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Best Places to Live in California for Great Weather

Dry, sunny, and comfortable year-round Ranked by how well each place fits the Great Weather profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.

Top 25 places

  1. #1Los AngelesPopulation 3,881,041 · mixed overall livability100% match
  2. #2San JosePopulation 1,001,176 · mixed overall livability100% match
  3. #3FresnoPopulation 541,528 · mixed overall livability100% match
  4. #4Long BeachPopulation 462,293 · mixed overall livability100% match
  5. #5OaklandPopulation 437,825 · mixed overall livability100% match
  6. #6AnaheimPopulation 347,111 · mixed overall livability100% match
  7. #7RiversidePopulation 316,076 · mixed overall livability100% match
  8. #8Santa AnaPopulation 311,379 · mixed overall livability100% match
  9. #9IrvinePopulation 304,527 · mixed overall livability100% match
  10. #10FremontPopulation 228,795 · mixed overall livability100% match
  11. #11Moreno ValleyPopulation 209,578 · mixed overall livability100% match
  12. #12FontanaPopulation 209,279 · mixed overall livability100% match
  13. #13OxnardPopulation 202,279 · mixed overall livability100% match
  14. #14Huntington BeachPopulation 197,481 · mixed overall livability100% match
  15. #15OntarioPopulation 176,326 · mixed overall livability100% match
  16. #16Rancho CucamongaPopulation 174,696 · mixed overall livability100% match
  17. #17Garden GrovePopulation 171,637 · mixed overall livability100% match
  18. #18HaywardPopulation 160,602 · mixed overall livability100% match
  19. #19CoronaPopulation 158,346 · mixed overall livability100% match
  20. #20PomonaPopulation 149,831 · mixed overall livability100% match
  21. #21TorrancePopulation 145,454 · mixed overall livability100% match
  22. #22FullertonPopulation 142,280 · mixed overall livability100% match
  23. #23OrangePopulation 138,728 · mixed overall livability100% match
  24. #24Thousand OaksPopulation 126,532 · mixed overall livability100% match
  25. #25Simi ValleyPopulation 126,153 · mixed overall livability100% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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