I want to retire where the sun shines more than 50% of the time. I’m tired of the dreary grey of the Pacific Northwest. So I googled “most sun in the USA” and got this chart:
| City | % Sunshine |
|---|---|
| Yuma, Arizona | 90 |
| Redding California | 88 |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 85 |
| Tucson, Arizona | 85 |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 85 |
| El Paso, Texas | 84 |
| Fresno, California | 79 |
| Reno, Nevada | 79 |
| Flagstaff, Arizona | 78 |
| Sacramento, California | 78 |
| Pueblo, Colorado | 76 |
| Key West, Florida | 76 |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | 76 |
Hey, look what #2! Redding, California. What a coincidence. I guess we’ll have to start looking there again.
We bought property in Texas but the economics in the age of Obama have all but killed our plans to go to Texas.
By the way, to compare these top sunny places with Seattle, here is a chart that pretty much tells the story:
