GCIGlobal City Intelligence
South Africa / Africa

Johannesburg City Intelligence

Johannesburg is South Africa's largest urban region and a major economic and cultural hub with deep finance, mining, and creative industries. Johannesburg is a africa city of about 9.7M metro in South Africa. On the composite city-intelligence score, Johannesburg sits around the indexed median (70/100).

Last updated
2026-05-07
Data year
2025
Population
9.7M metro

Overall score

Johannesburg is most useful for users comparing affordability and economic depth in southern Africa against energy-transition and safety considerations.

Overall70/100
Affordability76/100
Air quality64/100
Energy64/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

70/100

Strong economic depth and affordability profile balanced against energy-transition needs.

Economic depth

Very high

Finance, mining, and creative industries shape opportunity.

Affordability profile

Favorable

Cost-of-living levels are comparatively favorable.

Johannesburg data table

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

Johannesburg city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score70/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living76/100Johannesburg offers favorable affordability for a major economic capital, with food and services costs supporting steady daily life.
Air Quality64/100Johannesburg's air-quality profile is shaped by traffic, industry, and seasonal heating, with active monitoring and policy attention.
Energy64/100Johannesburg's energy profile reflects an active national transition with rising renewable build-out and ongoing grid-resilience work.
Safety60/100Johannesburg has mid-tier safety with strong neighborhood variation; resident experience differs widely across districts.
Internet Speed80/100Johannesburg offers solid fiber broadband and reliable mobile coverage, supporting a deep finance, services, and digital-economy presence.
Climate Risk70/100Johannesburg carries moderate climate exposure from heat, water variability, and intense storms, balanced by active adaptation programs.
Resilience68/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Explore Johannesburg modules

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

Cost of Living in Johannesburg

Johannesburg offers favorable affordability for a major economic capital, with food and services costs supporting steady daily life.

Air Quality in Johannesburg

Johannesburg's air-quality profile is shaped by traffic, industry, and seasonal heating, with active monitoring and policy attention.

Energy in Johannesburg

Johannesburg's energy profile reflects an active national transition with rising renewable build-out and ongoing grid-resilience work.

Safety in Johannesburg

Johannesburg has mid-tier safety with strong neighborhood variation; resident experience differs widely across districts.

Internet Speed in Johannesburg

Johannesburg offers solid fiber broadband and reliable mobile coverage, supporting a deep finance, services, and digital-economy presence.

Climate Risk in Johannesburg

Johannesburg carries moderate climate exposure from heat, water variability, and intense storms, balanced by active adaptation programs.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Interpretation

Johannesburg is most useful for users comparing affordability and economic depth in southern Africa against energy-transition and safety considerations. Its standout dimensions are internet speed (80/100) and cost of living (76/100). The area most worth watching is safety (60/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-07. Drawn from 5 institutional references.

Country context is available on the South Africa country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Johannesburg appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

This page uses a typed sample dataset shaped to demonstrate the indexable content structure. Values are directional and not official measurements.

Sources

5 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.