diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9ba2bf33c2b..77f63426216 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ ignore = [
   "E501",
   "E731",
   "UP007",
+  "PERF20",
   "RUF001",
   "RUF002",
   "RUF003",
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ extend-select = [
   "W",
   "TID", # flake8-tidy-imports (absolute imports)
   "I", # isort
+  "PERF", # Perflint
   "PGH", # pygrep-hooks
   "RUF",
   "UP", # Pyupgrade
diff --git a/xarray/backends/memory.py b/xarray/backends/memory.py
index 9df6701d954..aba767ab731 100644
--- a/xarray/backends/memory.py
+++ b/xarray/backends/memory.py
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ def get_variables(self):
         return self._variables
 
     def get_dimensions(self):
-        dims = {}
-        for v in self._variables.values():
-            for d, s in v.dims.items():
-                dims[d] = s
-        return dims
+        return {d: s for v in self._variables.values() for d, s in v.dims.items()}
 
     def prepare_variable(self, k, v, *args, **kwargs):
         new_var = Variable(v.dims, np.empty_like(v), v.attrs)
diff --git a/xarray/backends/plugins.py b/xarray/backends/plugins.py
index e1ad6c5c4a3..483ce6c425e 100644
--- a/xarray/backends/plugins.py
+++ b/xarray/backends/plugins.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def backends_dict_from_pkg(
 def set_missing_parameters(
     backend_entrypoints: dict[str, type[BackendEntrypoint]],
 ) -> None:
-    for _, backend in backend_entrypoints.items():
+    for backend in backend_entrypoints.values():
         if backend.open_dataset_parameters is None:
             open_dataset = backend.open_dataset
             backend.open_dataset_parameters = detect_parameters(open_dataset)
diff --git a/xarray/core/coordinates.py b/xarray/core/coordinates.py
index 29ce5eceb28..4d59a7e94c1 100644
--- a/xarray/core/coordinates.py
+++ b/xarray/core/coordinates.py
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ def _update_coords(
         # check for inconsistent state *before* modifying anything in-place
         dims = calculate_dimensions(variables)
         new_coord_names = set(coords)
-        for dim, _size in dims.items():
+        for dim in dims.keys():
             if dim in variables:
                 new_coord_names.add(dim)
 
diff --git a/xarray/core/dataset.py b/xarray/core/dataset.py
index 889384bc068..674fb886fab 100644
--- a/xarray/core/dataset.py
+++ b/xarray/core/dataset.py
@@ -5606,7 +5606,7 @@ def _unstack_once(
         new_indexes, clean_index = index.unstack()
         indexes.update(new_indexes)
 
-        for _name, idx in new_indexes.items():
+        for idx in new_indexes.values():
             variables.update(idx.create_variables(index_vars))
 
         for name, var in self.variables.items():
@@ -5647,7 +5647,7 @@ def _unstack_full_reindex(
         indexes.update(new_indexes)
 
         new_index_variables = {}
-        for _name, idx in new_indexes.items():
+        for idx in new_indexes.values():
             new_index_variables.update(idx.create_variables(index_vars))
 
         new_dim_sizes = {k: v.size for k, v in new_index_variables.items()}
@@ -9364,10 +9364,11 @@ def pad(
         # keep indexes that won't be affected by pad and drop all other indexes
         xindexes = self.xindexes
         pad_dims = set(pad_width)
-        indexes = {}
-        for k, idx in xindexes.items():
-            if not pad_dims.intersection(xindexes.get_all_dims(k)):
-                indexes[k] = idx
+        indexes = {
+            k: idx
+            for k, idx in xindexes.items()
+            if not pad_dims.intersection(xindexes.get_all_dims(k))
+        }
 
         for name, var in self.variables.items():
             var_pad_width = {k: v for k, v in pad_width.items() if k in var.dims}
diff --git a/xarray/core/merge.py b/xarray/core/merge.py
index 61c73ca9a7c..6426f741750 100644
--- a/xarray/core/merge.py
+++ b/xarray/core/merge.py
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ def merge_core(
         coord_names.intersection_update(variables)
     if explicit_coords is not None:
         coord_names.update(explicit_coords)
-    for dim, _size in dims.items():
+    for dim in dims.keys():
         if dim in variables:
             coord_names.add(dim)
     ambiguous_coords = coord_names.intersection(noncoord_names)
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_backends.py b/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
index 8aedfb09b3a..7be6eb5ed0d 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ def find_and_validate_array(obj):
                     else:
                         raise TypeError(f"{type(obj.array)} is wrapped by {type(obj)}")
 
-        for _k, v in ds.variables.items():
+        for v in ds.variables.values():
             find_and_validate_array(v._data)
 
     def test_array_type_after_indexing(self) -> None:
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_combine.py b/xarray/tests/test_combine.py
index b7170a06128..dfd047e692c 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_combine.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_combine.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 def assert_combined_tile_ids_equal(dict1, dict2):
     assert len(dict1) == len(dict2)
-    for k, _v in dict1.items():
+    for k in dict1.keys():
         assert k in dict2.keys()
         assert_equal(dict1[k], dict2[k])
 
