Winner: Tie

Highlights: In the statistical equivalent of a missed field goal as time expires, we have a tie. In New York and Boston, the sun shines a yearly average of 58 percent of the time between sunrise and sunset, our criterion for determining which city has the better weather. With that tie the game clock is at 0:00 and the contest has been decided by the slimmest of margins: after a back-and-forth slugfest, Boston claims The Daily Beast’s 2012 Super Bowl City Showdown. Can Tom Brady and the New England Patriots steal another Boston victory over Eli Manning and the New York Giants this Sunday?

Final score: New York 14, Boston 15

City Smackdown

Super Bowl 2012 City Smackdown: New York vs. Boston

The Daily Beast pits the Super Bowl cities, New York and Boston, against each other in 30 categories.

01.31.12 4:45 AM ET