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?

Washington D.C. ranks first of 386 cities in the Citymirror smart city rankings 2026 with a score of 86.2%, followed by Seattle and Boston.

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 386 and growing — with every score traceable to its sources.

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Smart City Rankings 2026

386 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 46.2% across 71 countries · updated 2026-07-12

#	City	Score	Evidence	Criteria present
1	Washington D.C.	86.2%	93%	69/86
2	Seattle	85.2%	94.2%	67/86
3	Boston	84.8%	93%	66/86
4	New York City	84.4%	93%	65/86
5	Leeds	83.8%	88.4%	68/86
6	Belfast	82.6%	89.5%	65/86
7	London	82.3%	89.5%	64/86
8	Philadelphia	82.2%	90.7%	64/86
9	Plymouth	80.7%	88.4%	63/86
10	Edinburgh	79.6%	89.5%	60/86
11	Perth, Scotland	79.2%	94.2%	55/86
12	Singapore	78.7%	88.4%	59/86
13	York	77.8%	86%	60/86
14	Manchester	77.7%	89.5%	56/86
15	Liverpool	76.5%	88.4%	56/86
16	Portland	76.4%	84.9%	58/86
17	Cambridge	76%	86%	57/86
18	San Francisco	75.9%	88.4%	55/86
19	Glasgow	75.2%	91.9%	50/86
20	Exeter	74.9%	84.9%	56/86
21	Newcastle upon Tyne	74.1%	80.2%	58/86
22	Coventry	73.2%	84.9%	53/86
23	Chelmsford	73.2%	82.6%	56/86
24	Los Angeles	72.1%	87.2%	49/86
25	Raleigh	72%	86%	49/86
26	Wrexham	71.9%	82.6%	52/86
27	Derby	71.9%	81.4%	53/86
28	Paris	71.8%	76.7%	58/86
29	Bristol	71.8%	86%	50/86
30	Carlisle	71.1%	81.4%	51/86
31	Sheffield	71.1%	82.6%	52/86
32	Oxford	71.1%	81.4%	53/86
33	Austin	71%	79.1%	54/86
34	Cardiff	71%	86%	48/86
35	Melbourne	70.5%	81.4%	51/86
36	Milton Keynes	70.3%	79.1%	54/86
37	Ripon	70%	81.4%	50/86
38	Bradford	69.7%	76.7%	55/86
39	Dundee	69%	81.4%	50/86
40	San Jose	68.9%	90.7%	40/86
41	Kingston upon Hull	68.8%	76.7%	53/86
42	Toronto	68.6%	79.1%	50/86
43	Amsterdam	68.5%	76.7%	51/86
44	Sydney	68.2%	77.9%	51/86
45	Sunderland	68%	91.9%	37/86
46	Salford	68%	77.9%	49/86
47	Birmingham	67.8%	81.4%	47/86
48	Colchester	67.8%	79.1%	48/86
49	Ely	67.5%	77.9%	47/86
50	Lincoln	67.4%	79.1%	48/86
51	Swansea	67.4%	86%	43/86
52	Portsmouth	67.1%	89.5%	40/86
53	Preston	67%	76.7%	50/86
54	Nottingham	66.7%	76.7%	50/86
55	Madrid	66.5%	74.4%	51/86
56	Stirling	66.4%	94.2%	33/86
57	Taipei City	66.2%	76.7%	46/86
58	Chicago	66%	90.7%	36/86
59	Riga	65.9%	77.9%	46/86
60	Winchester	65.8%	80.2%	43/86
61	Wells	65.4%	75.6%	46/86
62	Chester	65.4%	77.9%	45/86
63	Newry	65.4%	81.4%	43/86
64	Hong Kong	65.3%	74.4%	48/86
65	Newport, Wales	65.2%	82.6%	40/86
66	Louisville	64.9%	91.9%	33/86
67	Leicester	64.8%	81.4%	43/86
68	Lancaster	64.8%	79.1%	44/86
69	Bangor, County Down	64.8%	76.7%	45/86
70	Denver	64.7%	75.6%	46/86
71	San Antonio	64.7%	86%	36/86
72	Houston	64.1%	70.9%	50/86
73	Armagh	64%	75.6%	46/86
74	Beijing	63.8%	74.4%	47/86
75	Hereford	63.7%	82.6%	38/86
76	Chichester	63.6%	81.4%	39/86
77	St Davids	63.6%	73.3%	47/86
78	Peterborough	63.6%	74.4%	45/86
79	Bath	63.5%	77.9%	42/86
80	Brighton & Hove	63.3%	72.1%	46/86
81	Inverness	63.3%	76.7%	42/86
82	Lisburn	63.2%	72.1%	45/86
83	Salisbury	63.1%	81.4%	40/86
84	Honolulu	63%	70.9%	46/86
85	Wolverhampton	62.6%	72.1%	46/86
86	Seoul	62.4%	72.1%	45/86
87	Lichfield	62.3%	80.2%	39/86
88	Zaragoza	62.1%	70.9%	47/86
89	Cleveland	61.9%	74.4%	42/86
90	Wakefield	61.7%	69.8%	46/86
91	Gloucester	61.5%	74.4%	42/86
92	Rotterdam	61.4%	70.9%	43/86
93	Doncaster	61.2%	74.4%	42/86
94	Dublin	60.9%	69.8%	45/86
95	Tulsa	60.9%	74.4%	43/86
96	Dubai	60.5%	77.9%	36/86
97	Warsaw	60.5%	70.9%	43/86
98	Munich	60.4%	69.8%	43/86
99	Londonderry	60.3%	72.1%	41/86
100	Delhi	60.3%	70.9%	43/86
101	Barcelona	60.3%	72.1%	41/86
102	Salt Lake City	60.3%	69.8%	44/86
103	Rome	60.3%	72.1%	40/86
104	Phoenix	60.2%	73.3%	41/86
105	Norwich	59.8%	77.9%	36/86
106	Canterbury	59.8%	80.2%	34/86
107	Vilnius	59.7%	72.1%	42/86
108	Marseille	59.5%	64%	45/86
109	Baltimore	59.3%	70.9%	42/86
110	Tallinn	58.9%	67.4%	45/86
111	Southampton	58.8%	82.6%	29/86
112	Dunfermline	58.7%	82.6%	29/86
113	Worcester	58.7%	79.1%	32/86
114	St Asaph	58.5%	68.6%	41/86
115	Sacramento	58.4%	69.8%	39/86
116	Truro	58.4%	72.1%	39/86
117	Southend-on-Sea	58.4%	77.9%	34/86
118	Minneapolis	58.2%	67.4%	44/86
119	Gothenburg	58.2%	68.6%	42/86
120	Durham	58.1%	70.9%	40/86
121	Providence	58.1%	80.2%	30/86
122	San Diego	58%	69.8%	40/86
123	Aberdeen	58%	72.1%	38/86
124	Oakland	58%	68.6%	40/86
125	Lisbon	58%	69.8%	41/86
126	Sao Paulo	57.5%	72.1%	38/86
127	Auckland	57.4%	73.3%	36/86
128	Quezon City	57.2%	69.8%	40/86
129	Tampa	57.1%	65.1%	43/86
130	Krakow	56.8%	66.3%	42/86
131	Halifax	56.8%	67.4%	40/86
132	Indianapolis	56.6%	75.6%	33/86
133	Calgary	56.5%	66.3%	40/86
134	Nashville	56.4%	68.6%	40/86
135	Luxembourg	56.2%	60.5%	43/86
136	Omaha	56.2%	75.6%	33/86
137	Lyon	56.2%	69.8%	37/86
138	Miami	56.2%	70.9%	38/86
139	Kansas City	55.9%	70.9%	35/86
140	Detroit	55.7%	74.4%	34/86
141	Berlin	55.7%	62.8%	41/86
142	Milan	55.4%	64%	41/86
143	Prague	55.4%	66.3%	38/86
144	Utrecht	55.3%	65.1%	39/86
145	Bogota	55.3%	62.8%	41/86
