TTDI Best Cities Index

TTDI Best Cities Index — September 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

  • Paris is the month's best city of the 66 TTDI-covered cities, scoring 95.8/100.
  • Month scores span 95.8 (Paris) to 13.4 (Singapore) — a 82.4-point spread.
  • The median month score is 68.0/100.
Top 10 of 66 · Month score (0–100)
TTDI Best Cities Index — September 2026 — Top 10 of 66 · Month score (0–100) Paris: 95.8 1 Paris 95.8 London: 95.3 2 London 95.3 Riga: 94.8 3 Riga 94.8 Budapest: 94.4 4 Budapest 94.4 Bucharest: 94.3 5 Bucharest 94.3 Beijing: 94.2 6 Beijing 94.2 Lisbon: 94.1 =7 Lisbon 94.1 Mykonos: 94.1 =7 Mykonos 94.1 Buenos Aires: 92.7 9 Buenos Aires 92.7 Chicago: 91.9 10 Chicago 91.9
Rank City Month score (0–100) Comfort bandRain h/dayEventsDaylight h
1 Paris 95.8 ideal 1.5 4517 12.3
2 London 95.3 ideal 1.3 3577 12.4
3 Riga 94.8 ideal 1 — 12.5
4 Budapest 94.4 ideal 1.3 — 12.3
5 Bucharest 94.3 ideal 0.6 — 12.3
6 Beijing 94.2 ideal 1 — 12.2
=7 Lisbon 94.1 ideal 0.6 — 12.2
=7 Mykonos 94.1 ideal 0.1 — 12.2
9 Buenos Aires 92.7 ideal 1 — 11.8
10 Chicago 91.9 ideal 1.1 472 12.3
11 Madrid 90.6 ideal 0.9 445 12.3
12 Toronto 90.1 ideal 1.2 346 12.3
13 San Francisco 89.3 ideal 0.1 276 12.2
14 Seattle 88.3 ideal 1 264 12.3
15 Copenhagen 87.3 ideal 1 233 12.4
16 Sydney 85.1 ideal 1.1 228 11.8
17 Amsterdam 84.4 ideal 1.5 148 12.4
18 Berlin 83.5 ideal 0.7 135 12.4
19 Brussels 82.8 ideal 1.3 86 12.4
20 Istanbul 80.0 ideal 0.8 68 12.3
21 Los Angeles 79.5 good 0.2 491 12.2
22 Edmonton 79.1 ideal 0.5 55 12.4
23 Barcelona 76.7 good 1.1 624 12.3
24 Antwerp 75.9 ideal 1.2 17 12.4
25 Cape Town 75.1 ideal 0.9 32 11.8
26 Krakow 74.9 ideal 1.7 9 12.4
27 Cannes 74.5 ideal 0.9 8 12.3
28 Palm Beach 74.3 good 0.4 — 12.1
29 Philadelphia 71.1 good 1.4 271 12.2
30 Cappadocia 70.6 ideal 0.3 0 12.2
=31 Crete 70.5 ideal 0.2 0 12.2
=31 Oslo 70.5 good 2.1 460 12.5
33 Honolulu 68.2 good 0.2 84 12.1
34 Dublin 67.7 good 2 258 12.4
35 Stockholm 65.5 good 0.9 79 12.5
36 Las Vegas 63.5 mixed 0.1 2406 12.2
37 Branson 62.4 good 0.6 40 12.2
38 Edinburgh 62.1 good 1.8 84 12.4
39 Saratoga Springs 61.0 good 1.4 54 12.3
40 Helsinki 58.5 good 1.5 34 12.5
41 Seville 57.6 good 0.5 1 12.2
42 Rome 56.7 good 1.1 5 12.3
43 New York 56.3 mixed 1.9 1985 12.3
44 Marrakech 53.4 mixed 0.1 — 12.2
45 Austin 50.1 mixed 0.6 137 12.2
46 Nashville 46.3 mixed 1.9 176 12.2
47 Sapporo 45.4 mixed 1.6 — 12.3
48 Bali 43.8 mixed 1.5 — 12
49 Kyoto 43.4 mixed 2.1 — 12.2
50 Florence 43.2 mixed 1.6 58 12.3
51 Osaka 42.2 mixed 2.3 — 12.2
52 Shanghai 40.7 mixed 2.4 — 12.2
53 Doha 29.8 difficult 0 — 12.1
54 Miami 25.2 difficult 2.8 149 12.1
=55 Abu Dhabi 24.2 difficult 0 2 12.1
=55 Dubai 24.2 difficult 0 2 12.1
57 Medellin 20.6 difficult 2.1 — 12
58 Seoul 17.9 difficult 2.3 — 12.2
59 Tokyo 17.7 difficult 2.3 — 12.2
60 Cartagena 16.0 difficult 1.9 — 12.1
61 Taipei 15.8 difficult 2.8 — 12.1
62 Kathmandu 13.9 difficult 4.4 — 12.2
63 Mumbai 13.7 difficult 7.1 — 12.1
64 Bangkok 13.6 difficult 4.7 — 12.1
65 San José 13.5 difficult 4.9 — 12.1
66 Singapore 13.4 difficult 3.2 — 12

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Paris leads the TTDI Best Cities Index — September 2026 of 66 TTDI-covered cities.

TTDI Best Cities Index — September 2026, TTDI.net research (https://ttdi.net/research/best-cities-monthly/2026-09/), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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