Best Cities for Arts & Culture in California

Museums, galleries, theaters, libraries and attractions per resident.

4 cities ranked in California (of 22 nationwide).

Rank	City	Population	Score
14	San Jose, CA Santa Clara County	997,368	40.8
18	Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles County	3,878,704	27.9
21	San Francisco, CA San Francisco County	827,526	6.1
22	San Diego, CA San Diego County	1,404,452	5.4

How this ranking works

Each metric is scored 0-100 by percentile against the other ranked cities, then blended using these weights:

Museums per 10,000 residents ×2
Theaters per 10,000 residents ×2
Galleries per 10,000 residents ×1
Libraries per 10,000 residents ×1
Attractions per 10,000 residents ×1

Place counts cover a 5 km radius around each city's center, so cities are compared like for like. Scores are relative to the cities in our dataset. About the data.

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