TTDI Best Cities Index

TTDI Best Cities Index — February 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

  • San José is the month's best city of the 66 TTDI-covered cities, scoring 92.3/100.
  • Month scores span 92.3 (San José) to 8.1 (Oslo) — a 84.2-point spread.
  • The median month score is 43.3/100.
Top 10 of 66 · Month score (0–100)
TTDI Best Cities Index — February 2026 — Top 10 of 66 · Month score (0–100) San José: 92.3 1 San José 92.3 Palm Beach: 92.0 2 Palm Beach 92.0 Doha: 90.5 3 Doha 90.5 Kathmandu: 90.2 4 Kathmandu 90.2 Marrakech: 89.6 5 Marrakech 89.6 Taipei: 87.4 6 Taipei 87.4 Mumbai: 75.3 7 Mumbai 75.3 Cartagena: 75.0 8 Cartagena 75.0 Cape Town: 73.0 9 Cape Town 73.0 Buenos Aires: 72.8 10 Buenos Aires 72.8
Rank City Month score (0–100) Comfort bandRain h/dayEventsDaylight h
1 San José 92.3 ideal 0.4 — 11.7
2 Palm Beach 92.0 ideal 0.8 — 11.6
3 Doha 90.5 ideal 0.1 — 11.1
4 Kathmandu 90.2 ideal 0.4 — 11
5 Marrakech 89.6 ideal 0.9 — 10.9
6 Taipei 87.4 ideal 2.1 — 11.2
7 Mumbai 75.3 good 0 — 11.4
8 Cartagena 75.0 good 0.2 — 11.7
9 Cape Town 73.0 ideal 0.2 0 13.2
10 Buenos Aires 72.8 good 1.3 — 13.2
11 Bangkok 70.5 good 0.8 — 11.6
12 Mykonos 69.3 good 0.6 — 10.6
13 Honolulu 68.2 ideal 0.7 0 11.3
=14 Abu Dhabi 67.9 ideal 0.1 0 11.2
=14 Dubai 67.9 ideal 0.2 0 11.1
16 Miami 67.8 ideal 1.1 0 11.1
17 Seville 66.5 ideal 0.7 0 10.6
18 Lisbon 65.1 good 1.3 — 10.5
19 Las Vegas 53.0 good 0.4 0 10.7
20 Sydney 51.7 good 2 0 13.2
21 Barcelona 51.5 good 0.7 0 10.4
22 Madrid 51.4 good 0.6 0 10.5
23 Austin 50.6 good 0.9 0 10.9
24 Cannes 49.8 good 1.1 0 10.3
25 Crete 49.5 good 1.3 0 10.7
26 Los Angeles 49.1 good 1.6 0 10.8
27 Rome 48.3 good 1.4 0 10.4
28 Beijing 47.8 mixed 0.1 — 10.5
29 Florence 46.6 good 1.8 0 10.3
30 San Francisco 46.3 good 1.8 0 10.6
31 Bucharest 44.5 mixed 0.6 — 10.2
32 Singapore 44.4 mixed 1.9 — 12
33 Tokyo 43.7 mixed 1 — 10.7
=34 Budapest 42.9 mixed 0.7 — 10
=34 Osaka 42.9 mixed 1.2 — 10.7
36 Kyoto 42.3 mixed 1.3 — 10.7
37 Shanghai 39.7 mixed 1.7 — 10.9
38 Cappadocia 33.6 mixed 0.7 0 10.5
39 Paris 30.6 mixed 1.1 0 9.9
40 Branson 30.5 mixed 1.6 0 10.7
41 Krakow 29.6 mixed 1.3 0 9.8
42 Istanbul 29.4 mixed 1.6 0 10.4
43 Brussels 29.1 mixed 1.5 0 9.8
44 London 29.0 mixed 1.2 0 9.7
45 Philadelphia 28.7 mixed 1.9 0 10.5
46 Berlin 28.6 mixed 1.3 0 9.6
47 Nashville 28.4 mixed 2.1 0 10.7
48 Antwerp 28.3 mixed 1.5 0 9.7
49 New York 28.1 mixed 1.9 0 10.4
50 Amsterdam 26.1 mixed 2 0 9.6
51 Dublin 25.9 mixed 1.7 0 9.5
52 Edinburgh 25.1 mixed 1.9 0 9.3
53 Seattle 24.6 mixed 2.5 0 10
54 Seoul 22.8 difficult 0.4 — 10.6
55 Medellin 20.4 difficult 2 — 11.8
56 Edmonton 14.6 difficult 0.3 0 9.5
=57 Chicago 14.4 difficult 1 0 10.4
=57 Sapporo 14.4 difficult 1.7 — 10.3
59 Bali 14.2 difficult 4.7 — 12.3
60 Toronto 12.6 difficult 1.4 0 10.3
61 Riga 12.4 difficult 1.1 — 9.2
62 Saratoga Springs 11.7 difficult 1.5 0 10.3
63 Stockholm 10.1 difficult 0.8 0 8.9
64 Copenhagen 10.0 difficult 1.3 0 9.3
65 Helsinki 8.6 difficult 1.4 0 8.8
66 Oslo 8.1 difficult 1.4 0 8.8

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San José leads the TTDI Best Cities Index — February 2026 of 66 TTDI-covered cities.

TTDI Best Cities Index — February 2026, TTDI.net research (https://ttdi.net/research/best-cities-monthly/2026-02/), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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