The 5 best US cities to celebrate New Year's Eve, ranked
The personal finance website WalletHub has ranked the best places to celebrate New Year's Eve this year.
The site compared 100 of the biggest US cities on entertainment, food, costs, safety, and accessibility.
Check out the top five cities to count down to 2025 here.
For those looking to ring in the New Year in style, you may be wondering where to find the best festive bang for your buck.
The personal finance website WalletHub has ranked the best places to celebrate New Year's Eve this year, using 26 metrics to evaluate three key areas for prospective partiers — entertainment and food, costs, and safety and accessibility.
The study looked at factors such as the legality of fireworks, nightlife options, alcohol and taxi prices, and neighborhood security.
Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale (100 representing the best conditions for budding NYE revelers). WalletHub then gave each city an overall score by determining their weighted averages across all metrics.
Here are WalletHub's top five cities to count down to 2025.
5. Chicago
Entertainment and food rank: 8
Costs rank: 76
Safety and accessibility rank: 52
Total score: 64.50
4. Las Vegas
Entertainment and food rank: 4
Costs rank: 80
Safety and accessibility rank: 48
Total score: 67.45
3. San Diego
Entertainment and food rank: 11
Costs rank: 56
Safety and accessibility rank: 27
Total score: 67.58
2. Orlando
Entertainment and food rank: 1
Costs rank: 53
Safety and accessibility rank: 89
Total score: 68.03
1. New York City
Entertainment and food rank: 6
Costs rank: 95
Safety and accessibility rank: 18
Total score: 68.67
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