146	Atlanta	55.3%	80.2%	28/86
147	Vancouver	54.8%	74.4%	31/86
148	Copenhagen	54.6%	67.4%	36/86
149	Brussels	54.5%	64%	38/86
150	Doha	54.3%	72.1%	32/86
151	Canberra	54.3%	81.4%	23/86
152	Bangor, Gwynedd	53.8%	66.3%	35/86
153	Helsinki	53.6%	60.5%	41/86
154	Hamilton	53.5%	67.4%	35/86
155	Bilbao	53.4%	60.5%	39/86
156	St. Louis	53.4%	70.9%	31/86
157	Edmonton	53.3%	68.6%	34/86
158	Milwaukee	53.2%	70.9%	31/86
159	Las Vegas	53%	67.4%	35/86
160	St Albans	52.9%	69.8%	33/86
161	Richmond	52.9%	60.5%	39/86
162	Athens	52.8%	67.4%	31/86
163	Montreal	52.7%	62.8%	36/86
164	Bordeaux	52.6%	64%	34/86
165	Riyadh	52.6%	66.3%	35/86
166	Brisbane	52.5%	68.6%	32/86
167	Ljubljana	52.4%	57%	41/86
168	Pittsburgh	52.4%	64%	36/86
169	Wuhan	52.2%	66.3%	35/86
170	Kochi	52%	64%	34/86
171	Shanghai	51.9%	67.4%	33/86
172	Buffalo	51.7%	67.4%	33/86
173	Zurich	51.5%	65.1%	32/86
174	Budapest	50.9%	60.5%	37/86
175	Lille	50.9%	59.3%	35/86
176	Stoke-on-Trent	50.8%	62.8%	33/86
177	Shenzhen	50.4%	64%	32/86
178	Winnipeg	50.3%	64%	31/86
179	Hamburg	50.2%	55.8%	38/86
180	Newark	50.1%	66.3%	31/86
181	Accra	49.6%	57%	36/86
182	Abu Dhabi	49.4%	69.8%	25/86
183	Eindhoven	49.4%	55.8%	37/86
184	Memphis	48.7%	66.3%	28/86
185	Wellington	48.2%	68.6%	24/86
186	Athens	47.9%	61.6%	30/86
187	Dallas	47.9%	60.5%	30/86
188	Jakarta	47.9%	64%	29/86
189	Ankara	47.8%	61.6%	31/86
190	Medina	47.7%	62.8%	29/86
191	Gwangju	47.2%	57%	34/86
192	The Hague	47.1%	53.5%	32/86
193	Osaka	47%	54.7%	34/86
194	San Juan	47%	58.1%	32/86
195	Guangzhou	46.9%	60.5%	30/86
196	Busan	46.8%	58.1%	31/86
197	Jacksonville	46.7%	58.1%	33/86
198	Nice	46.6%	53.5%	32/86
199	Stockholm	46.6%	48.8%	36/86
200	Yogyakarta	46.5%	57%	32/86
201	Sofia	46.4%	57%	31/86
202	New Orleans	45.6%	59.3%	27/86
203	Ulsan	45.5%	53.5%	30/86
204	Jaipur	45.5%	59.3%	28/86
205	Tel Aviv	45.4%	68.6%	19/86
206	Orlando	45.3%	53.5%	33/86
207	Chongqing	45.3%	52.3%	35/86
208	Ottawa	45.1%	58.1%	26/86
209	Kuala Lumpur	45.1%	53.5%	30/86
210	Düsseldorf	44.9%	52.3%	31/86
211	Muscat	44.7%	60.5%	26/86
212	Incheon	44.6%	57%	30/86
213	Bologna	44.5%	52.3%	32/86
214	Mumbai	44.3%	54.7%	29/86
215	Zagreb	44.3%	58.1%	27/86
216	Manama	44.2%	57%	26/86
217	Suzhou	44%	58.1%	28/86
218	Istanbul	43.8%	55.8%	29/86
219	Cincinnati	43.8%	60.5%	24/86
220	Pune	43.7%	64%	20/86
221	Faridabad	43.6%	57%	26/86
222	Charlotte	43.5%	62.8%	22/86
223	Cape Town	43.4%	65.1%	18/86
224	Denpasar	43.3%	54.7%	29/86
225	Columbus	43.1%	55.8%	25/86
226	Malmö	42.5%	46.5%	34/86
