Overall score
Use the Badalona profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level metro context alongside Barcelona and Girona.
Overall68/100
Affordability68/100
Air quality68/100
Energy70/100
Spain / Southern Europe
Badalona City Intelligence
Badalona is a coastal municipality within the Barcelona metropolitan area in north-eastern Spain, with services, light-industry, and commuter-transport activity inside a Mediterranean climate-adaptation context. Badalona is a southern europe city of about ~0.22M in Spain. On the composite city-intelligence score, Badalona sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (68/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- ~0.22M
Image credit: Image: Didier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall city intelligence
Mixed68/100
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.
Badalona data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 68/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 68/100 | Badalona's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 68/100 | Badalona'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 | 70/100 | Badalona's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 67/100 | Badalona's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 69/100 | Badalona's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 65/100 | Badalona's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 65/100 | Climate 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 safety80/100
Low crime82/100
Personal safety81/100
Night safety77/100
Road safety77/100
Badalona ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (80/100), 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 life83/100
Healthcare86/100
Education85/100
Green space85/100
Cleanliness84/100
Infrastructure87/100
Mobility69/100
Badalona has a very high quality-of-life estimate (83/100), 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 friendliness82/100
Education85/100
Green space85/100
Overall safety80/100
Badalona scores very high for family living (82/100), 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 suitability77/100
Walkability83/100
Cycling65/100
Infrastructure87/100
Badalona is high for remote workers (77/100), 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 suitability82/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness84/100
Outdoor lifestyle55/100
Badalona is very high for retirement (82/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.
Emergency and public safety in Badalona
Local public safety guidance for Badalona, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| European emergency | 11224/7 | 112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge. |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Badalona, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Spain emergency profile.
Public safety sources
Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.
- European Commission: 112 — The European emergency number
Used as the primary attribution for the EU-wide 112 universal emergency number on European country profiles.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare and hospitals in Badalona
Healthcare context for Badalona, with national-level information from Spain where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Badalona, see the Spain 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 Badalona
Local mobility context for Badalona, with national-level context from Spain where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Badalona, see the Spain 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 Badalona. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Badalona
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 Badalona 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.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal 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).
Methodology and context
Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Open the Badalona air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Explore Badalona modules
City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.
Cost of Living in Badalona
Badalona's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality in Badalona
Badalona'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 Badalona
Badalona's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety in Badalona
Badalona's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed in Badalona
Badalona's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk in Badalona
Badalona'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 Badalona
Cost of living estimates for Badalona — 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 Badalona
Climate profile for Badalona — Mediterranean climate, annual average 16°C, comfort score 88/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Visual guide to Badalona
Source-attributed visual context for Badalona 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 Badalona
Weekend trip planning checklist for Badalona — 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 Badalona
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 Badalona
Estimate a monthly budget for Badalona 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 Badalona
Plan a trip budget for Badalona 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 Badalona
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Badalona. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Barcelona, Spain
Same region · about 7 km from Badalona. Explore Barcelona's city intelligence profile.
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Same region · about 14 km from Badalona. Explore L'Hospitalet de Llobregat's city intelligence profile.
Sabadell, Spain
Same region · about 17 km from Badalona. Explore Sabadell's city intelligence profile.
Terrassa, Spain
Same region · about 24 km from Badalona. Explore Terrassa's city intelligence profile.
Girona, Spain
Nearby city · about 78 km from Badalona. Explore Girona's city intelligence profile.
Tarragona, Spain
Nearby city · about 89 km from Badalona. Explore Tarragona's city intelligence profile.
Lleida, Spain
Same region · about 135 km from Badalona. Explore Lleida's city intelligence profile.
Perpignan, France
Cross-border · about 151 km from Badalona. Explore Perpignan's city intelligence profile.
Carcassonne, France
Cross-border · about 198 km from Badalona. Explore Carcassonne's city intelligence profile.
Narbonne, France
Cross-border · about 205 km from Badalona. Explore Narbonne's city intelligence profile.
Related collections
Regional discovery collections that include Badalona — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.
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Themed collections
Theme-first discovery collections that include Badalona — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.
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Interpretation
Use the Badalona profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level metro context alongside Barcelona and Girona. Its standout dimensions are energy (70/100) and internet speed (69/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (65/100), 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 Spain country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Badalona 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.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.