Global CityIntelligence

Poland / Central Europe

Gliwice City Intelligence

Gliwice is an Upper Silesian city within the metropolitan conurbation, with automotive-manufacturing and technical-university activity, motorway and rail access via the A1/A4 junction, and seasonal heating-related air-quality context typical of the region. Gliwice is a central europe city of about ~170K in Poland. On the composite city-intelligence score, Gliwice sits around the indexed median (70/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~170K
View of Gliwice, Poland

Image credit: Image: Ebielmaj / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

Overall score

Use the Gliwice profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and energy-transition signals alongside Katowice and other Silesian cities.

Overall70/100
Affordability78/100
Air quality62/100
Energy67/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

70/100

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.

Gliwice data table

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

Gliwice city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score70/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living78/100Gliwice's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality62/100Gliwice'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.
Energy67/100Gliwice's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety69/100Gliwice's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed69/100Gliwice's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk68/100Gliwice's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience68/100Climate 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 safety70/100
Low crime72/100
Personal safety71/100
Night safety67/100
Road safety69/100

Gliwice is estimated to be a generally safe city (70/100 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 life72/100
Healthcare75/100
Education76/100
Green space70/100
Cleanliness73/100
Infrastructure76/100
Mobility61/100

Gliwice has a high quality-of-life estimate (72/100), with notable strengths in healthcare and green space.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness73/100
Education76/100
Green space70/100
Overall safety70/100

Gliwice scores high for family living (73/100), 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 suitability73/100
Walkability76/100
Cycling61/100
Infrastructure76/100

Gliwice is high for remote workers (73/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability73/100
Healthcare75/100
Cleanliness73/100
Outdoor lifestyle40/100

Gliwice is high for retirement (73/100), appealing for healthcare access and affordability.

Emergency and public safety in Gliwice

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

Verified
Poland emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Gliwice, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Poland 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 Gliwice

Healthcare context for Gliwice, with national-level information from Poland 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 Gliwice, see the Poland 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 Gliwice

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Gliwice

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 Gliwice 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.

Gliwice 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 Gliwice modules

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Cost of Living in Gliwice

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

Air Quality in Gliwice

Gliwice'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 Gliwice

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

Safety in Gliwice

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

Internet Speed in Gliwice

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

Climate Risk in Gliwice

Gliwice'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 Gliwice

Cost of living estimates for Gliwice — 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 Gliwice

Climate profile for Gliwice — Humid Continental climate, annual average 8.1°C, comfort score 67/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Visual guide to Gliwice

Source-attributed visual context for Gliwice 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 Gliwice

Weekend trip planning checklist for Gliwice — 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 Gliwice

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 Gliwice

Estimate a monthly budget for Gliwice 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 Gliwice

Plan a trip budget for Gliwice 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 Gliwice

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

Zabrze, Poland

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Ruda Śląska, Poland

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Bytom, Poland

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Chorzów, Poland

Same region · about 20 km from Gliwice. Explore Chorzów's city intelligence profile.

Katowice, Poland

Same region · about 24 km from Gliwice. Explore Katowice's city intelligence profile.

Rybnik, Poland

Same region · about 26 km from Gliwice. Explore Rybnik's city intelligence profile.

Tychy, Poland

Same region · about 30 km from Gliwice. Explore Tychy's city intelligence profile.

Sosnowiec, Poland

Same region · about 36 km from Gliwice. Explore Sosnowiec's city intelligence profile.

Ostrava, Czechia

Cross-border · about 58 km from Gliwice. Explore Ostrava's city intelligence profile.

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Interpretation

Use the Gliwice profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and energy-transition signals alongside Katowice and other Silesian cities. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (78/100) and safety (69/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (62/100), 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 Poland country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Gliwice 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.