San Antonio’s enjoyable leisure and nightlife scenes have helped the town enhance in WalletHub’s just-released rating of probably the most enjoyable American cities in 2025. Alamo Metropolis now stands tall because the twenty third most enjoyable U.S. metropolis this yr.
WalletHub’s “Most Enjoyable Cities in America (2025)” examine in contrast 182 U.S. cities throughout 65 metrics — spanning from the variety of sports activities venues, music venues, and buying facilities per capita to the common value for a restaurant meal — to find out how “enjoyable” every metropolis is. The metrics have been break up amongst three primary classes: leisure and recreation, nightlife and events, and value.
Las Vegas, Nevada continued its multi-year streak because the No. 1 most enjoyable American metropolis.
Throughout the three key dimensions, San Antonio scored the best for its prices rank (No. 14), however its nightlife and events (No. 24) and leisure and recreation ranks (No. 33) nonetheless have room for enchancment. However general, San Antonio’s degree of “enjoyable” is way increased than most U.S. cities.
San Antonio’s present “enjoyable” standing is 2 spots increased than its 2024 rank because the twenty fifth most enjoyable American metropolis, which it had held on to for 2 years in a row.
Texas’ most enjoyable citiesHouston overtook Austin because the sixth most enjoyable metropolis in America and the No. 1 most enjoyable Texas metropolis for 2025. Austin, which ranked No. 6 final yr, dropped two spots and now ranks No. 8 on the record.
Different Texas cities that appeared within the prime 100 embrace: Dallas (No. 26), Fort Price (No. 60), El Paso (No. 62), Arlington (No. 71), Plano (No. 78), and Corpus Christi (No. 94).
“The choice of the place to dwell may save or value you some huge cash and enjoyable, so it’s truthful to surprise what makes a enjoyable metropolis,” the report’s creator wrote. “In a metropolis with sufficient selection, you gained’t should compromise with your folks, household, and even your self concerning the subsequent enjoyable exercise to do alone or collectively.”
Surprisingly, each Chicago and New York Metropolis dropped out of the highest 10 most enjoyable American cities. Chicago now ranks as No. 11, and New York Metropolis ranks 14th on the record.
WalletHub’s prime 10 most enjoyable U.S. cities in 2025 are:
No. 1 – Las Vegas, NevadaNo. 2 – Orlando, FloridaNo. 3 – Miami, FloridaNo. 4 – Atlanta, GeorgiaNo. 5 – New Orleans, LouisianaNo. 6 – Houston, TexasNo. 7 – San Francisco, CaliforniaNo. 8 – Austin, TexasNo. 9 – Portland, OregonNo. 10 – Cincinnati, Ohio
