Global CityIntelligence

Latvia / Baltic Europe

Daugavpils City Intelligence

Daugavpils is Latvia's second-largest city and the regional center of the Latgale region in the southeast, sitting on the Daugava River near the Lithuanian and Belarusian borders with rail-junction transport access and an industrial-era economy under post-Soviet adaptation. Daugavpils is a baltic europe city of about ~80K in Latvia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Daugavpils sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (61/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~80K
View of Daugavpils, Latvia

Image credit: Image: Ivo Kruusamägi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Overall score

Use the Daugavpils profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and climate-adaptation context alongside Latvian and Baltic regional peers.

Overall61/100
Affordability80/100
Air quality68/100
Energy58/100

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.

Daugavpils data table

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

Daugavpils city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score61/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living80/100Daugavpils's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality68/100Daugavpils'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.
Energy58/100Daugavpils's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety61/100Daugavpils's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed60/100Daugavpils's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk60/100Daugavpils's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience60/100Climate 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 safety69/100
Low crime70/100
Personal safety70/100
Night safety66/100
Road safety68/100

Daugavpils is estimated to be a generally safe city (69/100 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 life71/100
Healthcare74/100
Education75/100
Green space78/100
Cleanliness74/100
Infrastructure73/100
Mobility58/100

Daugavpils has a high quality-of-life estimate (71/100), 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 friendliness74/100
Education75/100
Green space78/100
Overall safety69/100

Daugavpils scores high for family living (74/100), helped by education access, 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
Walkability72/100
Cycling60/100
Infrastructure73/100

Daugavpils is high for remote workers (70/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability72/100
Healthcare74/100
Cleanliness74/100
Outdoor lifestyle41/100

Daugavpils is high for retirement (72/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Daugavpils

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Daugavpils, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Latvia 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 Daugavpils

Healthcare context for Daugavpils, with national-level information from Latvia 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 Daugavpils, see the Latvia 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 Daugavpils

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Daugavpils

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 Daugavpils 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.

Daugavpils 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 Daugavpils modules

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Cost of Living in Daugavpils

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

Air Quality in Daugavpils

Daugavpils'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 Daugavpils

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

Safety in Daugavpils

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

Internet Speed in Daugavpils

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

Climate Risk in Daugavpils

Daugavpils'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 Daugavpils

Cost of living estimates for Daugavpils — 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 Daugavpils

Climate profile for Daugavpils — Subarctic climate, annual average 4.1°C, comfort score 57/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Daugavpils

Economy and jobs profile for Daugavpils — tourism economy, economy score 63/100, key industries including tourism, manufacturing, hospitality. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Daugavpils

Education profile for Daugavpils — mixed education base, education score 54/100, 3 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Daugavpils

Source-attributed visual context for Daugavpils 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 Daugavpils

Weekend trip planning checklist for Daugavpils — 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 Daugavpils

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 Daugavpils

Estimate a monthly budget for Daugavpils 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 Daugavpils

Plan a trip budget for Daugavpils 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 Daugavpils

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

Panevėžys, Lithuania

Cross-border · about 135 km from Daugavpils. Explore Panevėžys's city intelligence profile.

Vilnius, Lithuania

Cross-border · about 153 km from Daugavpils. Explore Vilnius's city intelligence profile.

Cēsis, Latvia

Same corridor · about 177 km from Daugavpils. Explore Cēsis's city intelligence profile.

Riga, Latvia

Same region · about 190 km from Daugavpils. Explore Riga's city intelligence profile.

Kaunas, Lithuania

Cross-border · about 196 km from Daugavpils. Explore Kaunas's city intelligence profile.

Šiauliai, Lithuania

Cross-border · about 200 km from Daugavpils. Explore Šiauliai's city intelligence profile.

Alytus, Lithuania

Cross-border · about 227 km from Daugavpils. Explore Alytus's city intelligence profile.

Tartu, Estonia

Cross-border · about 279 km from Daugavpils. Explore Tartu's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Daugavpils — 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 Daugavpils — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Daugavpils profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and climate-adaptation context alongside Latvian and Baltic regional peers. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (80/100) and air quality (68/100). The area most worth watching is energy (58/100), 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 Latvia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Daugavpils 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.