Global CityIntelligence

France / Western Europe

Cherbourg City Intelligence

Cherbourg is a Channel port on the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy with a transatlantic terminal and ferry links to the UK and Ireland. Cherbourg is a western europe city of about ~115K metro in France. On the composite city-intelligence score, Cherbourg sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (55/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~115K metro
View of Cherbourg, France

Image credit: Image: Raimond Spekking / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Overall score

Use the Cherbourg profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Caen, Rouen, and Le Havre.

Overall55/100
Affordability58/100
Air quality76/100
Energy54/100

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.

Cherbourg data table

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

Cherbourg city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score55/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living58/100Cherbourg's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality76/100Cherbourg'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.
Energy54/100Cherbourg's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety55/100Cherbourg's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed55/100Cherbourg's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk54/100Cherbourg's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience54/100Climate 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 safety78/100
Low crime80/100
Personal safety80/100
Night safety76/100
Road safety75/100

Cherbourg is estimated to be a generally safe city (78/100 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
Healthcare84/100
Education83/100
Green space99/100
Cleanliness87/100
Infrastructure83/100
Mobility65/100

Cherbourg 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 space99/100
Overall safety78/100

Cherbourg 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 suitability70/100
Walkability79/100
Cycling65/100
Infrastructure83/100

Cherbourg is high for remote workers (70/100), 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 suitability78/100
Healthcare84/100
Cleanliness87/100
Outdoor lifestyle66/100

Cherbourg is high for retirement (78/100), appealing for healthcare access and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Cherbourg

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

Verified
France emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge.
Police1724/7—
Medical (SAMU)1524/7—
Fire (Sapeurs-pompiers)1824/7—

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Cherbourg, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the France 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.

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 Cherbourg

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

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Cherbourg, see the France healthcare profile.

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

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

Transport and mobility in Cherbourg

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

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Cherbourg, see the France transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

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 Cherbourg. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Cherbourg

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 Cherbourg 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.

Cherbourg 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 Cherbourg modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Cherbourg

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

Air Quality in Cherbourg

Cherbourg'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 Cherbourg

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

Safety in Cherbourg

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

Internet Speed in Cherbourg

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

Climate Risk in Cherbourg

Cherbourg'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 Cherbourg

Cost of living estimates for Cherbourg — 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 Cherbourg

Climate profile for Cherbourg — Oceanic climate, annual average 11.5°C, comfort score 66/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Cherbourg

Economy and jobs profile for Cherbourg — tourism economy, economy score 73/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Cherbourg

Education profile for Cherbourg — regional education center, education score 64/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Cherbourg

Source-attributed visual context for Cherbourg 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 Cherbourg

Weekend trip planning checklist for Cherbourg — 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 Cherbourg

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 Cherbourg

Estimate a monthly budget for Cherbourg 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 Cherbourg

Plan a trip budget for Cherbourg 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 Cherbourg

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

Caen, France

Coastal cluster · about 103 km from Cherbourg. Explore Caen's city intelligence profile.

Saint-Malo, France

Same region · about 114 km from Cherbourg. Explore Saint-Malo's city intelligence profile.

Le Havre, France

Same region · about 124 km from Cherbourg. Explore Le Havre's city intelligence profile.

Rennes, France

Same region · about 169 km from Cherbourg. Explore Rennes's city intelligence profile.

Exeter, United Kingdom

Cross-border · about 183 km from Cherbourg. Explore Exeter's city intelligence profile.

Rouen, France

Same region · about 196 km from Cherbourg. Explore Rouen's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Cherbourg profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Caen, Rouen, and Le Havre. Its standout dimensions are air quality (76/100) and cost of living (58/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (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 France country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Cherbourg 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.