CITY PROFILE

Pensacola, FL

Cheap living and perfect weather, if you're okay with nowhere to go.

By the numbers

Typical home value$310K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI)
Typical rent$1,765/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI)
Average temperature20.3°C · warmest 27.9°C · coolest 11.2°C · NASA POWER
Annual precipitation1550 mm · NASA POWER
Sunshine (solar energy)4.9 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean)
Metro size rank (US)#111 · Zillow SizeRank

Match scores

  • Affordable to buy90
  • Affordable to rent71
  • Climate comfort97
  • Plenty of sunshine70
  • Big-city amenities28

Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.