Overall score
Dubai is most informative for users comparing service depth, digital infrastructure, and renewable progress against heat exposure and water-resource constraints.
Overall80/100
Affordability62/100
Air quality65/100
Energy78/100
United Arab Emirates / Western Asia
Dubai City Intelligence
Dubai is a global trade and services hub known for fast-moving infrastructure, large-scale renewable-energy projects, and active climate adaptation in hot, arid conditions. Dubai is a western asia city of about 3.7M metro in United Arab Emirates. On the composite city-intelligence score, Dubai sits comfortably above the indexed median (80/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-05
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- 3.7M metro
Overall city intelligence
Strong80/100
Strong infrastructure and service depth with heat and water-resource exposure to manage.
Solar resource
Exceptional
Among the strongest solar irradiance levels globally.
Heat adaptation
Active
Cooling demand and outdoor-design choices shape urban planning.
Dubai data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 80/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 62/100 | Dubai is mid-tier on cost of living, with housing and services costs varying widely across districts and household profiles. |
| Air Quality | 65/100 | Dubai's air-quality profile is shaped by desert-dust events and traffic-related pollutants, with monitoring and indoor-air strategies as key practical inputs. |
| Energy | 78/100 | Dubai has very strong solar resource and large-scale renewable projects, balanced by structural cooling demand and resource-import dynamics. |
| Safety | 88/100 | Dubai scores high on safety, with very low violent-crime context and reliable institutional response across the metro. |
| Internet Speed | 90/100 | Dubai delivers fast fiber broadband and reliable 5G coverage, supporting financial services, logistics, and remote work. |
| Climate Risk | 60/100 | Dubai faces meaningful climate exposure from sustained heat and water-resource constraints, balanced by active adaptation and infrastructure investment. |
| Resilience | 78/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
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Cost of Living in Dubai
Dubai is mid-tier on cost of living, with housing and services costs varying widely across districts and household profiles.
Air Quality in Dubai
Dubai's air-quality profile is shaped by desert-dust events and traffic-related pollutants, with monitoring and indoor-air strategies as key practical inputs.
Energy in Dubai
Dubai has very strong solar resource and large-scale renewable projects, balanced by structural cooling demand and resource-import dynamics.
Safety in Dubai
Dubai scores high on safety, with very low violent-crime context and reliable institutional response across the metro.
Internet Speed in Dubai
Dubai delivers fast fiber broadband and reliable 5G coverage, supporting financial services, logistics, and remote work.
Climate Risk in Dubai
Dubai faces meaningful climate exposure from sustained heat and water-resource constraints, balanced by active adaptation and infrastructure investment.
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Interpretation
Dubai is most informative for users comparing service depth, digital infrastructure, and renewable progress against heat exposure and water-resource constraints. Its standout dimensions are internet speed (90/100) and safety (88/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (60/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-05. Drawn from 4 institutional references.
Country context is available on the United Arab Emirates country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Dubai appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.
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Sources
4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Mock values are typed and ready to be replaced by API-backed city datasets without changing route structure.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- World Health Organization: WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
- 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.