City assessment
How smart is Munich?
Munich scores 77% against the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework in 2026, ranked #45 of 386 by smart reach and #80 on the evidence alone, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Each criterion counts in full where the evidence shows it present, half where partial and nothing where absent, weighted by its category. 6 of 86 are not yet assessed and count as nothing until a finding is made either way. Last assessed 24 Oct 2026.
Smart reach rank
#45 / 386
Smart score
77%
Evidenced rank
#80 / 387
Criteria present
57 / 86
Evidence coverage
86%
Munich's smart city score by area
12 present · 3 partial · 0 absent
11 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 1 not yet assessed
7 present · 3 partial · 2 absent · 1 not yet assessed
4 present · 5 partial · 2 absent
11 present · 1 partial · 1 absent
6 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 2 not yet assessed
6 present · 5 partial · 1 absent · 2 not yet assessed
Where Munich is strong
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
Where the evidence shows gaps
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy · 2 absent
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat · 1 absent, 1 partial
- ▸Water & Sanitation · 4 partial
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid · 1 absent, 1 partial
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity · 1 absent
Not yet assessed
6 of 86 criteria have no finding yet, either way. They count as nothing in the score until one is made, and they are not gaps.
- Food Security & Urban Agriculture2 of 2
- Climate Action & Emissions1 of 3
- Disaster Risk & Resilience1 of 4
- Governance & Smart-City Operating Model1 of 4
- Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles1 of 4
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
Munich has an official Open Data Portal, which serves as a platform for providing open administrative data from the state capital.
https://opendata.muenchen.de/Open Data & Transparency · Clear open licensing
The Open Data Portal Munich specifies a default open license, "Datenlizenz Deutschland Namensnennung Version 2.0," for its datasets, and individual datasets like the MVG-Fahrplandaten are explicitly licensed under "Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)."
https://opendata.muenchen.de/datasetOpen Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
The portal publishes high-value datasets including transport data (MVG-Fahrplandaten), environmental data (Solarpotenzialanalyse, Grundwasserpotential, Wärmedichte, waste management facilities), and categorizes data under "Wirtschaft und Finanzen" (economy …
https://opendata.muenchen.de/datasetOpen Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The Open Data Portal Munich offers programmatic API access, evidenced by an API endpoint (`/api/3/action/package_list`) that returns a JSON list of datasets, and explicit "API (JSON)" download options for specific datasets, alongside WMS for geospatial data.
https://opendata.muenchen.de/datasetAbout this assessment
Munich was assessed against the 86 criteria of the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework on 24 Oct 2026 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, or left not yet assessed, and every finding links to where it was found. Cities are re-assessed in runs, not continuously: the latest finished on 24 Oct 2026.