Overall score
Use the Herne profile to compare affordability, air quality, and post-industrial resilience alongside central Ruhr peers such as Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, and Dortmund.
Overall54/100
Affordability64/100
Air quality50/100
Energy53/100
Germany / Central Europe
Herne City Intelligence
Herne is a densely built city in the central Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a former coal-mining base, a service-sector transition, and dense regional rail, tram, and motorway access. Herne is a central europe city of about ~157K in Germany. On the composite city-intelligence score, Herne sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (54/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- ~157K
Image credit: Image: Carlson Büth / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall city intelligence
Constrained54/100
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.
Herne data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 54/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 64/100 | Herne's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 50/100 | Herne'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 | 53/100 | Herne's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 52/100 | Herne's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 54/100 | Herne's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 50/100 | Herne's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 50/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Emergency and public safety in Herne
Local public safety guidance for Herne, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| European emergency | 11224/7 | 112 reaches fire and ambulance dispatch nationwide. |
| Police | 11024/7 | — |
| Fire and ambulance | 11224/7 | — |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Herne, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Germany 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.
- European Commission: 112 — The European emergency number
Used as the primary attribution for the EU-wide 112 universal emergency number on European country profiles.
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 Herne
Healthcare context for Herne, with national-level information from Germany where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Herne, see the Germany 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.
- Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit): Federal Ministry of Health, Germany
Used as the primary attribution for German public-health context.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in Herne
Local mobility context for Herne, with national-level context from Germany where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Herne, see the Germany 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.
- Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr: Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
Used as the primary federal attribution for German national transport context.
- Deutsche Bahn AG: Deutsche Bahn
Used as the primary attribution for German national rail operator information.
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 Herne. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Herne
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 Herne 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.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal 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).
Methodology and context
Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Open the Herne air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Explore Herne modules
City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.
Cost of Living in Herne
Herne's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality in Herne
Herne'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 Herne
Herne's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety in Herne
Herne's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed in Herne
Herne's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk in Herne
Herne'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 Herne
Cost of living estimates for Herne — 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.
Visual guide to Herne
Source-attributed visual context for Herne 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 Herne
Weekend trip planning checklist for Herne — 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 Herne
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 Herne
Estimate a monthly budget for Herne 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 Herne
Plan a trip budget for Herne 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 Herne
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Herne. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Bochum, Germany
Same region · about 7 km from Herne. Explore Bochum's city intelligence profile.
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Same region · about 9 km from Herne. Explore Gelsenkirchen's city intelligence profile.
Dortmund, Germany
Same region · about 17 km from Herne. Explore Dortmund's city intelligence profile.
Essen, Germany
Same region · about 18 km from Herne. Explore Essen's city intelligence profile.
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Same region · about 27 km from Herne. Explore Mülheim an der Ruhr's city intelligence profile.
Wuppertal, Germany
Same region · about 31 km from Herne. Explore Wuppertal's city intelligence profile.
Duisburg, Germany
Same region · about 34 km from Herne. Explore Duisburg's city intelligence profile.
Solingen, Germany
Same region · about 42 km from Herne. Explore Solingen's city intelligence profile.
Hamm, Germany
Same region · about 44 km from Herne. Explore Hamm's city intelligence profile.
Düsseldorf, Germany
Nearby city · about 47 km from Herne. Explore Düsseldorf's city intelligence profile.
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Interpretation
Use the Herne profile to compare affordability, air quality, and post-industrial resilience alongside central Ruhr peers such as Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, and Dortmund. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (64/100) and internet speed (54/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (50/100), 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 Germany country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Herne 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.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- 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.