// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Lyon?
Lyon scores 68.3% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #94 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
68.3%
Rank
#94 / 388
Criteria present
48 / 86
Evidence coverage
80.2%
Lyon's smart city score by area
9 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
10 present · 1 partial · 1 absent
7 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed
5 present · 5 partial · 1 absent
10 present · 0 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed
3 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
4 present · 6 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
Where Lyon is strong
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
Where the gaps are
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The "Data Grand Lyon" platform provides documentation for various services, including WMS, WFS, API Features, and REST services, indicating it functions as an official open data portal for Métropole de Lyon.
https://rdata-grandlyon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
The Métropole de Lyon publishes high-value datasets related to transport, such as car-sharing and bike-sharing services, and environmental data like "Zone à Faibles Émissions".
https://transport.data.gouv.fr/datasets?q=lyonOpen Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The Data Grand Lyon platform offers programmatic API access through various services including WMS, WFS, API Features, and REST services, with documentation and code examples for developers.
https://rdata-grandlyon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Digital Government Services · Unified online services portal
Lyon's Métropole and partner communes operate Toodego, an official unified online portal for various digital services and procedures, aiming to simplify public services for residents.
https://www.toodego.com/About this assessment
Lyon 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.