City assessment
How smart is Milan?
Milan scores 70.5% against the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework in 2026, ranked #94 of 386 by smart reach and #151 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. 14 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
#94 / 386
Smart score
70.5%
Evidenced rank
#151 / 387
Criteria present
50 / 86
Evidence coverage
83.7%
Milan's smart city score by area
13 present · 2 partial · 0 absent
6 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 3 not yet assessed
8 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 1 not yet assessed
8 present · 3 partial · 0 absent
8 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 3 not yet assessed
6 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 1 not yet assessed
1 present · 7 partial · 0 absent · 6 not yet assessed
Where Milan is strong
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
Where the evidence shows gaps
- ▸Disaster Risk & Resilience · 4 partial
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions · 2 partial
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat · 2 partial
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid · 2 partial
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy · 2 partial
Not yet assessed
14 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.
- Governance & Smart-City Operating Model4 of 4
- Education & Digital Skills2 of 3
- Active & Shared Mobility1 of 4
- Climate Action & Emissions1 of 3
- Climate Adaptation & Heat1 of 3
- Critical Infrastructure Resilience1 of 3
- Innovation & Economic Development1 of 4
- Public Safety & Emergency1 of 4
- Public Transport & Real-Time Information1 of 4
- Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles1 of 4
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The Municipality of Milan (Comune di Milano) operates an open data portal at dati.comune.milano.it, maintained by its "Unità Analytics e Open Data," which contains at least 2602 datasets.
https://dati.comune.milano.it/api/3/action/package_searchOpen Data & Transparency · Clear open licensing
Datasets on the Milan open data portal carry an explicit "Creative Commons Attribuzione" (CC-BY) license.
https://dati.comune.milano.it/api/3/action/package_searchOpen Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
The Municipality of Milan's open data portal publishes high-value datasets, including transport-related data like 'ingressi_areac_varchi' (Area C access points), and the Metropolitan City of Milan's geodata portal provides territorial and environmental plan…
https://www.cittametropolitana.mi.it/websit/Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The Milan open data platform provides programmatic API access, as evidenced by the `dati.comune.milano.it/api/3/action/package_search` endpoint, which also includes a link to API documentation via a `help_show` endpoint.
https://dati.comune.milano.it/api/3/action/package_searchAbout this assessment
Milan 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.