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Romania / Eastern Europe

Alba Iulia City Intelligence

Alba Iulia is the county-seat city of Alba County in west-central Romania's Transylvania region, set on the Mures River and known for the Alba Carolina Vauban citadel and its administrative and university profile. Alba Iulia is a eastern europe city of about ~64K in Romania. On the composite city-intelligence score, Alba Iulia sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (55/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~64K
View of Alba Iulia, Romania

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Overall score

Use the Alba Iulia profile to compare affordability, transport access, air quality and climate resilience alongside regional peers such as Sibiu, Cluj-Napoca and Brasov.

Overall55/100
Affordability69/100
Air quality60/100
Energy49/100

Overall city intelligence

Constrained

55/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Alba Iulia data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Alba Iulia city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score55/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living69/100Alba Iulia's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality60/100Alba Iulia's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy49/100Alba Iulia's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety53/100Alba Iulia's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed52/100Alba Iulia's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk51/100Alba Iulia's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience51/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety57/100
Low crime57/100
Personal safety58/100
Night safety54/100
Road safety57/100

Alba Iulia has a moderate safety estimate (57/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life66/100
Healthcare62/100
Education63/100
Green space98/100
Cleanliness60/100
Infrastructure59/100
Mobility49/100

Alba Iulia has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (66/100), with notable strengths in green space.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness67/100
Education63/100
Green space98/100
Overall safety57/100

Alba Iulia scores moderate for family living (67/100), helped by parks and green space.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability61/100
Walkability64/100
Cycling42/100
Infrastructure59/100

Alba Iulia is moderate for remote workers (61/100), based on connectivity, affordability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability66/100
Healthcare62/100
Cleanliness60/100
Outdoor lifestyle64/100

Alba Iulia is moderate for retirement (66/100), appealing for affordability and a comfortable climate.

Emergency and public safety in Alba Iulia

Local public safety guidance for Alba Iulia, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Alba Iulia, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Romania emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Alba Iulia

Healthcare context for Alba Iulia, with national-level information from Romania where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Alba Iulia, see the Romania healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Alba Iulia

Local mobility context for Alba Iulia, with national-level context from Romania where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Alba Iulia, see the Romania transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Alba Iulia. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Alba Iulia

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Alba Iulia will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Alba Iulia air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Alba Iulia modules

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Cost of Living in Alba Iulia

Alba Iulia's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Alba Iulia

Alba Iulia's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Alba Iulia

Alba Iulia's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Alba Iulia

Alba Iulia's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Alba Iulia

Alba Iulia's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Alba Iulia

Alba Iulia's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Alba Iulia

Cost of living estimates for Alba Iulia — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Alba Iulia

Climate profile for Alba Iulia — Humid Continental climate, annual average 10.8°C, comfort score 73/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Alba Iulia

Economy and jobs profile for Alba Iulia — industrial city, economy score 51/100, key industries including manufacturing, automotive, tourism. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Alba Iulia

Education profile for Alba Iulia — mixed education base, education score 46/100, 3 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Alba Iulia

Source-attributed visual context for Alba Iulia using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Alba Iulia

Weekend trip planning checklist for Alba Iulia — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Alba Iulia

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Alba Iulia

Estimate a monthly budget for Alba Iulia using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Alba Iulia

Plan a trip budget for Alba Iulia using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Alba Iulia

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Alba Iulia. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Sibiu, Romania

Mountain cluster · about 54 km from Alba Iulia. Explore Sibiu's city intelligence profile.

Deva, Romania

Same region · about 56 km from Alba Iulia. Explore Deva's city intelligence profile.

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Same region · about 77 km from Alba Iulia. Explore Cluj-Napoca's city intelligence profile.

Targu Mures, Romania

Same region · about 92 km from Alba Iulia. Explore Targu Mures's city intelligence profile.

Targu Jiu, Romania

Same region · about 118 km from Alba Iulia. Explore Targu Jiu's city intelligence profile.

Ramnicu Valcea, Romania

Same region · about 125 km from Alba Iulia. Explore Ramnicu Valcea's city intelligence profile.

Brașov, Romania

Same region · about 165 km from Alba Iulia. Explore Brașov's city intelligence profile.

Oradea, Romania

Same region · about 168 km from Alba Iulia. Explore Oradea's city intelligence profile.

Pitești, Romania

Same region · about 169 km from Alba Iulia. Explore Pitești's city intelligence profile.

Arad, Romania

Same region · about 174 km from Alba Iulia. Explore Arad's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Alba Iulia — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Alba Iulia profile to compare affordability, transport access, air quality and climate resilience alongside regional peers such as Sibiu, Cluj-Napoca and Brasov. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (69/100) and air quality (60/100). The area most worth watching is energy (49/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Romania country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Alba Iulia appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.