// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Sendai?
Sendai scores 20.1% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #349 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
20.1%
Rank
#349 / 386
Criteria present
14 / 86
Evidence coverage
23.3%
Sendai's smart city score by area
3 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 12 not assessed
4 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed
1 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 9 not assessed
1 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 9 not assessed
0 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 11 not assessed
0 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
5 present · 0 partial · 4 absent · 5 not assessed
Where Sendai is strong
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Disaster Risk & Resilience
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Where the gaps are
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
Evidence highlights
Public Transport & Real-Time Information · Public transport network
The Transportation Bureau, City of Sendai, operates a public bus network, as indicated by the provision of bus-related real-time information.
https://ckan.odpt.org/dataset/odpt_sendai_municipal_bus_realtime_informationPublic Transport & Real-Time Information · Real-time arrivals (GTFS-RT)
The Transportation Bureau, City of Sendai, offers real-time vehicle position information and trip updates for its buses using GTFS Realtime data.
https://ckan.odpt.org/dataset/odpt_sendai_municipal_bus_realtime_informationSmart Traffic & Electric Vehicles · Traffic / congestion open data
The Sendai Data Dashboard publishes various traffic and mobility-related datasets, including seat occupancy forecasts for public transport, city bus passenger heatmaps, Sendai subway ridership, and pedestrian flow heatmaps in the city center.
https://data.city.sendai.jp/Governance & Smart-City Operating Model · Transparent procurement
Japanese government procurement information, including that for local governments like designated cities (which Sendai is), is published in a database accessible to users, covering notices under international agreements like WTO and Japan-EU/UK EPAs.
https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/database/procurement/About this assessment
Sendai was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-11 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.