Global CityIntelligence

Ireland / Western Europe

Bray City Intelligence

Bray is a coastal town in County Wicklow on the southern edge of the Dublin commuter belt, functioning as a rail-linked residential center and gateway to the Wicklow Mountains. Bray is a western europe city of about ~34K in Ireland. On the composite city-intelligence score, Bray sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (66/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~34K
View of Bray, Ireland

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Overall score

Use the Bray profile to compare affordability, commuter access, and coastal nature dimensions alongside Dublin, Cork, and Galway.

Overall66/100
Affordability54/100
Air quality74/100
Energy61/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

66/100

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.

Bray data table

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

Bray city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score66/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living54/100Bray's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality74/100Bray'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.
Energy61/100Bray's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety68/100Bray's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed64/100Bray's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk70/100Bray's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience70/100Climate 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 safety79/100
Low crime81/100
Personal safety81/100
Night safety76/100
Road safety76/100

Bray is estimated to be a generally safe city (79/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

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

Quality of Life

Quality of life82/100
Healthcare86/100
Education82/100
Green space100/100
Cleanliness86/100
Infrastructure82/100
Mobility62/100

Bray 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
Education82/100
Green space100/100
Overall safety79/100

Bray 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 suitability71/100
Walkability75/100
Cycling54/100
Infrastructure82/100

Bray is high for remote workers (71/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability77/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness86/100
Outdoor lifestyle74/100

Bray is high for retirement (77/100), appealing for healthcare access and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Bray

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Bray, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Ireland 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 Bray

Healthcare context for Bray, with national-level information from Ireland 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 Bray, see the Ireland 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 Bray

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Bray

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 Bray 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.

Bray 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 Bray modules

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Cost of Living in Bray

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

Air Quality in Bray

Bray'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 Bray

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

Safety in Bray

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

Internet Speed in Bray

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

Climate Risk in Bray

Bray'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 Bray

Cost of living estimates for Bray — 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 Bray

Climate profile for Bray — Oceanic climate, annual average 9°C, comfort score 58/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Bray

Economy and jobs profile for Bray — tourism economy, economy score 79/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, technology. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Bray

Education profile for Bray — regional education center, education score 62/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Bray

Source-attributed visual context for Bray 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 Bray

Weekend trip planning checklist for Bray — 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 Bray

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 Bray

Estimate a monthly budget for Bray 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 Bray

Plan a trip budget for Bray 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 Bray

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

Dublin, Ireland

Same region · about 19 km from Bray. Explore Dublin's city intelligence profile.

Swords, Ireland

Same region · about 30 km from Bray. Explore Swords's city intelligence profile.

Drogheda, Ireland

Same region · about 59 km from Bray. Explore Drogheda's city intelligence profile.

Dundalk, Ireland

Same region · about 91 km from Bray. Explore Dundalk's city intelligence profile.

Kilkenny, Ireland

Mountain cluster · about 98 km from Bray. Explore Kilkenny's city intelligence profile.

Athlone, Ireland

Mountain cluster · about 124 km from Bray. Explore Athlone's city intelligence profile.

Waterford, Ireland

Mountain cluster · about 125 km from Bray. Explore Waterford's city intelligence profile.

Limerick, Ireland

Coastal cluster · about 179 km from Bray. Explore Limerick's city intelligence profile.

Galway, Ireland

Same region · about 196 km from Bray. Explore Galway's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Bray — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Bray profile to compare affordability, commuter access, and coastal nature dimensions alongside Dublin, Cork, and Galway. Its standout dimensions are air quality (74/100) and climate risk (70/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (54/100), 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 Ireland country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Bray 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.