Global CityIntelligence

Greece / Southern Europe

Kalamata City Intelligence

Kalamata is the capital of the Messenia regional unit in the Peloponnese and a port on the Messenian Gulf served by an international airport, with a city-intelligence profile shaped by olive-and-agriculture trade and proximity to the Taygetus mountains and the Mani peninsula. Kalamata is a southern europe city of about ~70K in Greece. On the composite city-intelligence score, Kalamata sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (64/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~70K
View of Kalamata, Greece

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Overall score

Use the Kalamata profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and climate-adaptation context alongside Greek regional peers such as Patras and Athens.

Overall64/100
Affordability66/100
Air quality70/100
Energy58/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

64/100

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.

Kalamata data table

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

Kalamata city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score64/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living66/100Kalamata's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality70/100Kalamata'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.
Energy58/100Kalamata's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety62/100Kalamata's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed61/100Kalamata's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk60/100Kalamata'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 crime71/100
Personal safety70/100
Night safety66/100
Road safety68/100

Kalamata 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 life76/100
Healthcare74/100
Education75/100
Green space93/100
Cleanliness75/100
Infrastructure73/100
Mobility58/100

Kalamata has a high quality-of-life estimate (76/100), 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 friendliness75/100
Education75/100
Green space93/100
Overall safety69/100

Kalamata scores high for family living (75/100), 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 suitability69/100
Walkability72/100
Cycling60/100
Infrastructure73/100

Kalamata is high for remote workers (69/100), 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 suitability76/100
Healthcare74/100
Cleanliness75/100
Outdoor lifestyle65/100

Kalamata is high for retirement (76/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Kalamata

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Kalamata, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Greece 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 Kalamata

Healthcare context for Kalamata, with national-level information from Greece 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 Kalamata, see the Greece 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 Kalamata

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Kalamata

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 Kalamata 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.

Kalamata 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 Kalamata modules

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Cost of Living in Kalamata

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

Air Quality in Kalamata

Kalamata'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 Kalamata

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

Safety in Kalamata

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

Internet Speed in Kalamata

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

Climate Risk in Kalamata

Kalamata'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 Kalamata

Cost of living estimates for Kalamata — 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 Kalamata

Climate profile for Kalamata — Mediterranean climate, annual average 18.3°C, comfort score 96/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Kalamata

Economy and jobs profile for Kalamata — tourism economy, economy score 62/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, healthcare. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Kalamata

Education profile for Kalamata — 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 Kalamata

Source-attributed visual context for Kalamata 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 Kalamata

Weekend trip planning checklist for Kalamata — 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 Kalamata

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 Kalamata

Estimate a monthly budget for Kalamata 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 Kalamata

Plan a trip budget for Kalamata 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 Kalamata

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

Patras, Greece

Same region · about 138 km from Kalamata. Explore Patras's city intelligence profile.

Piraeus, Greece

Same region · about 169 km from Kalamata. Explore Piraeus's city intelligence profile.

Nikaia, Greece

Same region · about 169 km from Kalamata. Explore Nikaia's city intelligence profile.

Peristeri, Greece

Same region · about 176 km from Kalamata. Explore Peristeri's city intelligence profile.

Athens, Greece

Same region · about 177 km from Kalamata. Explore Athens's city intelligence profile.

Acharnes, Greece

Same region · about 186 km from Kalamata. Explore Acharnes's city intelligence profile.

Chania, Greece

Same region · about 240 km from Kalamata. Explore Chania's city intelligence profile.

Volos, Greece

Weekend trip · about 268 km from Kalamata. Explore Volos's city intelligence profile.

Larissa, Greece

Same region · about 290 km from Kalamata. Explore Larissa's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Kalamata profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and climate-adaptation context alongside Greek regional peers such as Patras and Athens. Its standout dimensions are air quality (70/100) and cost of living (66/100). 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 Greece country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Kalamata 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.