How are these smart city rankings calculated?

Each city is assessed against 86 criteria from the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework — spanning open data, mobility, environment, governance and the economy. Every criterion is marked present, partial or absent based on public evidence, with each finding linked to its source. The score is the share of assessed criteria that are present (partial counts half).

What is the smartest city in the world in 2026?

Leeds ranks first of 388 cities in the Citymirror smart city rankings 2026 with a score of 89.8%, followed by Washington D.C. and Belfast.

How do these rankings differ from perception-based city indexes?

Perception-based indexes survey a sample of residents about how their city feels. These rankings instead check what each city verifiably has, from public evidence, and cover any city — currently 388 and growing — with every score traceable to its sources.

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Smart City Rankings 2026

388 cities scored against 86 evidence-based criteria from the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework — what each city verifiably has, not how it markets itself. Every score links to its public sources and is refreshed continuously by AI agents.

Average score 54.4% across 71 countries · updated 2026-09-04

#	City	Score	Evidence	Criteria present
1	Leeds	89.8%	94.2%	73/86
2	Washington D.C.	89.3%	95.3%	72/86
3	Belfast	89%	93%	73/86
4	Seattle	87.2%	95.3%	69/86
5	London	87.1%	90.7%	71/86
6	New York City	87.1%	94.2%	69/86
7	Boston	86.6%	93%	69/86
8	Philadelphia	85.3%	94.2%	66/86
9	Plymouth	85.3%	91.9%	67/86
10	Singapore	84.4%	93%	65/86
11	Liverpool	83.9%	90.7%	67/86
12	Edinburgh	83.7%	90.7%	66/86
13	Manchester	83.1%	91.9%	63/86
14	Toronto	83%	89.5%	66/86
15	Newcastle upon Tyne	83%	87.2%	67/86
16	Exeter	82.8%	91.9%	63/86
17	San Francisco	81.9%	91.9%	62/86
18	Coventry	81.9%	90.7%	63/86
19	Dundee	81.6%	90.7%	63/86
20	Cambridge	81.3%	89.5%	63/86
21	York	81.3%	88.4%	64/86
22	Perth, Scotland	80.9%	94.2%	58/86
23	Chelmsford	80.5%	89.5%	62/86
24	Los Angeles	80.2%	93%	58/86
25	Raleigh	79.8%	93%	57/86
26	Sheffield	79.3%	84.9%	64/86
27	Portland	78.6%	87.2%	60/86
28	Derby	78.6%	84.9%	62/86
29	Paris	78.5%	84.9%	62/86
30	Milton Keynes	78.1%	84.9%	62/86
31	Bristol	78%	87.2%	59/86
32	Colchester	77.8%	86%	59/86
33	Salford	77.8%	81.4%	63/86
34	Birmingham	77.6%	84.9%	60/86
35	Bradford	77.4%	82.6%	63/86
36	Nottingham	77.2%	83.7%	61/86
37	Kingston upon Hull	77%	82.6%	62/86
38	Wrexham	76.5%	87.2%	56/86
39	Glasgow	76.5%	91.9%	52/86
40	Austin	76.4%	83.7%	59/86
41	Hong Kong	76.1%	87.2%	56/86
42	Portsmouth	75.8%	95.3%	49/86
43	Montreal	75.3%	87.2%	54/86
44	Ripon	75.2%	82.6%	58/86
45	Preston	75.1%	82.6%	58/86
