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Belgium / Western Europe

Arlon City Intelligence

Arlon is the capital of the Belgian province of Luxembourg, located near the Grand Duchy border with significant cross-border commuting and access to the Ardennes. Arlon is a western europe city of about ~31K in Belgium. On the composite city-intelligence score, Arlon sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (61/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~31K
View of Arlon, Belgium

Image credit: Image: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Overall score

Use the Arlon profile to compare affordability, air quality, and cross-border commuting context alongside Namur, Liege, and Hasselt.

Overall61/100
Affordability62/100
Air quality69/100
Energy60/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

61/100

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.

Arlon data table

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

Arlon city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score61/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living62/100Arlon's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality69/100Arlon'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.
Energy60/100Arlon's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety62/100Arlon's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed61/100Arlon's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk62/100Arlon's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience62/100Climate 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 safety81/100
Low crime83/100
Personal safety82/100
Night safety78/100
Road safety78/100

Arlon ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (81/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.

Quality of Life

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

Quality of Life

Quality of life82/100
Healthcare87/100
Education83/100
Green space93/100
Cleanliness87/100
Infrastructure86/100
Mobility64/100

Arlon has a very high quality-of-life estimate (82/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

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

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness83/100
Education83/100
Green space93/100
Overall safety81/100

Arlon scores very high for family living (83/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

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

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability73/100
Walkability75/100
Cycling80/100
Infrastructure86/100

Arlon is high for remote workers (73/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability79/100
Healthcare87/100
Cleanliness87/100
Outdoor lifestyle54/100

Arlon is high for retirement (79/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Arlon

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Arlon, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Belgium 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 Arlon

Healthcare context for Arlon, with national-level information from Belgium 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 Arlon, see the Belgium 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 Arlon

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

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Arlon, see the Belgium 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 Arlon. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Arlon

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 Arlon 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.

Arlon 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 Arlon modules

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Cost of Living in Arlon

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

Air Quality in Arlon

Arlon'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 Arlon

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

Safety in Arlon

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

Internet Speed in Arlon

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

Climate Risk in Arlon

Arlon'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 Arlon

Cost of living estimates for Arlon — 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 Arlon

Climate profile for Arlon — Oceanic climate, annual average 11.5°C, comfort score 64/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Arlon

Economy and jobs profile for Arlon — tourism economy, economy score 72/100, key industries including manufacturing, tourism, hospitality. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Arlon

Education profile for Arlon — regional education center, education score 59/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Arlon

Source-attributed visual context for Arlon 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 Arlon

Weekend trip planning checklist for Arlon — 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 Arlon

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 Arlon

Estimate a monthly budget for Arlon 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 Arlon

Plan a trip budget for Arlon 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 Arlon

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

Trier, Germany

Cross-border · about 60 km from Arlon. Explore Trier's city intelligence profile.

Metz, France

Cross-border · about 68 km from Arlon. Explore Metz's city intelligence profile.

Saarbrücken, Germany

Cross-border · about 99 km from Arlon. Explore Saarbrücken's city intelligence profile.

Liege, Belgium

Same region · about 108 km from Arlon. Explore Liege's city intelligence profile.

Namur, Belgium

Same region · about 110 km from Arlon. Explore Namur's city intelligence profile.

Nancy, France

Cross-border · about 113 km from Arlon. Explore Nancy's city intelligence profile.

Aachen, Germany

Cross-border · about 123 km from Arlon. Explore Aachen's city intelligence profile.

Charleroi, Belgium

Same region · about 127 km from Arlon. Explore Charleroi's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Arlon profile to compare affordability, air quality, and cross-border commuting context alongside Namur, Liege, and Hasselt. Its standout dimensions are air quality (69/100) and cost of living (62/100). The area most worth watching is energy (60/100), 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 Belgium country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Arlon 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.