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title: "Pet-Friendly City Index"
description: "The Pet-Friendly City Index scores dog parks, veterinary care, pet-friendly venues, and stays per resident across 24 cities."
url: https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities
last_updated: 2026-06-05
---

# Pet-Friendly City Index

The Pet-Friendly City Index scores how well a city supports pets. It combines openly mapped off-leash dog parks and veterinary care, each measured per resident. This edition ranks 24 cities across 3 countries. Portland leads with a score of 100 out of 100.

## Ranking

1. [Portland](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/us/portland) — 100/100 (Grade A)
2. [Seattle](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/us/seattle) — 100/100 (Grade A)
3. [Hamburg](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/hamburg) — 90/100 (Grade A)
4. [Leipzig](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/leipzig) — 88/100 (Grade A)
5. [Potsdam](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/potsdam) — 83/100 (Grade A)
6. [Minneapolis](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/us/minneapolis) — 82/100 (Grade A)
7. [Washington, D.C.](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/us/washington-dc) — 79/100 (Grade B)
8. [San Francisco](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/us/san-francisco) — 76/100 (Grade B)
9. [Denver](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/us/denver) — 71/100 (Grade B)
10. [Toronto](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/ca/toronto) — 71/100 (Grade B)
11. [New York City](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/us/new-york) — 68/100 (Grade B)
12. [Berlin](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/berlin) — 67/100 (Grade B)
13. [Atlanta](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/us/atlanta) — 66/100 (Grade B)
14. [Montreal](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/ca/montreal) — 66/100 (Grade B)
15. [Phoenix](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/us/phoenix) — 64/100 (Grade C)
16. [Hannover](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/hannover) — 63/100 (Grade C)
17. [Bremen](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/bremen) — 52/100 (Grade C)
18. [Munich](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/munich) — 50/100 (Grade C)
19. [Dresden](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/dresden) — 45/100 (Grade D)
20. [Cologne](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/cologne) — 44/100 (Grade D)
21. [Düsseldorf](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/dusseldorf) — 34/100 (Grade F)
22. [Frankfurt](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/frankfurt) — 32/100 (Grade F)
23. [Stuttgart](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/stuttgart) — 25/100 (Grade F)
24. [Nuremberg](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/de/nuremberg) — 21/100 (Grade F)

[How the index is scored](https://www.pawsitivid.com/pet-friendly-cities/methodology)

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Facility data from [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), available under the ODbL. Population data: [U.S. Census Bureau](https://www.census.gov/), [Statistics Canada](https://www.statcan.gc.ca/), [Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)](https://www.destatis.de/EN/).