46	Cardiff	74.9%	89.5%	52/86
47	Brussels	74.8%	81.4%	58/86
48	Munich	74.7%	82.6%	56/86
49	Ely	73.8%	82.6%	54/86
50	Lisburn	73.7%	77.9%	58/86
51	Wells	73.5%	80.2%	56/86
52	Southend-on-Sea	73.5%	89.5%	50/86
53	Carlisle	73.4%	82.6%	54/86
54	Hereford	73.2%	84.9%	52/86
55	Prague	73%	81.4%	56/86
56	Oxford	73%	81.4%	56/86
57	Berlin	72.9%	81.4%	56/86
58	San Jose	72.8%	91.9%	46/86
59	Swansea	72.8%	89.5%	49/86
60	Beijing	72.7%	82.6%	55/86
61	Bath	72.7%	82.6%	54/86
62	Lancaster	72.5%	83.7%	53/86
63	Newry	72.5%	84.9%	52/86
64	Cleveland	72.4%	83.7%	52/86
65	Winchester	71.6%	82.6%	51/86
66	Marseille	71.5%	76.7%	57/86
67	Leicester	71.4%	84.9%	51/86
68	Houston	71%	79.1%	55/86
69	Armagh	70.9%	77.9%	55/86
70	Chicago	70.7%	93%	42/86
71	Chichester	70.6%	84.9%	48/86
72	Newport, Wales	70.6%	89.5%	44/86
73	St Davids	70.5%	79.1%	53/86
74	Melbourne	70.5%	81.4%	51/86
75	Sunderland	70.4%	91.9%	41/86
76	San Antonio	70.4%	90.7%	43/86
77	Louisville	70.2%	95.3%	39/86
78	Bangor, County Down	70.2%	79.1%	53/86
79	Delhi	70.1%	83.7%	50/86
80	Inverness	70.1%	81.4%	51/86
81	Quezon City	69.8%	81.4%	50/86
82	Sacramento	69.6%	80.2%	50/86
83	Oslo	69.6%	80.2%	51/86
84	Londonderry	69.5%	80.2%	50/86
85	Wolverhampton	69.5%	76.7%	54/86
86	Lincoln	69.2%	80.2%	50/86
87	Salt Lake City	69.1%	79.1%	50/86
88	Denver	69%	79.1%	50/86
89	Stirling	68.7%	95.3%	36/86
90	Chester	68.6%	79.1%	49/86
91	Lichfield	68.5%	82.6%	47/86
92	Amsterdam	68.5%	76.7%	51/86
93	Halifax	68.5%	79.1%	50/86
94	Lyon	68.3%	80.2%	48/86
95	Sydney	68.2%	77.9%	51/86
96	Atlanta	68.2%	90.7%	39/86
97	Canterbury	68.2%	83.7%	45/86
98	Tampa	68.1%	75.6%	52/86
99	Cologne	68%	80.2%	47/86
100	Brighton & Hove	67.9%	73.3%	53/86
101	Vancouver	67.7%	89.5%	39/86
102	Calgary	67.6%	76.7%	50/86
103	Honolulu	67.6%	76.7%	50/86
104	Antwerp	67.2%	80.2%	46/86
105	Tulsa	67.2%	79.1%	49/86
106	St Asaph	66.9%	77.9%	48/86
107	Wakefield	66.9%	73.3%	52/86
108	Providence	66.8%	83.7%	42/86
109	Salisbury	66.8%	86%	42/86
110	Doncaster	66.8%	80.2%	47/86
111	Norwich	66.7%	79.1%	47/86
112	Phoenix	66.7%	79.1%	47/86
113	Memphis	66.6%	83.7%	43/86
114	Madrid	66.5%	74.4%	51/86
115	Nashville	66.3%	77.9%	48/86
116	Taipei City	66.2%	76.7%	46/86
117	Baltimore	66.1%	73.3%	51/86
118	Peterborough	66%	77.9%	46/86
119	Minneapolis	65.9%	76.7%	49/86
120	Riga	65.9%	77.9%	46/86
121	Gothenburg	65.8%	77.9%	47/86
122	Dunfermline	65.5%	86%	38/86
123	Indianapolis	65.2%	80.2%	44/86
124	Sao Paulo	65%	77.9%	46/86
125	Oakland	64.7%	75.6%	46/86
126	Southampton	64.5%	88.4%	34/86
127	Hamilton	64.4%	76.7%	45/86
128	Truro	64.4%	75.6%	46/86
129	Hamburg	64.3%	73.3%	48/86
130	Lille	64%	70.9%	49/86
131	Bogota	63.8%	70.9%	49/86
132	Omaha	63.7%	80.2%	41/86
133	Auckland	63.6%	79.1%	42/86
134	Stockholm	63.4%	72.1%	46/86
135	Hanover	63.1%	75.6%	45/86
