// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Honolulu?
Honolulu scores 67.6% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #103 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
67.6%
Rank
#103 / 388
Criteria present
50 / 86
Evidence coverage
76.7%
Honolulu's smart city score by area
8 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed
6 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 1 not assessed
7 present · 2 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed
5 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
9 present · 1 partial · 3 absent
7 present · 1 partial · 0 absent
8 present · 2 partial · 4 absent
Where Honolulu is strong
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
Where the gaps are
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
- ▸Water & Sanitation
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The City and County of Honolulu operates an official open data portal at data.honolulu.gov, which includes features for managing and displaying datasets.
https://data.honolulu.gov/Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
Oahu Transit Services, which serves Honolulu, provides an API for real-time AVL data, including arrivals, vehicle locations, and route information, indicating the availability of high-value transport datasets.
http://hea.thebus.org/api_info.aspOpen Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The Honolulu open data portal provides programmatic API access to its datasets, as indicated by the URL parameter 'api_access_type=API' in one of the provided sources.
https://data.honolulu.gov/browse?api_access_type=API&sortBy=newestDigital Government Services · Digital identity / single sign-on
Residents can access Hawaii government services, including those relevant to Honolulu, through a secure, single login provided by the 'myHawaii Citizen Identity Initiative', which simplifies access to online government services.
https://my.hawaii.gov/About this assessment
Honolulu 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.