San Antonio's fun entertainment and nightlife scenes have helped the city improve in WalletHub's just-released ranking of the most fun American cities in 2025. Alamo City now stands tall as the 23rd most fun U.S. city this year.

WalletHub's "Most Fun Cities in America (2025)" study compared 182 U.S. cities across 65 metrics — spanning from the number of sports venues, music venues, and shopping centers per capita to the average cost for a restaurant meal — to determine how "fun" each city is. The metrics were split among three main categories: entertainment and recreation, nightlife and parties, and cost.

Las Vegas, Nevada continued its multi-year streak as the No. 1 most fun American city.

Across the three key dimensions, San Antonio scored the highest for its costs rank (No. 14), but its nightlife and parties (No. 24) and entertainment and recreation ranks (No. 33) still have room for improvement. But overall, San Antonio's level of "fun" is far higher than most U.S. cities.

San Antonio's current "fun" status is two spots higher than its 2024 rank as the 25th most fun American city, which it had held on to for two years in a row.

Texas' most fun cities
Houston overtook Austin as the 6th most fun city in America and the No. 1 most fun Texas city for 2025. Austin, which ranked No. 6 last year, dropped two spots and now ranks No. 8 on the list.

Other Texas cities that appeared in the top 100 include: Dallas (No. 26), Fort Worth (No. 60), El Paso (No. 62), Arlington (No. 71), Plano (No. 78), and Corpus Christi (No. 94).

"The decision of where to live could save or cost you a lot of money and fun, so it’s fair to wonder what makes a fun city," the report's author wrote. "In a city with enough variety, you won’t have to compromise with your friends, family, or even yourself about the next fun activity to do alone or together."

Surprisingly, both Chicago and New York City dropped out of the top 10 most fun American cities. Chicago now ranks as No. 11, and New York City ranks 14th on the list.

WalletHub's top 10 most fun U.S. cities in 2025 are:

• No. 1 – Las Vegas, Nevada
• No. 2 – Orlando, Florida
• No. 3 – Miami, Florida
• No. 4 – Atlanta, Georgia
• No. 5 – New Orleans, Louisiana
• No. 6 – Houston, Texas
• No. 7 – San Francisco, California
• No. 8 – Austin, Texas
• No. 9 – Portland, Oregon
• No. 10 – Cincinnati, Ohio