// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Sao Paulo?
Sao Paulo scores 65% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #124 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
65%
Rank
#124 / 388
Criteria present
46 / 86
Evidence coverage
77.9%
Sao Paulo's smart city score by area
7 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
5 present · 3 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed
5 present · 5 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed
5 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
10 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
5 present · 1 partial · 2 absent
9 present · 2 partial · 2 absent · 1 not assessed
Where Sao Paulo is strong
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Inclusion & Civic Participation
Where the gaps are
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
- ▸Innovation & Economic Development
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
Sao Paulo provides programmatic API access to its data through the APILIB platform, which offers data communication interfaces and promotes the opening of government data, and also has a specific API for public transport data.
https://apilib.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure · Public Wi-Fi network
The city of São Paulo offers "WiFi Livre SP" (Free Wi-Fi SP) services, as mentioned by the Municipal Secretariat of Innovation and Technology and indicated by a dataset of free Wi-Fi points.
http://dados.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/dataset/pontos-de-wi-fi-livre-spUrban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Integrated urban data platform
The City of São Paulo operates an Open Data Portal that integrates and gathers data sets from all municipal secretariats, sub-prefectures, and public companies.
https://dados.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/Public Transport & Real-Time Information · Public transport network
São Paulo operates a public transport network including a metro system (Metrô), metropolitan trains (CPTM), and a bus network (SPTrans) with published itineraries.
https://www.metro.sp.gov.br/About this assessment
Sao Paulo was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-09-03 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.