 4.Meridian, MS34k residents

    48/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 36°F

  5. 5.Greenville, MS28k residents

    47/100

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

  6. 6.Southaven, MS56k residents

    45/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 33°F

  7. 7.Hattiesburg, MS49k residents

    45/100

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

  8. 8.Pearl, MS28k residents

    42/100

    sunny days / year: 215 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 37°F

  9. 9.Clinton, MS27k residents

    42/100

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

  10. 10.Tupelo, MS38k residents

    39/100

    sunny days / year: 215 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 Mississippi?
Jackson, MS ranks first with a fit score of 69/100, followed by Gulfport (61) and Biloxi (48), 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.