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Ranked · Sun & walkable · United States

Best sunny, walkable cities in the US

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.Honolulu, HI345k residents

    69/100

    sunny days / year: 271 days · walkability: 65/100 · january low: 66°F

  2. 2.Los Angeles, CA3.9M residents

    68/100

    sunny days / year: 284 days · walkability: 69/100 · january low: 49°F

  3. 3.Miami, FL460k residents

    68/100

    sunny days / year: 248 days · walkability: 77/100 · january low: 61°F

  4. 4.Phoenix, AZ1.6M residents

    66/100

    sunny days / year: 299 days · walkability: 41/100 · january low: 46°F

  5. 5.Mesa, AZ512k residents

    66/100

    sunny days / year: 290 days · walkability: 48/100 · january low: 39°F

  6. 6.San Francisco, CA830k residents

    65/100

    sunny days / year: 259 days · walkability: 89/100 · january low: 45°F

  7. 7.Tucson, AZ547k residents

    65/100

    sunny days / year: 286 days · walkability: 43/100 · january low: 42°F

  8. 8.Glendale, AZ253k residents

    65/100

    sunny days / year: 290 days · walkability: 42/100 · january low: 41°F

  9. 9.Las Vegas, NV660k residents

    64/100

    sunny days / year: 294 days · walkability: 42/100 · january low: 38°F

  10. 10.Tampa, FL402k residents

    64/100

    sunny days / year: 246 days · walkability: 51/100 · january low: 53°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 the US?
Honolulu, HI ranks first with a fit score of 69/100, followed by Los Angeles (68) and Miami (68), 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.