Thanksgiving 2025 Best Celebrated In These FL Towns, Experts Say

Turkey Day will soon bring families together in Miami, which has recently been named the second-best place to go for Thanksgiving.

Miami outpaced Tampa, Orlando and St. Pete on WalletHub's top 100 list, gobbling up its competition. The personal finance agency released the national list Tuesday.

Floridians will be feasting on turkey and trimmings as Thanksgiving flies into town on Nov. 27.

WalletHub used 18 key metrics, including weather forecasts and flight delays, to determine rankings for its recent holiday survey.

Source: WalletHub

“The best cities for celebrating Thanksgiving all have an abundance of high-quality restaurants and places to buy festive decorations, and their residents get very excited for the holiday based on their Google search history," WalletHub Analyst Chip Lupo said in the report. "Other features make individual cities stand out; for example, San Antonio has great weather, Atlanta has a fantastic track record for on-time flights and Virginia Beach has surprisingly affordable accommodations.”

According to WalletHub, Miami is the 20th-best place to go for Thanksgiving nationally and has one of the highest number of pumpkin patches per capita.

Tampa and Orlando, which ranked 29th and 30th respectively at the national level, have the most amount of shops for holiday decor per capita.

St. Petersburg was ranked No. 81 nationally for great places to spend Turkey Day, while Jacksonville came in at No. 72.

The Florida towns did not do better than San Antonio, Texas (No. 1) but outperformed Stockton, California, the worst place for Thanksgiving, according to the WalletHub data.

Thanksgiving in Miami can look like a brunch at Rusty Pelican or Jaya, dinner at The Amalfi Llama or an escape to Italy at the II Mulino New York.

Turkey roulade will be served at SiX at JW Marriott Tampa Water Street, while romance will find its way to the Moet Hennessy Holiday Tasting - both in Tampa.

For those feeling adventurous, Mickey Mouse and other famed characters may visit the Walt Disney World Resort, where a holiday experience is being held until Dec. 31 in Orlando.

Here are the top 10 Best Places to Go for Thanksgiving, per WalletHub:

1. San Antonio, Texas
2. Atlanta, Georgia
3. Virginia Beach, Virginia
4. Dallas, Texas
5. Scottsdale, Arizona
6. Irving, Texas
7. Plano, Texas
8. Loiusville, Kentucky
9. Las Vegas, Nevada
10. Chesapeake, Virginia

See WalletHub's full methodology here.