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TTDI Best Cities Index — July 2026

Cities scored 0–100 for one calendar month from three measured pillars — climate comfort refined by hourly rain signals, the month's event density, and astronomical daylight — with disclosed weights and no pillar ever guessed.

Ranked from measured data refreshed on a fixed cadence; the scoring thresholds are methodology choices, disclosed below.

Ranking 66 TTDI-covered cities · data cut · methodology v1.0

Key findings

  • Lisbon is the month's best city of the 66 TTDI-covered cities, scoring 100.0/100.
  • Month scores span 100.0 (Lisbon) to 13.6 (Singapore) — a 86.4-point spread.
  • The median month score is 63.3/100.
Top 10 of 66 · Month score (0–100)
TTDI Best Cities Index — July 2026 — Top 10 of 66 · Month score (0–100) Lisbon: 100.0 1 Lisbon 100.0 Paris: 99.8 2 Paris 99.8 London: 99.4 3 London 99.4 Barcelona: 97.5 4 Barcelona 97.5 Toronto: 95.0 5 Toronto 95.0 Antwerp: 94.4 6 Antwerp 94.4 San Francisco: 93.1 7 San Francisco 93.1 Seattle: 90.6 8 Seattle 90.6 Helsinki: 86.2 9 Helsinki 86.2 Los Angeles: 84.1 10 Los Angeles 84.1
Rank City Month score (0–100) Comfort bandRain h/dayEventsDaylight h
1 Lisbon 100.0 ideal 0 — 14.5
2 Paris 99.8 ideal 1.4 6340 15.6
3 London 99.4 ideal 1.2 2918 16
4 Barcelona 97.5 ideal 0.6 658 14.7
5 Toronto 95.0 ideal 1.2 257 14.9
6 Antwerp 94.4 ideal 1.3 255 15.9
7 San Francisco 93.1 ideal 0 195 14.4
8 Seattle 90.6 ideal 0.1 171 15.4
9 Helsinki 86.2 ideal 1.1 73 17.8
10 Los Angeles 84.1 good 0 400 14.1
11 Mykonos 83.8 good 0 — 14.3
12 Edmonton 82.5 ideal 1.4 58 16.3
13 Honolulu 82.3 ideal 0.1 63 13.2
14 Copenhagen 80.6 ideal 1.2 35 16.7
15 Bucharest 80.3 good 0.6 — 15
16 Stockholm 79.4 ideal 1.4 21 17.6
17 Budapest 79.2 good 0.7 — 15.4
18 Istanbul 73.6 good 0.5 93 14.7
19 Palm Beach 73.5 good 0.6 — 12.7
20 Philadelphia 72.5 good 1.6 171 14.6
21 Medellin 72.1 good 1.5 — 12.3
22 Dublin 71.2 good 1.6 154 16.3
23 Berlin 68.7 good 1.4 75 16.1
24 Florence 67.9 good 0.5 36 15
25 Edinburgh 67.3 good 1.6 68 16.8
26 Cannes 67.2 good 0.2 35 14.9
=27 Buenos Aires 66.2 good 0.7 — 9.9
=27 Krakow 66.2 good 1.6 63 15.7
29 Madrid 65.6 mixed 0 319 14.6
30 Brussels 64.9 good 1.4 37 15.9
31 Cappadocia 64.2 good 0 1 14.4
32 Amsterdam 63.7 good 1.7 49 16.1
33 Branson 63.3 good 1 22 14.3
34 Sydney 63.2 good 1.6 180 10
35 Crete 62.5 good 0.1 0 14.2
36 New York 62.1 mixed 1.7 1781 14.6
37 Chicago 58.2 mixed 1.7 576 14.8
38 Riga 51.9 mixed 1.6 — 17
39 Nashville 51.7 mixed 2 191 14.2
40 Saratoga Springs 50.5 mixed 2.2 133 14.9
41 Sapporo 50.4 mixed 1.7 — 14.9
42 Austin 50.3 mixed 1.3 77 13.8
43 Las Vegas 49.5 difficult 0.1 1588 14.2
44 Oslo 48.7 mixed 2.3 113 17.7
45 Tokyo 47.7 mixed 2.3 — 14.2
46 Rome 47.0 mixed 0.2 7 14.8
47 Taipei 45.8 mixed 2.7 — 13.4
48 Bali 41.8 mixed 1.5 — 11.5
49 Marrakech 35.6 difficult 0 — 13.9
50 Miami 34.1 difficult 1.8 251 13.5
51 Doha 33.4 difficult 0.1 — 13.4
52 Cape Town 29.5 mixed 2.1 14 10
53 Seville 28.2 difficult 0 1 14.3
54 Abu Dhabi 26.6 difficult 0 1 13.4
55 Dubai 25.3 difficult 0.1 0 13.4
56 Osaka 23.5 difficult 2.4 — 14.1
57 Kyoto 22.2 difficult 2.6 — 14.1
58 Cartagena 21.1 difficult 1.8 — 12.6
=59 Beijing 20.0 difficult 3.2 — 14.6
=59 Seoul 20.0 difficult 3.3 — 14.4
61 Shanghai 19.5 difficult 3.2 — 13.8
62 Kathmandu 18.6 difficult 7.9 — 13.6
63 Mumbai 16.8 difficult 13.4 — 13
64 Bangkok 15.8 difficult 3.6 — 12.7
65 San José 15.1 difficult 3.5 — 12.5
66 Singapore 13.6 difficult 2.6 — 12.1

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Lisbon leads the TTDI Best Cities Index — July 2026 of 66 TTDI-covered cities.

TTDI Best Cities Index — July 2026, TTDI.net research (https://ttdi.net/research/best-cities-monthly/2026-07/), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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