227	Astana	42.4%	54.7%	27/86
228	Surrey	42.4%	72.1%	11/86
229	Penang	42.4%	50%	30/86
230	Oslo	42.2%	53.5%	27/86
231	Stuttgart	41.8%	48.8%	28/86
232	Al Ain	41.5%	59.3%	22/86
233	Medellin	41.3%	54.7%	22/86
234	Hanover	41.1%	55.8%	25/86
235	Wuxi	41%	53.5%	26/86
236	Kitchener	40.7%	53.5%	25/86
237	Daegu	40.5%	50%	28/86
238	Turin	40.4%	48.8%	27/86
239	Hyderabad	40.2%	50%	25/86
240	Johor Bahru	40%	48.8%	24/86
241	Coimbatore	39.9%	52.3%	25/86
242	Thessaloniki	39.7%	48.8%	26/86
243	Porto	39.5%	51.2%	24/86
244	Abuja	39.4%	52.3%	25/86
245	Nashik	38.9%	53.5%	22/86
246	Islamabad	38.6%	50%	25/86
247	Davao City	38.5%	54.7%	22/86
248	Kota Kinabalu	38.1%	51.2%	21/86
249	Geneva	38.1%	45.3%	26/86
250	Kiel	37.9%	50%	22/86
251	Bangkok	37.9%	48.8%	23/86
252	Shenyang	37.7%	48.8%	24/86
253	Long Beach	37.6%	50%	21/86
254	Cologne	37.4%	43%	27/86
255	Semarang	37.3%	51.2%	21/86
256	Lagos	37.3%	50%	23/86
257	Rio de Janeiro	37.1%	50%	22/86
258	Kyoto	37%	43%	27/86
259	Varanasi	37%	52.3%	20/86
260	Zhengzhou	37%	51.2%	22/86
261	Antwerp	36.8%	43%	26/86
262	Al Rayyan	36.7%	47.7%	23/86
263	Bengaluru	36.6%	51.2%	18/86
264	Ipoh	36.3%	48.8%	20/86
265	Changwon	36.2%	46.5%	22/86
266	Al Wakrah	36%	44.2%	22/86
267	Manila	35.9%	52.3%	18/86
268	Bratislava	35.8%	47.7%	20/86
269	Surabaya	35.4%	47.7%	20/86
270	Makassar	35.2%	46.5%	22/86
271	Nanjing	35.1%	45.3%	24/86
272	Tianjin	34.9%	54.7%	16/86
273	Daejeon	34.8%	43%	22/86
274	Hangzhou	34.7%	47.7%	19/86
275	Tokyo	34.6%	46.5%	20/86
276	Surat	34%	45.3%	21/86
277	Vienna	34%	40.7%	23/86
278	Fuzhou	33.7%	43%	24/86
279	Frankfurt	33.3%	44.2%	20/86
280	Salalah	33%	43%	21/86
281	Brasilia	32.8%	43%	20/86
282	Riffa	32.1%	44.2%	18/86
283	Amman	32.1%	39.5%	21/86
284	Qingdao	32%	40.7%	22/86
285	Suwon	31.9%	38.4%	21/86
286	Kobe	31.8%	37.2%	21/86
287	Ahmedabad	31.7%	45.3%	15/86
288	San José	31.6%	41.9%	18/86
289	Muharraq	31.5%	45.3%	16/86
290	Oklahoma City	31.4%	51.2%	11/86
291	Al Khobar	31.3%	44.2%	17/86
292	Dongguan	31.1%	40.7%	21/86
293	Ningbo	31.1%	46.5%	15/86
294	Beirut	30.9%	40.7%	19/86
295	Bhopal	30.9%	44.2%	17/86
296	Baguio	30.5%	48.8%	14/86
297	Sapporo	30.3%	36%	21/86
298	Chennai	30.2%	40.7%	17/86
299	Malacca City	30%	38.4%	17/86
300	Victoria	29.9%	43%	13/86
301	Palembang	29.8%	47.7%	12/86
302	Shah Alam	29.6%	37.2%	18/86
303	Bucharest	29.3%	37.2%	17/86
304	Cairo	29.3%	39.5%	18/86
305	Indore	29.2%	41.9%	15/86
306	Zhuhai	28.8%	38.4%	20/86
307	Buenos Aires	28.8%	38.4%	18/86
308	Jeddah	28.5%	36%	21/86
309	Nagpur	28.1%	34.9%	18/86
