Dallas’ sunny disposition and affordable holiday happenings make it a hotspot for a winter getaway, and Dallas-Fort Worth has just been declared the No. 3 best winter destination for warm-weather lovers in 2026.<\/p>\n
The ranking comes in WalletHub’s new study, “Best Winter Holiday Destinations<\/a>,” which analyzed 69 U.S. metros based on the cost and convenience of traveling and the affordability of local attractions and activities. The rankings were categorized into six key dimensions: travel costs and hassles, local costs, attractions, weather, warm-weather activities, and safety, and the results were broken down by cold weather and warm weather.<\/p>\n Las Vegas leads the nation as the No. 1 best warm-weather winter destination, while Atlanta, Georgia ranks No. 1 among cold winter winter wonderlands.<\/p>\n The report found Dallas-Fort Worth ranks No. 2 nationwide for its travel costs and hassles and its favorable weather conditions during the winter. The metro also boasts the fifth-lowest “local costs,” which included the cost of a three-star hotel room, the average price for a two-person meal, taxi fares costs, and the cost of living.<\/p>\n While Halloween is still on the horizon, that hasn’t stopped local businesses from sharing their jolly events<\/a> and pop-ups<\/a> happening around DFW this holiday season. Across the final three categories, DFW appeared 12th nationally in the attractions and warm-weather activities ranks, and ranked 26th overall for safety.<\/p>\n “Whether you love to have a chill in your bones during the winter travel season or prefer to escape to somewhere sunny, the top travel destinations can cost as little as $200-$300 to reach by plane from major U.S. cities, with no connections,” said WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo. “In addition to being affordable, the top cities also have an abundance of attractions that fit their weather patterns, along with high-quality restaurants and relatively low crime rates.”<\/p>\n Texas dominates the 10 best warm-weather winter destinations for 2026 with Austin (No. 4), Houston (No. 6), and San Antonio (No. 9) joining DFW. Four other Texas cities earned spots lower on the list: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission (No. 26), Brownsville-Harlingen (No. 31), Corpus Christi (No. 33), and Beaumont-Port Arthur (No. 35).<\/p>\n The top 10 best warm-weather winter destinations for 2026 are:<\/p>\n No. 1 \u2013 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NevadaNo. 2 \u2013 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CaliforniaNo. 3 \u2013 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TexasNo. 4 \u2013 Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TexasNo. 5 \u2013 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, ArizonaNo. 6 \u2013 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TexasNo. 7 \u2013 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FloridaNo. 8 \u2013 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FloridaNo. 9 \u2013 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TexasNo. 10 \u2013 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, California<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas’ sunny disposition and affordable holiday happenings make it a hotspot for a winter getaway, and Dallas-Fort Worth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,116,542,511,17624,161512],"class_list":["post-478287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-fort-worth","tag-reports","tag-wallethub","tag-winter-destinations","tag-winter-festivities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}