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Best Places to Live in Kentucky 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

  1. #1RichmondPopulation 34,883 · solid overall livability20% match
  2. #2ElizabethtownPopulation 31,425 · mixed overall livability20% match
  3. #3HendersonPopulation 28,166 · solid overall livability20% match
  4. #4PaducahPopulation 26,869 · mixed overall livability20% match
  5. #5LouisvillePopulation 629,176 · mixed overall livability7% match
  6. #6Lexington-FayettePopulation 321,276 · solid overall livability7% match
  7. #7Bowling GreenPopulation 72,385 · mixed overall livability7% match
  8. #8OwensboroPopulation 60,019 · mixed overall livability7% match
  9. #9CovingtonPopulation 40,923 · mixed overall livability7% match
  10. #10GeorgetownPopulation 37,510 · solid overall livability7% match
  11. #11FlorencePopulation 32,056 · mixed overall livability7% match
  12. #12NicholasvillePopulation 31,352 · mixed overall livability7% match
  13. #13HopkinsvillePopulation 31,042 · mixed overall livability7% match
  14. #14JeffersontownPopulation 28,796 · solid overall livability7% match
  15. #15IndependencePopulation 28,722 · mixed overall livability7% match
  16. #16FrankfortPopulation 28,460 · 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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