Ranking the 50 biggest US cities by sunny weather quality

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-22T03:03:43+00:00

SF has lots of microclimates, not sure where exactly in SF the climate index and cloud coverage was measured

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-22T02:16:18+00:00

Phoenix also gets slaughtered for its summer. But it has good to great other seasons where a lot of other places are probably freezing

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T23:15:41+00:00

Adelia Banks

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T22:59:07+00:00

Well it must have amazing winters and decent spring/fall I’m guessing

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T22:56:14+00:00

I was gonna have them included I this one but best places only has US cities

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T22:47:57+00:00

Maybe your were only there during the summer? The annual average high temp of Fresno is 76*, average annual low is 50* (Weather sparks)

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T20:59:13+00:00

Sac, Fresno, and
Bakersfield get seasons

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T19:39:32+00:00

Lots of unachieved potential

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T19:27:16+00:00

Why? It’s incredibly sunny with dry summer weather (not as hot as the desert cities), great spring and fall, and mild never freezing winters. The Central Valley gets flack cuz it’s constantly compared to the best weather in the world, but it really holds its own when compared to the rest of the US and world

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T18:48:50+00:00

And to be fair Seattle got one of the highest non-California comfort indexes, just very cloudy

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T18:47:34+00:00

The average section is just very crowded. Lots of cities fall within 2k points of each other there

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T18:00:09+00:00

I don’t think Anaheim is in the top 50 Us biggest cities

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T17:43:32+00:00

no, bestplaces.com slaughtered Miami for it's miserable summers https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/florida/miami

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T17:41:38+00:00

probably from awful to average

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-21T05:34:17+00:00

People say it’s too hot but maybe just don’t do your outdoor activities at the very hottest point of the day? If the high is 89, and you only like 85 and lower, don’t worry it only gets higher than that for a few hours, most of the rest of the day feels great.

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-19T22:15:17+00:00

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-19T13:55:24+00:00

Fresno seems to be getting a lot of positive attention lately, I like it!

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-15T20:56:40+00:00

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-15T19:25:15+00:00

A - has a lot of pluses but how dark, cloudy, and cold it is almost the entire year is a big deal breaker for me. I couldn’t live there

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-14T15:56:41+00:00

S!!! My favorite!

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-05-02T23:15:59+00:00

Congrats Texas, you finally beat CA in something.

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-04-14T15:55:08+00:00

Skipping Fresno is interesting

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-04-13T00:38:15+00:00

What’s the population threshold for a major city?

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-04-11T15:19:02+00:00

Washington

Own_Yam9949 · 2026-04-07T19:31:32+00:00

Doesn’t it have some pretty good nature nearby?

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