TTDI Best Cities Index — May 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 2026-07-16 · methodology v1.0

Key findings

4 cities tie as the month's best cities of the 66 TTDI-covered cities, each scoring 100.0/100.
Month scores span 100.0 (Beijing) to 13.5 (Singapore) — a 86.5-point spread.
The median month score is 58.5/100.

Top 20 of 66 · Month score (0–100)

Rank	City	Month score (0–100)	Comfort band	Rain h/day	Events	Daylight h
=1	Beijing	100.0	ideal	0.6	—	14.2
=1	Bucharest	100.0	ideal	1.3	—	14.6
=1	Lisbon	100.0	ideal	0.2	—	14.1
=1	Mykonos	100.0	ideal	0.3	—	14
5	Budapest	99.3	ideal	1.6	—	14.9
6	Marrakech	81.9	good	0.2	—	13.6
7	Riga	76.5	good	1.5	—	16.2
8	Palm Beach	75.9	good	0.4	—	12.6
=9	Barcelona	75.0	ideal	0.9	0	14.3
=9	Berlin	75.0	ideal	0.8	0	15.5
=9	Brussels	75.0	ideal	1.4	0	15.3
=9	Cannes	75.0	ideal	1	0	14.5
=9	Cappadocia	75.0	ideal	0.8	0	14.1
=9	Istanbul	75.0	ideal	0.9	0	14.3
=9	Krakow	75.0	ideal	1.3	0	15.2
=9	Madrid	75.0	ideal	0.6	0	14.2
=9	Paris	75.0	ideal	1.4	0	15.1
=9	Rome	75.0	ideal	1.3	0	14.4
=9	Seville	75.0	ideal	0.4	0	14
=9	Toronto	75.0	ideal	1.3	0	14.5
=21	Antwerp	74.7	ideal	1.5	0	15.3
=21	Crete	74.7	ideal	0.5	0	13.9
23	Seoul	74.6	good	1.7	—	14
24	Los Angeles	74.4	ideal	0.1	0	13.8
25	Mumbai	74.2	good	1	—	12.9
26	Honolulu	72.5	ideal	0.9	0	13
27	Sapporo	72.3	good	2	—	14.5
28	Shanghai	72.1	good	1.9	—	13.6
29	Cape Town	65.6	ideal	1.3	0	10.2
30	Buenos Aires	65.0	good	1.1	—	10.2
31	Las Vegas	62.3	good	0.1	0	13.9
32	San Francisco	61.7	good	0.2	0	14
33	Copenhagen	58.7	good	1	0	16
34	Helsinki	58.4	good	1.1	0	16.9
35	Stockholm	58.1	good	1.2	0	16.7
36	Oslo	57.9	good	1.3	0	16.8
=37	Dublin	57.7	good	1.3	0	15.6
=37	London	57.7	good	1.2	0	15.4
39	Edinburgh	57.2	good	1.6	0	16
40	Florence	57.1	good	1.6	0	14.5
41	Edmonton	56.9	good	1.4	0	15.7
42	Seattle	56.8	good	1.2	0	14.9
=43	Amsterdam	56.2	good	1.5	0	15.5
=43	Chicago	56.2	good	1.5	0	14.4
=45	Miami	56.1	good	1.2	0	13.3
=45	Saratoga Springs	56.1	good	1.8	0	14.5
47	New York	56.0	good	1.9	0	14.3
48	Philadelphia	54.3	good	2	0	14.2
49	Tokyo	45.3	mixed	2.9	—	13.9
50	Sydney	44.8	good	2.2	0	10.2
51	Dubai	42.7	mixed	0.1	0	13.2
52	Abu Dhabi	42.6	mixed	0.1	0	13.2
53	Branson	36.1	mixed	2.2	0	14
54	Nashville	35.7	mixed	1.9	0	13.9
55	Doha	33.1	difficult	0.1	—	13.2
56	Kyoto	21.7	difficult	2.9	—	13.8
57	Osaka	21.5	difficult	2.9	—	13.8
58	Cartagena	19.5	difficult	2	—	12.5
59	Bali	18.1	difficult	1.7	—	11.6
60	Bangkok	18.0	difficult	2.5	—	12.6
61	Kathmandu	17.9	difficult	3	—	13.4
62	Taipei	17.4	difficult	3.7	—	13.2
63	Austin	16.4	difficult	1.9	0	13.5
64	Medellin	15.6	difficult	3.3	—	12.3
65	San José	14.9	difficult	3.8	—	12.5
66	Singapore	13.5	difficult	3.4	—	12.1

Cite this index

4 cities jointly lead the TTDI Best Cities Index — May 2026 of 66 TTDI-covered cities.

TTDI Best Cities Index — May 2026, TTDI.net research (https://ttdi.net/research/best-cities-monthly/2026-05/), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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