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Ranked · Sun & walkable · New Mexico

Best sunny, walkable cities in New Mexico

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.Las Cruces, NM114k residents

    65/100

    sunny days / year: 280 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 30°F

  2. 2.Chaparral, NM18k residents

    58/100

    sunny days / year: 280 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 34°F

  3. 3.Deming, NM15k residents

    57/100

    sunny days / year: 280 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 28°F

  4. 4.Alamogordo, NM31k residents

    56/100

    sunny days / year: 280 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 33°F

  5. 5.Rio Rancho, NM109k residents

    52/100

    sunny days / year: 280 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 24°F

  6. 6.Clovis, NM38k residents

    52/100

    sunny days / year: 280 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 26°F

  7. 7.Sunland Park, NM17k residents

    52/100

    sunny days / year: 280 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 30°F

  8. 8.Roswell, NM48k residents

    51/100

    sunny days / year: 280 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 23°F

  9. 9.Hobbs, NM40k residents

    50/100

    sunny days / year: 280 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 30°F

  10. 10.Albuquerque, NM562k residents

    47/100

    sunny days / year: 278 days · walkability: 43/100 · january low: 21°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 New Mexico?
Las Cruces, NM ranks first with a fit score of 65/100, followed by Chaparral (58) and Deming (57), 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.