The 10 best US cities to celebrate Halloween this year, ranked

Happy Halloween. Getty Images WalletHub ranked the best cities to celebrate Halloween. The ranking came down to three things: trick-or-treater friendliness, Halloween fun, and weather.

New York City earned the top spot, due to high scores in two of the three categories. Maybe it’s time to plan a Halloween getaway — WalletHub recently ranked the top 100 most populated US cities in terms of how they celebrate Halloween. A Halloween party.

VGstockstudio/ShutterstockThe company based the ranking on 22 factors, including costume stores per capita, the number of potential-trick-or-treaters, haunted houses per capita, forecasted Halloween precipitation, the average price of a ticket to a Halloween party, and more. Keep scrolling to learn more about the top 10 cities for Halloween celebrations, according to WalletHub. 10.

Boston, MassachusettsHalloween decorations in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston in autumn. DenisTangneyJr/Getty ImagesBoston earned its spot by ranking third for its trick-or-treater friendliness. 9.

Santa Ana, CaliforniaJoshua Screwloose Shibley is in costume as Satan with Jesus Chewie Garcia, owner and creative director of the Santa Ana Haunt. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty ImagesSanta Ana ranked No.

1 overall for the highest potential of trick-or-treat stops —  bust out the candy, Santa Ana residents. Santa Ana also had top 10 placements for trick-or-treater friendliness and Halloween weather. 8.

Las Vegas, NevadaCostumed revelers attend a Halloween party in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesLas Vegas has the No. 2 spot for Halloween fun on WalletHub’s rankings, along with a tie for first place in costume stores per capita and candy & chocolate stores per capita — specifically, Vegas has 36 times the amount of costume stores that Washington, DC, has.

7. Jersey City, New JerseyA person carries a pumpkin in New Jersey. Noam Galai/Getty ImagesBesides its No.

2 spot for trick-or-treater friendliness, Jersey City is also an affordable Halloween spot. It had the lowest average price per Halloween ticket, 11 times lower than thee most expensive city, New Orleans. 6.

San Jose, CaliforniaThe Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesSan Jose was tied for fifth for best Halloween weather, which brought its average up. It ranked in the top 20 for the other two main metrics.

5. San Diego, CaliforniaMr. Jack O’Lantern’s Pumpkin Patch in San Diego, California.

Daniel Knighton/Getty ImagesThis southern California city has its amazing weather and a high Halloween fun score going for it, making it a great place to spend this spooky holiday. 4. Los Angeles, CaliforniaHarry Styles attends Casamigos Halloween party in Beverly Hills, California.

Kevin MazurWhile you might be able to spot your favorite A-listers at one of the many parties in Los Angeles, it’ll cost you a pretty penny; Los Angeles’ average ticket price was only cheaper than Oakland, Birmingham, Miami, and New Orleans. Indeed, its sixth place spot for Halloween fun brought up LA’s score. 3.

Miami, FloridaViews of the Hochstein’s 9th Annual Halloween Ball in Miami Beach, Florida. Gustavo Caballero/Getty ImagesMiami ranked in the top 10 for both trick-or-treater friendliness and Halloween fun, but, perhaps surprisingly, was ranked No. 30 for Halloween weather.

 2. San Francisco, CaliforniaJavin Salmon roars his approval after capturing first place in the animal category for his yeti outfit in the costume parade and contest at the San Francisco Zoo’s annual Boo at the Zoo Halloween celebration in San Francisco. Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty ImagesThe second-best place to spend Halloween, weather-wise, is none other than San Francisco, according to WalletHub — although the city by the Bay is actually the place where you have lowest potential of running into trick-or-treaters.

1. New York, New YorkThe full Blue Moon and Hunter’s Moon rises behind lower Manhattan on October 31, 2020. Gary Hershorn/Getty ImagesNew York City is the gold standard for Halloween celebrations, according to WalletHub.

It ranked in the top three for two of main factors, coming in first for trick-or-treater friendliness, third for Halloween fun — but a measly 88th for Halloween weather. However, the Big Apple is tied for first for most costume stores per capita and most candy and chocolate stores per capita. Read the original article on Insider.