San Antonio is shining far above the remainder of Texas on a brand new record rating one of the best U.S. cities for celebrating New 12 months’s Eve.
WalletHub ranked San Antonio the No. 1 finest metropolis within the Lone Star State to usher in the brand new yr, and it ranked No. 28 nationally.
The annual research in contrast the 100 most populous U.S. cities primarily based on 26 metrics throughout three primary classes – leisure and meals, prices, and security and accessibility – analyzing the recognition of the New 12 months’s Eve vacation celebrations, fireworks reveals, restaurant meal prices, and extra.
Orlando, Florida, landed the highest spot as one of the best place to have a good time New 12 months’s, beating out common locations like New York Metropolis, New York (No. 3) and Las Vegas, Nevada (No. 2). Seattle, Washington (No. 4) and Los Angeles, California (No. 5) spherical out the highest 5.
San Antonio’s leisure and meals scenes ranked because the sixteenth finest within the nation for New 12 months’s Eve, and the report additionally decided it is among the extra inexpensive locations to have a good time the vacation, as the town ranked No. 37 within the prices class. San Antonio additionally has the fourth least expensive worth of a three-star resort room over New 12 months’s nationwide, the report discovered.
Town’s security and accessibility – which coated components together with walkability, the share of delayed flights, neighborhood safety, amongst others – ranked ninetieth total. As many San Antonians are already conscious, it is all the time safer to guide a rideshare than to drink and drive.
“One of the best cities for New 12 months’s celebrations have clear skies and a number of the finest fireworks shows round,” stated WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo. “The highest cities additionally supply an abundance of highly-rated, inexpensive eating choices, together with a vibrant nightlife and loads of actions to make your transition into the brand new yr a memorable one.”
WalletHub says native companies in common locations like New York Metropolis “are infamous for climbing up their costs when massive crowds are on the town” for main holidays like New 12 months’s Eve. Funds-conscious vacationers are abandoning their grandiose plans in quest of inexpensive locations that also present simply as a lot enjoyable as the larger cities.
“The very last thing you need to do within the last hours of 2025 is wreck your funds over one night time of festivities,” the report’s writer wrote.
This is how different Texas cities stacked up within the report’s rankings of one of the best locations to have a good time New 12 months’s Eve:
No. 32 – PlanoNo. 37 – AustinNo. 46 – HoustonNo. 53 – DallasNo. 62 – El PasoNo. 65 – ArlingtonNo. 67 – Fort WorthNo. 74 – IrvingNo. 75 – Corpus ChristiNo. 80 – GarlandNo. 91 – LaredoNo. 94 – Lubbock
