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Ranked · Sun & walkable · Wisconsin

Best sunny, walkable cities in Wisconsin

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.Racine, WI78k residents

    60/100

    sunny days / year: 190 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 15°F

  2. 2.Green Bay, WI106k residents

    58/100

    sunny days / year: 190 days · walkability: 38/100 · january low: 11°F

  3. 3.Kenosha, WI99k residents

    58/100

    sunny days / year: 190 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 17°F

  4. 4.Manitowoc, WI35k residents

    58/100

    sunny days / year: 190 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 13°F

  5. 5.Milwaukee, WI567k residents

    57/100

    sunny days / year: 190 days · walkability: 62/100 · january low: 15°F

  6. 6.West Allis, WI60k residents

    57/100

    sunny days / year: 190 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 15°F

  7. 7.Sheboygan, WI50k residents

    57/100

    sunny days / year: 190 days · walkability: 30/100 · january low: 15°F

  8. 8.Madison, WI278k residents

    56/100

    sunny days / year: 190 days · walkability: 51/100 · january low: 11°F

  9. 9.Oshkosh, WI67k residents

    55/100

    sunny days / year: 190 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 10°F

  10. 10.Janesville, WI66k residents

    55/100

    sunny days / year: 190 days · walkability: 34/100 · january low: 12°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 Wisconsin?
Racine, WI ranks first with a fit score of 60/100, followed by Green Bay (58) and Kenosha (58), 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.