With nearly 82% of Americans planning summer trips in 2025, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2025’s Best Summer Travel Destinations.Washington DC was ranked as the third best summer destination.
To help travelers plan the perfect summer getaway, WalletHub compared 100 metro areas across 41 key indicators of budget- and fun-friendliness. The data set ranges from the cost of the cheapest flight to the number of attractions to the average price of a two-person meal.
| Top 20 Summer Travel Destinations | |
| 1. Orlando, FL | 11. Knoxville, TN |
| 2. Atlanta, GA | 12. Tampa, FL |
| 3. Washington, DC | 13. Richmond, VA |
| 4. Honolulu, HI | 14. Chicago, IL |
| 5. Austin, TX | 15. Oklahoma, OK |
| 6. Cincinnati, OH | 16. Tulsa, OK |
| 7. Salt Lake City, UT | 17. New York, NY |
| 8. Philadelphia, PA | 18. San Antonio, TX |
| 9. Miami, FL | 19. St. Louis, MO |
| 10. Dallas, TX | 20. Raleigh, NC |
Best vs. Worst
- The average flight to a popular summer destination costs $375, lasts 4 hours and 1 minute and has 0.4 connections.
- The Los Angeles metro area is the most attractive destination on the West Coast and the Washington, D.C. metro area is the most attractive destination on the East Coast.
- Florida and Texas are home to the most top summer destinations in the U.S., each with at least two metro areas in the top 15. Oppositely, California has among the largest numbers of the most unpopular summer destinations, with at least two metro areas.
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-summer-travel-destinations/3792