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_concat.py b/xarray/tests/test_concat.py
index 226f376b581..32ebb0760c0 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_concat.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_concat.py
@@ -74,40 +74,38 @@ def create_typed_datasets(
     num_datasets: int = 2, seed: int | None = None
 ) -> list[Dataset]:
     var_strings = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h"]
-    result = []
     rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
     lat = rng.standard_normal(size=(1, 4))
     lon = rng.standard_normal(size=(1, 4))
-    for i in range(num_datasets):
-        result.append(
-            Dataset(
-                data_vars={
-                    "float": (["x", "y", "day"], rng.standard_normal(size=(1, 4, 2))),
-                    "float2": (["x", "y", "day"], rng.standard_normal(size=(1, 4, 2))),
-                    "string": (
-                        ["x", "y", "day"],
-                        rng.choice(var_strings, size=(1, 4, 2)),
-                    ),
-                    "int": (["x", "y", "day"], rng.integers(0, 10, size=(1, 4, 2))),
-                    "datetime64": (
-                        ["x", "y", "day"],
-                        np.arange(
-                            np.datetime64("2017-01-01"), np.datetime64("2017-01-09")
-                        ).reshape(1, 4, 2),
-                    ),
-                    "timedelta64": (
-                        ["x", "y", "day"],
-                        np.reshape([pd.Timedelta(days=i) for i in range(8)], [1, 4, 2]),
-                    ),
-                },
-                coords={
-                    "lat": (["x", "y"], lat),
-                    "lon": (["x", "y"], lon),
-                    "day": ["day" + str(i * 2 + 1), "day" + str(i * 2 + 2)],
-                },
-            )
+    return [
+        Dataset(
+            data_vars={
+                "float": (["x", "y", "day"], rng.standard_normal(size=(1, 4, 2))),
+                "float2": (["x", "y", "day"], rng.standard_normal(size=(1, 4, 2))),
+                "string": (
+                    ["x", "y", "day"],
+                    rng.choice(var_strings, size=(1, 4, 2)),
+                ),
+                "int": (["x", "y", "day"], rng.integers(0, 10, size=(1, 4, 2))),
+                "datetime64": (
+                    ["x", "y", "day"],
+                    np.arange(
+                        np.datetime64("2017-01-01"), np.datetime64("2017-01-09")
+                    ).reshape(1, 4, 2),
+                ),
+                "timedelta64": (
+                    ["x", "y", "day"],
+                    np.reshape([pd.Timedelta(days=i) for i in range(8)], [1, 4, 2]),
+                ),
+            },
+            coords={
+                "lat": (["x", "y"], lat),
+                "lon": (["x", "y"], lon),
+                "day": ["day" + str(i * 2 + 1), "day" + str(i * 2 + 2)],
+            },
         )
-    return result
+        for i in range(num_datasets)
+    ]
 
 
 def test_concat_compat() -> None:
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_dataset.py b/xarray/tests/test_dataset.py
index 6b582fc8ea0..d8c4a83b671 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_dataset.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_dataset.py
@@ -3036,12 +3036,12 @@ def test_drop_encoding(self) -> None:
         vencoding = {"scale_factor": 10}
         orig.encoding = {"foo": "bar"}
 
-        for k, _v in orig.variables.items():
+        for k in orig.variables.keys():
             orig[k].encoding = vencoding
 
         actual = orig.drop_encoding()
         assert actual.encoding == {}
-        for _k, v in actual.variables.items():
+        for v in actual.variables.values():
             assert v.encoding == {}
 
         assert_equal(actual, orig)
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_duck_array_ops.py b/xarray/tests/test_duck_array_ops.py
index da263f1b30e..f9d0141ead3 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_duck_array_ops.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_duck_array_ops.py
@@ -390,12 +390,13 @@ def series_reduce(da, func, dim, **kwargs):
         se = da.to_series()
         return from_series_or_scalar(getattr(se, func)(**kwargs))
     else:
-        da1 = []
         dims = list(da.dims)
         dims.remove(dim)
         d = dims[0]
-        for i in range(len(da[d])):
-            da1.append(series_reduce(da.isel(**{d: i}), func, dim, **kwargs))
+        da1 = [
+            series_reduce(da.isel(**{d: i}), func, dim, **kwargs)
+            for i in range(len(da[d]))
+        ]
 
         if d in da.coords:
             return concat(da1, dim=da[d])
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_plot.py b/xarray/tests/test_plot.py
index 7b6741df72f..b2094d7f627 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_plot.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_plot.py
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ def property_in_axes_text(
     has the property assigned to property_str
     """
     alltxt: list[mpl.text.Text] = ax.findobj(mpl.text.Text)  # type: ignore[assignment]
-    check = []
-    for t in alltxt:
-        if t.get_text() == target_txt:
-            check.append(plt.getp(t, property) == property_str)
-    return all(check)
+    return all(
+        plt.getp(t, property) == property_str
+        for t in alltxt
+        if t.get_text() == target_txt
+    )
 
 
 def easy_array(shape: tuple[int, ...], start: float = 0, stop: float = 1) -> np.ndarray:
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_strategies.py b/xarray/tests/test_strategies.py
index 397e07a4bea..169f8b199ab 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_strategies.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_strategies.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_restrict_names(self, data):
 
 def check_dict_values(dictionary: dict, allowed_attrs_values_types) -> bool:
     """Helper function to assert that all values in recursive dict match one of a set of types."""
-    for _key, value in dictionary.items():
+    for value in dictionary.values():
         if isinstance(value, allowed_attrs_values_types) or value is None:
             continue
         elif isinstance(value, dict):