// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Medina?
Medina scores 23% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #332 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
23%
Rank
#332 / 386
Criteria present
15 / 86
Evidence coverage
30.2%
Medina's smart city score by area
3 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 11 not assessed
0 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 12 not assessed
3 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 7 not assessed
1 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 5 not assessed
3 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed
3 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed
2 present · 0 partial · 3 absent · 9 not assessed
Where Medina is strong
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
Where the gaps are
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Inclusion & Civic Participation
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Evidence highlights
Housing & Urban Planning · Online planning / permits
The Municipality of Medina offers online "Construction license services" and other services, while the national Ministry of Municipalities and Housing provides electronic services for issuing permits for sidewalk and road works, excavation permits, and appr…
https://momah.gov.sa/Education & Digital Skills · Education provision data
The Saudi Electronic University, a government educational institution, provides data on its students (65,761), faculty members (753), and graduates (18,522). Taibah University, located in Medina, also indicates it presents data through 'Taibah University in…
https://seu.edu.sa/Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The Saudi Water Authority operates an electronic open data portal where data is made available to all users. Additionally, a dedicated 'opendata' URL exists for the Medina region municipality, although the page text indicates a 404 error.
https://www.amana-md.gov.sa/Home/opendataAir Quality & Monitoring · Air-quality monitoring network
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) aims for 100% national coverage in monitoring, forecasting, and remote sensing capabilities across Saudi Arabia. The National Center for Meteorology also provides climate monitoring and specifically …
https://www.mewa.gov.sa/About this assessment
Medina 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.