// 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
6 present · 2 partial · 2 absent · 5 not assessed
4 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed
5 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 4 not assessed
6 present · 1 partial · 3 absent · 1 not assessed
8 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed
5 present · 1 partial · 2 absent
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/datasetOpen 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-datasetOpen 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/datasetOpen 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_showAbout 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.