310	Sohar	28.1%	34.9%	18/86
311	Putrajaya	27.6%	36%	17/86
312	Lausanne	27.5%	30.2%	19/86
313	Mecca	27.4%	39.5%	15/86
314	Reykjavik	27.4%	32.6%	18/86
315	Dhahran	27.1%	37.2%	16/86
316	Visakhapatnam	26.9%	37.2%	14/86
317	Hai Phong	26.8%	36%	15/86
318	San Salvador	26.2%	39.5%	11/86
319	Lucknow	26.2%	37.2%	14/86
320	Abha	25.5%	36%	15/86
321	Kuwait City	25.5%	37.2%	14/86
322	Lusail	24.7%	34.9%	12/86
323	Khamis Mushait	24.7%	34.9%	15/86
324	Ras Al Khaimah	24.4%	34.9%	13/86
325	Gwalior	24.3%	36%	13/86
326	Xi'an	24.2%	31.4%	18/86
327	Bandung	23.9%	32.6%	14/86
328	Nonthaburi	23.8%	31.4%	12/86
329	Yokohama	23.7%	30.2%	16/86
330	Bergen	23.3%	25.6%	16/86
331	Pattaya	23.1%	36%	9/86
332	Medina	23%	30.2%	15/86
333	Hail	22.4%	33.7%	12/86
334	Can Tho	22.4%	32.6%	11/86
335	Chiang Mai	22.4%	30.2%	11/86
336	Hanoi	22.1%	30.2%	12/86
337	Dammam	22%	31.4%	12/86
338	Tunis	22%	29.1%	13/86
339	Najran	21.9%	31.4%	13/86
340	Ho Chi Minh City	21.9%	32.6%	10/86
341	Nagoya	21.7%	25.6%	17/86
342	Cebu City	21.4%	34.9%	7/86
343	Chengdu	21.1%	34.9%	8/86
344	Chandigarh	20.9%	31.4%	8/86
345	Tabuk	20.7%	27.9%	14/86
346	Nizwa	20.7%	27.9%	12/86
347	Xiamen	20.3%	22.1%	16/86
348	Makati	20.3%	32.6%	7/86
349	Sendai	20.1%	23.3%	14/86
350	Hawalli	19.3%	24.4%	14/86
351	Algiers	19%	25.6%	10/86
352	Saitama	18.3%	23.3%	12/86
353	Kunming	18.3%	26.7%	8/86
354	Buraidah	18.1%	27.9%	9/86
355	Phuket	18%	31.4%	4/86
356	Quebec City	17.8%	23.3%	10/86
357	Khon Kaen	17.7%	24.4%	10/86
358	Taif	17.6%	24.4%	12/86
359	Jubail	17.6%	23.3%	11/86
360	Nha Trang	16.9%	23.3%	10/86
361	Yanbu	16.9%	23.3%	12/86
362	Vadodara	16.7%	22.1%	11/86
363	Kanpur	16.7%	24.4%	7/86
364	Allula	15.8%	24.4%	8/86
365	Hafar Al Batin	15.6%	23.3%	7/86
366	Amritsar	15.4%	20.9%	9/86
367	Medan	15.4%	22.1%	8/86
368	Da Nang	15.4%	22.1%	8/86
369	Al Jahra	15.1%	22.1%	8/86
370	Santiago	14.5%	16.3%	10/86
371	Rabat	14%	20.9%	7/86
372	Kawasaki	13.9%	15.1%	10/86
373	Al Ahmadi	13.5%	19.8%	7/86
374	Foshan	12.9%	15.1%	10/86
375	Dalian	12.7%	16.3%	8/86
376	Rajkot	11.8%	19.8%	4/86
377	Sharjah	11.7%	17.4%	6/86
378	Ajman	11.6%	23.3%	0/86
379	Mexico City	10.5%	11.6%	7/86
380	Fukuoka	9.7%	12.8%	6/86
381	NEOM	9.4%	14%	5/86
382	Lima	9.3%	11.6%	6/86
383	Changsha	7.7%	10.5%	5/86
384	Guatemala City	7.4%	11.6%	3/86
385	Umm Al Quwain	7.1%	11.6%	3/86
386	Fujairah	3.7%	7%	1/86

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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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