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Ranked · Sun & walkable · New York

Best sunny, walkable cities in New York

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.New York, NY8.5M residents

    68/100

    sunny days / year: 224 days · walkability: 88/100 · january low: 28°F

  2. 2.Rochester, NY209k residents

    51/100

    sunny days / year: 180 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 19°F

  3. 3.Syracuse, NY146k residents

    50/100

    sunny days / year: 180 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 17°F

  4. 4.Cheektowaga, NY76k residents

    50/100

    sunny days / year: 180 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 19°F

  5. 5.Mount Vernon, NY72k residents

    50/100

    sunny days / year: 180 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 27°F

  6. 6.Hempstead, NY59k residents

    50/100

    sunny days / year: 180 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 27°F

  7. 7.Irondequoit, NY51k residents

    49/100

    sunny days / year: 180 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 19°F

  8. 8.Niagara Falls, NY48k residents

    49/100

    sunny days / year: 180 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 19°F

  9. 9.Yonkers, NY210k residents

    48/100

    sunny days / year: 180 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 23°F

  10. 10.Elmont, NY37k residents

    48/100

    sunny days / year: 180 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 27°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 York?
New York, NY ranks first with a fit score of 68/100, followed by Rochester (51) and Syracuse (50), 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.