TTDI Best Cities Index

TTDI Best Cities Index — January 2026

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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

  • Buenos Aires is the month's best city of the 66 TTDI-covered cities, scoring 100.0/100.
  • Month scores span 100.0 (Buenos Aires) to 3.4 (Helsinki) — a 96.6-point spread.
  • The median month score is 30.2/100.
Top 10 of 66 · Month score (0–100)
TTDI Best Cities Index — January 2026 — Top 10 of 66 · Month score (0–100) Buenos Aires: 100.0 1 Buenos Aires 100.0 San José: 91.6 2 San José 91.6 Taipei: 88.7 3 Taipei 88.7 Doha: 88.6 4 Doha 88.6 Marrakech: 87.2 5 Marrakech 87.2 Cape Town: 75.0 6 Cape Town 75.0 Cartagena: 74.9 7 Cartagena 74.9 Bangkok: 74.2 8 Bangkok 74.2 Mumbai: 73.4 9 Mumbai 73.4 Medellin: 71.3 10 Medellin 71.3
Rank City Month score (0–100) Comfort bandRain h/dayEventsDaylight h
1 Buenos Aires 100.0 ideal 1.1 — 14.1
2 San José 91.6 ideal 0.4 — 11.5
3 Taipei 88.7 ideal 1 — 10.6
4 Doha 88.6 ideal 0.4 — 10.6
5 Marrakech 87.2 ideal 0.4 — 10.2
6 Cape Town 75.0 ideal 0.2 0 14
7 Cartagena 74.9 good 0.2 — 11.5
8 Bangkok 74.2 good 0.1 — 11.3
9 Mumbai 73.4 good 0 — 11
10 Medellin 71.3 good 1.1 — 11.7
11 Kathmandu 71.1 good 0.2 — 10.4
12 Palm Beach 70.6 good 0.7 — 11.3
13 Honolulu 67.1 ideal 1.1 0 10.8
14 Abu Dhabi 66.6 ideal 0.2 0 10.6
15 Dubai 66.5 ideal 0.3 0 10.6
16 Miami 66.4 ideal 0.9 0 10.6
17 Los Angeles 64.9 ideal 1.2 0 10
18 Mykonos 64.0 good 0.9 — 9.7
19 Lisbon 63.0 good 1.3 — 9.6
20 Las Vegas 51.1 good 0.3 0 9.8
21 Barcelona 49.7 good 0.4 0 9.3
22 Crete 48.7 good 1 0 9.9
23 Austin 47.9 good 1.2 0 10.3
24 Seville 47.5 good 1.1 0 9.7
25 San Francisco 45.1 good 1.7 0 9.7
=26 Shanghai 42.2 mixed 1 — 10.2
=26 Tokyo 42.2 mixed 0.8 — 9.8
28 Osaka 41.8 mixed 0.8 — 9.9
29 Kyoto 40.2 mixed 1 — 9.9
30 Bucharest 37.3 mixed 1.2 — 9
31 Budapest 37.2 mixed 0.8 — 8.7
32 Sydney 34.4 mixed 2.1 0 14
33 Cappadocia 30.5 mixed 0.9 0 9.6
34 Madrid 29.9 mixed 0.9 0 9.4
35 Branson 28.6 mixed 1.5 0 9.8
36 Philadelphia 27.1 mixed 1.7 0 9.5
37 Cannes 26.9 mixed 1.6 0 9.1
38 Nashville 26.8 mixed 1.9 0 9.8
39 Rome 26.7 mixed 1.5 0 9.3
40 Istanbul 25.4 mixed 2 0 9.4
41 Florence 24.5 mixed 1.9 0 9.1
42 London 24.2 mixed 1.4 0 8.1
43 Paris 23.8 mixed 1.9 0 8.5
44 Edinburgh 22.8 mixed 1.8 0 7.3
45 Brussels 22.5 mixed 2.1 0 8.2
46 Dublin 22.4 mixed 1.7 0 7.8
47 Antwerp 22.1 mixed 2 0 8.1
48 Amsterdam 21.8 mixed 1.9 0 8
49 Beijing 20.7 difficult 0 — 9.5
50 Seoul 19.1 difficult 0.4 — 9.7
51 Seattle 17.6 mixed 3.4 0 8.6
52 Bali 14.8 difficult 4.7 — 12.5
53 Singapore 13.1 difficult 4.4 — 11.9
54 Toronto 10.7 difficult 1.1 0 9.1
=55 Chicago 10.6 difficult 1.2 0 9.3
=55 Sapporo 10.6 difficult 1.7 — 9.2
57 Edmonton 10.0 difficult 0.3 0 7.8
58 New York 9.5 difficult 1.7 0 9.4
59 Saratoga Springs 9.2 difficult 1.5 0 9.2
60 Krakow 7.2 difficult 1.4 0 8.3
=61 Berlin 6.3 difficult 1.3 0 7.9
=61 Riga 6.3 difficult 1.7 — 7.1
=61 Stockholm 6.3 difficult 1.4 0 6.5
64 Oslo 5.5 difficult 1.7 0 6.4
65 Copenhagen 5.3 difficult 1.6 0 7.4
66 Helsinki 3.4 difficult 1.9 0 6.3

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Buenos Aires leads the TTDI Best Cities Index — January 2026 of 66 TTDI-covered cities.

TTDI Best Cities Index — January 2026, TTDI.net research (https://ttdi.net/research/best-cities-monthly/2026-01/), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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