// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Tampa?

Tampa scores 57.1% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #129 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

57.1%

Rank

#129 / 386

Criteria present

43 / 86

Evidence coverage

65.1%

Tampa's smart city score by area

Data, Digital & Smart Foundation70%

6 present · 2 partial · 2 absent · 5 not assessed

Mobility & Transport90%

4 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed

Environment, Energy & Climate72%

5 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 4 not assessed

Infrastructure, Water & Waste65%

6 present · 1 partial · 3 absent · 1 not assessed

Health, Education, Safety & Inclusion77%

8 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed

Economy, Innovation & Employment69%

5 present · 1 partial · 2 absent

Governance, Resilience & Operating Model79%

9 present · 4 partial · 1 absent

Where Tampa is strong

  • Open Data & Transparency
  • Health & Digital Health
  • Food Security & Urban Agriculture
  • Disaster Risk & Resilience
  • Climate Adaptation & Heat

Where the gaps are

  • Active & Shared Mobility
  • Energy & Smart Grid
  • Climate Action & Emissions
  • Digital Government Services
  • Public Transport & Real-Time Information

Evidence highlights

Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal

The City of Tampa operates an official open data platform at opendata.tampa.gov, which allows for exploring and downloading open data and is described as a platform for discovering and building apps.

https://opendata.tampa.gov/dataset

Open Data & Transparency · Clear open licensing

At least one dataset, the 'water-dataset', explicitly carries a 'Creative Commons Attribution' license on the City of Tampa's open data portal.

https://opendata.tampa.gov/dataset/water-dataset

Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published

The City of Tampa's open data portal publishes several high-value datasets, including 'revenue-and-finance-dataset' (budget), 'purchasing-dataset' and 'contract-administration-dataset' (procurement), 'eco-dataset' (environment), and 'police-dataset'.

https://opendata.tampa.gov/dataset

Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access

The City of Tampa's open data portal provides programmatic API access, as demonstrated by a help page for the API endpoint `/api/3/action/package_show` which describes parameters for retrieving dataset metadata.

https://opendata.tampa.gov/api/3/action/help_show?name=package_show

About this assessment

Tampa was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-10 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.