TTDI Best Cities Index

TTDI Best Cities Index — December 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 0.6 (Seattle) — a 99.4-point spread.
  • The median month score is 28.1/100.
Top 10 of 66 · Month score (0–100)
TTDI Best Cities Index — December 2026 — Top 10 of 66 · Month score (0–100) Buenos Aires: 100.0 1 Buenos Aires 100.0 San José: 91.4 2 San José 91.4 Taipei: 88.2 3 Taipei 88.2 Doha: 88.1 4 Doha 88.1 Kathmandu: 87.5 5 Kathmandu 87.5 Marrakech: 86.5 6 Marrakech 86.5 Cape Town: 75.0 =7 Cape Town 75.0 Sydney: 75.0 =7 Sydney 75.0 Bangkok: 73.3 9 Bangkok 73.3 Mumbai: 72.5 10 Mumbai 72.5
Rank City Month score (0–100) Comfort bandRain h/dayEventsDaylight h
1 Buenos Aires 100.0 ideal 0.9 — 14.3
2 San José 91.4 ideal 0.9 — 11.4
3 Taipei 88.2 ideal 1 — 10.5
4 Doha 88.1 ideal 0.2 — 10.4
5 Kathmandu 87.5 ideal 0.1 — 10.3
6 Marrakech 86.5 ideal 0.9 — 9.9
=7 Cape Town 75.0 ideal 0.4 0 14.2
=7 Sydney 75.0 ideal 1 0 14.2
9 Bangkok 73.3 good 0.2 — 11.2
10 Mumbai 72.5 good 0.2 — 10.9
11 Honolulu 66.8 ideal 1 0 10.7
12 Abu Dhabi 66.2 ideal 0.1 0 10.5
13 Dubai 66.1 ideal 0.2 0 10.4
14 Austin 65.1 ideal 0.8 0 10.1
15 Crete 64.1 ideal 1 0 9.6
16 Mykonos 62.6 good 1 — 9.4
17 Lisbon 59.8 good 1.6 — 9.3
18 Las Vegas 51.0 good 0.3 0 9.5
19 Cartagena 48.7 mixed 0.5 — 11.4
20 Miami 47.3 good 1.5 0 10.4
21 Barcelona 46.9 good 0.9 0 9
22 Seville 46.0 good 1.4 0 9.4
23 Rome 44.9 good 1.5 0 9
24 Palm Beach 44.7 mixed 0.8 — 11.3
25 Cannes 44.6 good 1.3 0 8.8
26 Shanghai 44.1 mixed 0.5 — 10
=27 Kyoto 41.6 mixed 0.8 — 9.7
=27 Osaka 41.6 mixed 0.7 — 9.7
29 Tokyo 40.2 mixed 0.9 — 9.6
30 Bucharest 36.8 mixed 1.1 — 8.7
31 Branson 29.9 mixed 0.9 0 9.5
32 Cappadocia 29.8 mixed 0.8 0 9.3
33 Madrid 28.2 mixed 1 0 9.1
34 Los Angeles 28.1 mixed 1.6 0 9.7
35 Nashville 26.8 mixed 1.6 0 9.6
36 Istanbul 26.0 mixed 1.6 0 9.1
37 Philadelphia 25.9 mixed 1.8 0 9.2
38 New York 25.5 mixed 1.8 0 9.1
39 Copenhagen 24.5 mixed 1.2 0 6.8
40 Florence 23.9 mixed 2.1 0 8.7
41 Brussels 23.7 mixed 1.5 0 7.7
=42 Antwerp 23.5 mixed 1.6 0 7.7
=42 London 23.5 mixed 1.4 0 7.6
44 Paris 23.4 mixed 1.4 0 8.1
45 Amsterdam 23.0 mixed 1.5 0 7.5
46 San Francisco 22.4 mixed 2.8 0 9.4
47 Dublin 22.2 mixed 1.8 0 7.3
48 Medellin 21.8 difficult 1.6 — 11.6
49 Edinburgh 20.8 mixed 2.1 0 6.7
50 Beijing 19.6 difficult 0.1 — 9.2
51 Seoul 17.1 difficult 0.6 — 9.4
52 Bali 15.0 difficult 3.9 — 12.5
53 Singapore 13.1 difficult 3.9 — 11.9
54 Sapporo 10.3 difficult 1.4 — 8.8
55 Budapest 10.1 difficult 1.3 — 8.3
56 Chicago 9.5 difficult 1.3 0 9
57 Riga 8.9 difficult 1.2 — 6.5
58 Edmonton 8.7 difficult 0.8 0 7.2
59 Krakow 8.5 difficult 0.9 0 7.9
60 Stockholm 7.7 difficult 1 0 5.8
61 Oslo 7.1 difficult 1.2 0 5.6
62 Berlin 6.7 difficult 1.3 0 7.4
=63 Saratoga Springs 6.6 difficult 2 0 8.8
=63 Toronto 6.6 difficult 1.7 0 8.8
65 Helsinki 5.9 difficult 1.5 0 5.5
66 Seattle 0.6 difficult 4 0 8.2

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

TTDI Best Cities Index — December 2026, TTDI.net research (https://ttdi.net/research/best-cities-monthly/2026-12/), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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