136	Ottawa	62.9%	83.7%	36/86
137	Stuttgart	62.9%	70.9%	46/86
138	Kansas City	62.6%	81.4%	38/86
139	Gloucester	62.6%	74.4%	44/86
140	Stoke-on-Trent	62.6%	72.1%	44/86
141	Miami	62.6%	73.3%	46/86
142	Worcester	62.5%	80.2%	37/86
143	Seoul	62.4%	72.1%	45/86
144	San Diego	62.4%	75.6%	43/86
145	Pittsburgh	62.4%	73.3%	45/86
146	Aberdeen	62.2%	75.6%	42/86
147	Zaragoza	62.1%	70.9%	47/86
148	Bangor, Gwynedd	62.1%	73.3%	43/86
149	Richmond	61.9%	69.8%	47/86
150	Penang	61.8%	69.8%	47/86
151	Buffalo	61.7%	74.4%	43/86
152	Rotterdam	61.4%	70.9%	43/86
153	Las Vegas	61.4%	76.7%	41/86
154	Malmö	61.1%	64%	50/86
155	Kochi	61%	74.4%	40/86
156	Frankfurt	60.9%	80.2%	37/86
157	Dublin	60.9%	69.8%	45/86
158	Durham	60.9%	72.1%	44/86
159	Milwaukee	60.7%	77.9%	38/86
160	Dubai	60.5%	77.9%	36/86
161	Warsaw	60.5%	70.9%	43/86
162	Barcelona	60.3%	72.1%	41/86
163	Rome	60.3%	72.1%	40/86
164	Edmonton	60.2%	74.4%	41/86
165	Detroit	60.2%	77.9%	39/86
166	Winnipeg	60.2%	74.4%	39/86
167	St Albans	60%	73.3%	41/86
168	Vilnius	59.7%	72.1%	42/86
169	St. Louis	59.4%	76.7%	37/86
170	Sapporo	59.3%	67.4%	45/86
171	Reykjavik	59.1%	65.1%	46/86
172	Shenzhen	59%	72.1%	40/86
173	Riyadh	59%	74.4%	39/86
174	Düsseldorf	58.9%	67.4%	43/86
175	Tallinn	58.9%	67.4%	45/86
176	Kuala Lumpur	58.7%	68.6%	40/86
177	Wuhan	58.6%	73.3%	40/86
178	Lisbon	58%	69.8%	41/86
179	Newark	57.5%	75.6%	36/86
180	Rio de Janeiro	57.5%	72.1%	39/86
181	Pune	57.1%	76.7%	31/86
182	Shah Alam	56.8%	68.6%	37/86
183	Krakow	56.8%	66.3%	42/86
184	Shanghai	56.6%	72.1%	37/86
185	Santiago	56.6%	66.3%	41/86
186	Bordeaux	56.4%	68.6%	37/86
187	Luxembourg	56.2%	60.5%	43/86
188	Jacksonville	56%	67.4%	41/86
189	Jaipur	55.9%	69.8%	38/86
190	Mumbai	55.8%	67.4%	38/86
191	Guangzhou	55.4%	70.9%	36/86
192	Milan	55.4%	64%	41/86
193	Utrecht	55.3%	65.1%	39/86
194	San Juan	54.9%	65.1%	39/86
195	Nice	54.9%	62.8%	39/86
196	Kitchener	54.7%	64%	39/86
197	Copenhagen	54.6%	67.4%	36/86
198	Orlando	54.5%	64%	40/86
199	Doha	54.3%	72.1%	32/86
200	New Orleans	54.3%	68.6%	35/86
201	Canberra	54.3%	81.4%	23/86
202	Victoria	54%	66.3%	34/86
203	Kiel	53.8%	66.3%	35/86
204	Bergen	53.8%	61.6%	38/86
205	Helsinki	53.6%	60.5%	41/86
206	Bilbao	53.4%	60.5%	39/86
207	Johor Bahru	53.4%	64%	35/86
208	Medellin	53.1%	65.1%	34/86
209	Athens	52.8%	67.4%	31/86
210	Medina	52.7%	66.3%	35/86
211	Charlotte	52.7%	68.6%	32/86
212	Brisbane	52.5%	68.6%	32/86
213	Ljubljana	52.4%	57%	41/86
214	Bengaluru	52.2%	70.9%	28/86
215	Chongqing	51.9%	61.6%	39/86
216	Wellington	51.9%	70.9%	28/86
217	Hyderabad	51.9%	66.3%	31/86
218	Dallas	51.6%	62.8%	34/86
219	Faridabad	51.5%	64%	34/86
220	Zurich	51.5%	65.1%	32/86
221	Surrey	51%	84.9%	15/86
222	Budapest	50.9%	60.5%	37/86
223	Buenos Aires	50.9%	60.5%	37/86
224	Saitama	50.8%	60.5%	35/86
225	Manila	50.8%	67.4%	31/86
