// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Salalah?
Salalah scores 33% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #280 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
33%
Rank
#280 / 386
Criteria present
21 / 86
Evidence coverage
43%
Salalah's smart city score by area
9 present · 0 partial · 1 absent · 5 not assessed
0 present · 0 partial · 2 absent · 10 not assessed
2 present · 2 partial · 3 absent · 6 not assessed
2 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
5 present · 4 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed
1 present · 5 partial · 1 absent · 1 not assessed
2 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
Where Salalah is strong
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
Where the gaps are
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Disaster Risk & Resilience
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
Oman's data portal and NCSI website publish various high-value datasets, including environmental statistics, tourism indicators, real estate price inflation, energy statistics, population data, national accounts, housing, and electricity data.
https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Live city data dashboard
Dhofar Municipality, which includes Salalah, provides "Open Data" through its electronic services portal, displaying regularly updated statistics on electronic transactions, lease contracts, building permits, and visitor counts.
https://edm.gov.om/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Integrated urban data platform
Dhofar Municipality operates an "Electronic Services Portal" that integrates various municipal services and data, including suggestions, complaints, applications, and the processing of licenses, contracts, taxes, and building permits.
https://edm.gov.om/Housing & Urban Planning · Online planning / permits
The Dhofar Municipality, which includes Salalah, provides an electronic services portal (edm.gov.om) that offers online services for municipal licensing and building permits.
https://edm.gov.om/About this assessment
Salalah was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-12 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.