Country rankings
Smart Cities in Germany
The 9 assessed smart cities in Germany, ranked by smart reach: scored against 86 evidence-based criteria from the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework and weighted by how many people each city serves. What each city verifiably has, not how it markets itself; every score links to its public sources.
Cities ranked
9
Average score
66.2%
Top by smart reach
Berlin
Its score
74.1%
| In DE | City | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin | 74.1% |
| 2 | Munich | 77% |
| 3 | Cologne | 72.4% |
| 4 | Hamburg | 67% |
| 5 | Stuttgart | 64.5% |
| 6 | Frankfurt | 62.1% |
| 7 | Hanover | 63.6% |
| 8 | Düsseldorf | 60% |
| 9 | Kiel | 54.8% |
How Germany's smart cities are ranked
Each of the 9 cities in Germany is assessed against the same 86 criteria as every other city worldwide, so the scores are directly comparable. AI agents gather evidence from official public sources and mark each criterion present, partial or absent. Read more about how the assessment works.