226	Athens	50.5%	64%	33/86
227	Cincinnati	50.5%	65.1%	31/86
228	Kobe	50.4%	58.1%	36/86
229	Coimbatore	50.2%	62.8%	34/86
230	Columbus	50.1%	66.3%	29/86
231	Bucharest	49.9%	59.3%	34/86
232	Accra	49.6%	57%	36/86
233	Abu Dhabi	49.4%	69.8%	25/86
234	Eindhoven	49.4%	55.8%	37/86
235	City Of London	49.3%	54.7%	37/86
236	Bangkok	48.3%	58.1%	34/86
237	Ras Al Khaimah	48.2%	57%	34/86
238	Jakarta	47.9%	64%	29/86
239	Ankara	47.8%	61.6%	31/86
240	Gwangju	47.2%	57%	34/86
241	Visakhapatnam	47.2%	62.8%	28/86
242	Suzhou	47.2%	61.6%	31/86
243	The Hague	47.1%	53.5%	32/86
244	Lucknow	47.1%	59.3%	30/86
245	Osaka	47%	54.7%	34/86
246	Busan	46.8%	58.1%	31/86
247	Surat	46.8%	58.1%	32/86
248	Yogyakarta	46.5%	57%	32/86
249	Nashik	46.5%	60.5%	29/86
250	Sofia	46.4%	57%	31/86
251	Davao City	46.4%	61.6%	30/86
252	Chennai	46.2%	60.5%	28/86
253	Ipoh	46.1%	58.1%	29/86
254	Nagpur	46%	62.8%	26/86
255	Zhuhai	45.7%	54.7%	33/86
256	Westminster	45.6%	52.3%	33/86
257	Ulsan	45.5%	53.5%	30/86
258	Tel Aviv	45.4%	68.6%	19/86
259	Putrajaya	45.2%	59.3%	27/86
260	Malacca City	45.2%	57%	27/86
261	Zhengzhou	44.8%	58.1%	29/86
262	Muscat	44.7%	60.5%	26/86
263	Incheon	44.6%	57%	30/86
264	Bologna	44.5%	52.3%	32/86
265	Wuxi	44.3%	58.1%	28/86
266	Zagreb	44.3%	58.1%	27/86
267	Manama	44.2%	57%	26/86
268	Indore	44.1%	60.5%	24/86
269	Kota Kinabalu	44.1%	58.1%	26/86
270	Amman	44%	54.7%	29/86
271	San Salvador	43.9%	58.1%	27/86
272	Shenyang	43.9%	55.8%	29/86
273	Istanbul	43.8%	55.8%	29/86
274	Ahmedabad	43.8%	58.1%	25/86
275	Tianjin	43.4%	65.1%	21/86
276	Cape Town	43.4%	65.1%	18/86
277	Denpasar	43.3%	54.7%	29/86
278	Yokohama	43.2%	51.2%	31/86
279	Kanpur	43.2%	55.8%	24/86
280	Varanasi	43%	59.3%	24/86
281	Nanjing	42.7%	53.5%	30/86
282	Astana	42.4%	54.7%	27/86
283	Bhopal	42.1%	55.8%	26/86
284	Oklahoma City	41.9%	65.1%	17/86
285	Dammam	41.8%	55.8%	25/86
286	Lausanne	41.6%	46.5%	30/86
287	Al Ain	41.5%	59.3%	22/86
288	Nagoya	41.3%	48.8%	28/86
289	Tunis	41.2%	53.5%	26/86
290	Long Beach	41%	53.5%	24/86
291	Daegu	40.5%	50%	28/86
292	Turin	40.4%	48.8%	27/86
293	Nonthaburi	40.2%	52.3%	23/86
294	Kawasaki	40.1%	45.3%	31/86
295	Thessaloniki	39.7%	48.8%	26/86
296	Quebec City	39.6%	48.8%	27/86
297	Porto	39.5%	51.2%	24/86
298	Fukuoka	39.4%	45.3%	29/86
299	Abuja	39.4%	52.3%	25/86
300	Khon Kaen	39.3%	50%	26/86
301	Lima	38.9%	52.3%	22/86
302	Suwon	38.7%	46.5%	26/86
303	Cairo	38.7%	50%	24/86
304	Gwalior	38.6%	52.3%	23/86
305	Islamabad	38.6%	50%	25/86
306	Brasilia	38.5%	50%	24/86
307	Lusail	38.4%	48.8%	23/86
308	Fuzhou	38.4%	46.5%	29/86
309	Hangzhou	38.4%	52.3%	22/86
310	Amritsar	38.3%	50%	23/86
311	Dhahran	38.2%	51.2%	24/86
312	Geneva	38.1%	45.3%	26/86
313	Baguio	37.9%	58.1%	18/86
314	Phuket	37.5%	54.7%	17/86
315	Jeddah	37.5%	46.5%	27/86
316	Sendai	37.4%	43%	27/86
