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Ranked · Sun & walkable · Ohio

Best sunny, walkable cities in Ohio

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.Toledo, OH267k residents

    69/100

    sunny days / year: 175 days · walkability: 42/100 · january low: 20°F

  2. 2.Columbus, OH915k residents

    67/100

    sunny days / year: 179 days · walkability: 41/100 · january low: 22°F

  3. 3.Akron, OH189k residents

    67/100

    sunny days / year: 175 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 21°F

  4. 4.Dayton, OH137k residents

    66/100

    sunny days / year: 175 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 20°F

  5. 5.Canton, OH70k residents

    64/100

    sunny days / year: 175 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 20°F

  6. 6.Youngstown, OH59k residents

    64/100

    sunny days / year: 175 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 19°F

  7. 7.Elyria, OH53k residents

    64/100

    sunny days / year: 175 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 22°F

  8. 8.Cincinnati, OH311k residents

    63/100

    sunny days / year: 176 days · walkability: 51/100 · january low: 22°F

  9. 9.Parma, OH80k residents

    63/100

    sunny days / year: 175 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 22°F

  10. 10.Euclid, OH49k residents

    63/100

    sunny days / year: 175 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 24°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 Ohio?
Toledo, OH ranks first with a fit score of 69/100, followed by Columbus (67) and Akron (67), 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.