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Estonia / Baltic Europe

Kohtla-Järve City Intelligence

Kohtla-Järve is an industrial city in Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia, historically built around oil-shale mining and processing, useful for energy-transition framing and regional cost comparison. Kohtla-Järve is a baltic europe city of about ~33K in Estonia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Kohtla-Järve sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (61/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~33K
View of Kohtla-Järve, Estonia

Image credit: Image: PjotrMahh1 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Overall score

Use the Kohtla-Järve profile to compare energy-transition context, cost framing, and air-quality indicators alongside other Estonian and Baltic peers.

Overall61/100
Affordability80/100
Air quality58/100
Energy55/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

61/100

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.

Kohtla-Järve data table

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

Kohtla-Järve city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score61/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living80/100Kohtla-Järve's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality58/100Kohtla-Järve'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.
Energy55/100Kohtla-Järve's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety58/100Kohtla-Järve's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed58/100Kohtla-Järve's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk54/100Kohtla-Järve's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience54/100Climate 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 safety78/100
Low crime80/100
Personal safety80/100
Night safety76/100
Road safety75/100

Kohtla-Järve is estimated to be a generally safe city (78/100 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 life77/100
Healthcare85/100
Education82/100
Green space75/100
Cleanliness81/100
Infrastructure81/100
Mobility61/100

Kohtla-Järve has a high quality-of-life estimate (77/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

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

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness80/100
Education82/100
Green space75/100
Overall safety78/100

Kohtla-Järve scores very high for family living (80/100), helped by education access, safety, 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
Walkability75/100
Cycling57/100
Infrastructure81/100

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

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability77/100
Healthcare85/100
Cleanliness81/100
Outdoor lifestyle39/100

Kohtla-Järve is high for retirement (77/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Kohtla-Järve

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Kohtla-Järve, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Estonia 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 Kohtla-Järve

Healthcare context for Kohtla-Järve, with national-level information from Estonia 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 Kohtla-Järve, see the Estonia 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 Kohtla-Järve

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Kohtla-Järve

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 Kohtla-Järve 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.

Kohtla-Järve 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 Kohtla-Järve modules

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Cost of Living in Kohtla-Järve

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

Air Quality in Kohtla-Järve

Kohtla-Järve'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 Kohtla-Järve

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

Safety in Kohtla-Järve

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

Internet Speed in Kohtla-Järve

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

Climate Risk in Kohtla-Järve

Kohtla-Järve'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 Kohtla-Järve

Cost of living estimates for Kohtla-Järve — 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 Kohtla-Järve

Climate profile for Kohtla-Järve — Subarctic climate, annual average 1.4°C, comfort score 55/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Visual guide to Kohtla-Järve

Source-attributed visual context for Kohtla-Järve 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 Kohtla-Järve

Weekend trip planning checklist for Kohtla-Järve — 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.

Estimate a monthly budget for Kohtla-Järve

Estimate a monthly budget for Kohtla-Järve 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 Kohtla-Järve

Plan a trip budget for Kohtla-Järve 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 Kohtla-Järve

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

Narva, Estonia

Same region · about 52 km from Kohtla-Järve. Explore Narva's city intelligence profile.

Tartu, Estonia

Same region · about 118 km from Kohtla-Järve. Explore Tartu's city intelligence profile.

Tallinn, Estonia

Same region · about 144 km from Kohtla-Järve. Explore Tallinn's city intelligence profile.

Helsinki, Finland

Cross-border · about 157 km from Kohtla-Järve. Explore Helsinki's city intelligence profile.

Vantaa, Finland

Cross-border · about 160 km from Kohtla-Järve. Explore Vantaa's city intelligence profile.

Espoo, Finland

Cross-border · about 172 km from Kohtla-Järve. Explore Espoo's city intelligence profile.

Lappeenranta, Finland

Cross-border · about 191 km from Kohtla-Järve. Explore Lappeenranta's city intelligence profile.

Pärnu, Estonia

Same corridor · about 196 km from Kohtla-Järve. Explore Pärnu's city intelligence profile.

Lahti, Finland

Cross-border · about 197 km from Kohtla-Järve. Explore Lahti's city intelligence profile.

Cēsis, Latvia

Cross-border · about 260 km from Kohtla-Järve. Explore Cēsis's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Kohtla-Järve — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

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Interpretation

Use the Kohtla-Järve profile to compare energy-transition context, cost framing, and air-quality indicators alongside other Estonian and Baltic peers. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (80/100) and air quality (58/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (54/100), 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 Estonia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Kohtla-Järve 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.