317	Semarang	37.3%	51.2%	21/86
318	Lagos	37.3%	50%	23/86
319	Kyoto	37%	43%	27/86
320	Medina	36.8%	48.8%	23/86
321	Al Rayyan	36.7%	47.7%	23/86
322	Changwon	36.2%	46.5%	22/86
323	Dongguan	36.1%	47.7%	24/86
324	Al Wakrah	36%	44.2%	22/86
325	Bratislava	35.8%	47.7%	20/86
326	Ningbo	35.7%	53.5%	17/86
327	Surabaya	35.4%	47.7%	20/86
328	Makati	35.4%	52.3%	16/86
329	Makassar	35.2%	46.5%	22/86
330	Mecca	35%	51.2%	19/86
331	Daejeon	34.8%	43%	22/86
332	Khamis Mushait	34.7%	50%	19/86
333	Qingdao	34.7%	44.2%	24/86
334	Tokyo	34.6%	46.5%	20/86
335	Ho Chi Minh City	34.5%	48.8%	18/86
336	Abha	34.3%	51.2%	18/86
337	Rajkot	34%	44.2%	21/86
338	Hanoi	34%	47.7%	18/86
339	Vienna	34%	40.7%	23/86
340	Can Tho	34%	46.5%	20/86
341	Sohar	33.9%	41.9%	23/86
342	Kuwait City	33.8%	45.3%	20/86
343	Cebu City	33.2%	50%	14/86
344	Mexico City	33.2%	41.9%	22/86
345	Salalah	33%	43%	21/86
346	Al Khobar	32.9%	45.3%	19/86
347	Hai Phong	32.5%	43%	19/86
348	Pattaya	32.2%	48.8%	13/86
349	Riffa	32.1%	44.2%	18/86
350	Xiamen	32%	38.4%	23/86
351	Yanbu	31.8%	45.3%	19/86
352	Chiang Mai	31.7%	40.7%	17/86
353	San José	31.6%	41.9%	18/86
354	Muharraq	31.5%	45.3%	16/86
355	Vadodara	31.1%	46.5%	15/86
356	Chandigarh	31.1%	44.2%	14/86
357	NEOM	31%	44.2%	18/86
358	Beirut	30.9%	40.7%	19/86
359	Da Nang	30.7%	40.7%	18/86
360	Najran	30.3%	43%	19/86
361	Palembang	29.8%	47.7%	12/86
362	Bandung	29.7%	40.7%	17/86
363	Taif	29.7%	40.7%	18/86
364	Kunming	29.5%	41.9%	15/86
365	Jubail	29.3%	39.5%	18/86
366	Chengdu	28.8%	48.8%	9/86
367	Xi'an	28.2%	37.2%	20/86
368	Hawalli	28%	37.2%	17/86
369	Ajman	28%	43%	11/86
370	Nizwa	27.8%	36%	17/86
371	Tabuk	26.9%	34.9%	18/86
372	Algiers	26.9%	37.2%	14/86
373	Buraidah	26.3%	40.7%	12/86
374	Hail	25.9%	39.5%	13/86
375	Umm Al Quwain	23.8%	33.7%	12/86
376	Al Jahra	22.8%	30.2%	13/86
377	Sharjah	22.7%	31.4%	13/86
378	Al Ahmadi	22.6%	29.1%	14/86
379	Hafar Al Batin	22.5%	34.9%	9/86
380	Nha Trang	22.3%	33.7%	11/86
381	Medan	20.6%	32.6%	8/86
382	Guatemala City	20.6%	29.1%	11/86
383	Allula	20%	29.1%	11/86
384	Rabat	18.7%	25.6%	11/86
385	Fujairah	17.7%	27.9%	9/86
386	Foshan	13.9%	17.4%	10/86
387	Dalian	12.7%	16.3%	8/86
388	Changsha	10.8%	15.1%	6/86

Smart cities by country

Browse the ranked smart cities of each of the 71 countries assessed.

How these smart city rankings work

Unlike perception-based rankings, these rankings check what each city verifiably has: live transport data, air-quality monitoring, open data services, digital government and more. AI agents gather the evidence from official public sources, and each of the 86 criteria is marked present, partial or absent — so any score can be checked, and any city can be ranked, not just the famous few. Read more about how to measure a smart city.

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