only a 1% chance of precipitation this year<\/a>, completing the ideal atmosphere.<\/p>\nTexas cities dominate US with best Thanksgiving Day weather and lowest costs for dinner<\/p>\n
While San Antonio topped the overall rankings, other Texas cities stood out in categories.<\/p>\n
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The Lone Star swept the top\u00a0seven spots for the best weather forecasts:<\/p>\n
No. 1: Laredo<\/p>\n
No. 2: Lubbock (tie)
\nNo. 2: San Antonio (tie)
\nNo. 4: Austin (tie)
\nNo. 4: Corpus Christi (tie)
\nNo. 6: Irving<\/p>\n
No. 7: Fort Worth<\/p>\n
Laredo (No. 1), Corpus Christi (No. 2) and San Antonio (No. 3) also dominated the list for the lowest costs of Thanksgiving dinner.\u00a0Dallas (No. 2), Houston (No. 8) and San Antonio (No. 10) ranked high for celebrations and traditions; San Antonio (No. 4), Austin (No. 7) and Corpus Christi (No. 8) ranked high for affordability; Plano (No. 7) and Irving (No. 8) ranked high for \u201cgiving thanks\u201d; and Plano ranked No. 8 for safety and accessibility.<\/p>\n
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Some other notable ranking cities weren\u2019t so positive. Laredo had the lowest giving ratio in the county, three times worse than Tulsa, Oklahoma, which had the highest giving ratio. Corpus Christi (No. 7 worst) and El Paso (No. 9 worst) also ranked low in \u201cgiving thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fort Worth had the third-lowest number of pumpkin patches per capita, behind New York, New York (No. 1 lowest) and Jacksonville, Florida (No. 2 lowest). Houston (No. 4 worst) and Dallas (No. 5 worst) ranked low in safety and accessibility, and Corpus Christi had the second-lowest ranking for celebrations and traditions.<\/p>\n
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Texas cities stood out among other U.S. cities in WalletHub’s analysis for the lowest costs for Thanksgiving dinner, along with the best weather forecasts for Turkey Day.<\/p>\n
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7 Texas cities in top 20 best places to go for Thanksgiving 2025<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how cities in the Lone Star State landed in the overall rankings:<\/p>\n
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Total score: 65.70<\/p>\n
Celebrations & traditions rank: 9<\/p>\n
Affordability rank: 4<\/p>\n
Safety & accessibility rank: 58<\/p>\n
Giving thanks rank: 71<\/p>\n
Weather forecast rank: 2<\/p>\n
Total score:\u00a062.32<\/p>\n
Celebrations & traditions rank:\u00a02<\/p>\n
Affordability rank:\u00a028<\/p>\n
Safety & accessibility rank:\u00a096<\/p>\n
Giving thanks rank:\u00a033<\/p>\n
Weather forecast rank:\u00a09<\/p>\n
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Total score:\u00a061.52<\/p>\n
Celebrations & traditions rank:\u00a059<\/p>\n
Affordability rank:\u00a012<\/p>\n
Safety & accessibility rank:\u00a036<\/p>\n
Giving thanks rank:\u00a08<\/p>\n
Weather forecast rank:\u00a06<\/p>\n
Total score:\u00a060.96<\/p>\n
Celebrations & traditions rank:\u00a078<\/p>\n
Affordability rank:\u00a011<\/p>\n
Safety & accessibility rank:\u00a08<\/p>\n
Giving thanks rank:\u00a07<\/p>\n
Weather forecast rank:\u00a023<\/p>\n
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Total score:\u00a059.28<\/p>\n
Celebrations & traditions rank:\u00a099<\/p>\n
Affordability rank:\u00a08<\/p>\n
Safety & accessibility rank:\u00a043<\/p>\n
Giving thanks rank:\u00a094<\/p>\n
Weather forecast rank:\u00a04<\/p>\n
Total score:\u00a059.26<\/p>\n
Celebrations & traditions rank:\u00a08<\/p>\n
Affordability rank:\u00a023<\/p>\n
Safety & accessibility rank:\u00a097<\/p>\n
Giving thanks rank:\u00a034<\/p>\n
Weather forecast rank:\u00a019<\/p>\n
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Total score:\u00a058.53<\/p>\n
Celebrations & traditions rank: 32<\/p>\n
Affordability rank:\u00a07<\/p>\n
Safety & accessibility rank:\u00a040<\/p>\n
Giving thanks rank:\u00a070<\/p>\n
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20 best places to go for Thanksgiving 2025<\/p>\n
San Antonio, Texas
\nAtlanta, Georgia
\nVirginia Beach, Virginia
\nDallas, Texas
\nScottsdale, Arizona
\nIrving, Texas
\nPlano, Texas
\nLouisville, Kentucky
\nLas Vegas, Nevada
\nChesapeake, Virginia
\nCorpus Christi, Texas
\nHouston, Texas
\nTulsa, Oklahoma
\nCincinnati, Ohio
\nWashington, DC
\nAustin, Texas
\nSan Diego, California
\nBoston, Massachusetts
\nNew York, New York
\nMiami, Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkeys listen as the National Anthem is sung ahead of the ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1972,11873,15169,22929,511],"class_list":{"0":"post-65910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-holidays","12":"tag-holidays-seasonal-events","13":"tag-thanksgiving","14":"tag-thanksgiving-united-states","15":"tag-wallethub"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65910","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=65910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}