Ranked for Great Weather
Best Places to Live in Kansas 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 16 places
- #1Garden CityPopulation 27,933 · mixed overall livability37% match
- #2Dodge CityPopulation 27,721 · mixed overall livability37% match
- #3Overland ParkPopulation 196,676 · mixed overall livability24% match
- #4Kansas CityPopulation 155,438 · mixed overall livability24% match
- #5OlathePopulation 142,114 · mixed overall livability24% match
- #6TopekaPopulation 126,431 · mixed overall livability24% match
- #7LawrencePopulation 95,103 · mixed overall livability24% match
- #8ShawneePopulation 67,671 · mixed overall livability24% match
- #9LenexaPopulation 57,497 · mixed overall livability24% match
- #10ManhattanPopulation 54,287 · solid overall livability24% match
- #11SalinaPopulation 46,734 · mixed overall livability24% match
- #12LeawoodPopulation 33,784 · mixed overall livability24% match
- #13WichitaPopulation 395,951 · mixed overall livability7% match
- #14HutchinsonPopulation 39,995 · mixed overall livability7% match
- #15LeavenworthPopulation 37,193 · mixed overall livability7% match
- #16DerbyPopulation 25,551 · mixed overall livability7% 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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