Overall score
Use the Kolding profile to compare affordability, industry, and airport-access dimensions alongside Vejle, Esbjerg, and Odense.
Overall64/100
Affordability66/100
Air quality68/100
Energy63/100
Denmark / Northern Europe
Kolding City Intelligence
Kolding is a seaport city in southeast Jutland and part of the Triangle Region economic area, with city-intelligence themes spanning manufacturing, design education, and proximity to Billund Airport. Kolding is a northern europe city of about ~64K city / ~96K municipality in Denmark. On the composite city-intelligence score, Kolding sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (64/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- ~64K city / ~96K municipality
Image credit: Image: Hubertus / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall city intelligence
Mixed64/100
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.
Kolding data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 64/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 66/100 | Kolding's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 68/100 | Kolding'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 | 63/100 | Kolding's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 65/100 | Kolding's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 64/100 | Kolding's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 65/100 | Kolding's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 65/100 | Climate 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 safety88/100
Low crime91/100
Personal safety90/100
Night safety86/100
Road safety84/100
Kolding ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (88/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.
Quality of Life
A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.
Quality of Life
Quality of life87/100
Healthcare92/100
Education88/100
Green space98/100
Cleanliness92/100
Infrastructure92/100
Mobility68/100
Kolding has a very high quality-of-life estimate (87/100), 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 friendliness89/100
Education88/100
Green space98/100
Overall safety88/100
Kolding scores very high for family living (89/100), 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 suitability77/100
Walkability78/100
Cycling72/100
Infrastructure92/100
Kolding is high for remote workers (77/100), 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 suitability83/100
Healthcare92/100
Cleanliness92/100
Outdoor lifestyle63/100
Kolding is very high for retirement (83/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.
Emergency and public safety in Kolding
Local public safety guidance for Kolding, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Universal emergency | 11224/7 | 112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge. |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Kolding, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Denmark 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 Kolding
Healthcare context for Kolding, with national-level information from Denmark 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 Kolding, see the Denmark 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.
- Danish Health Authority: Sundhedsstyrelsen — Danish Health Authority
Used as the primary attribution for Danish public-health context.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in Kolding
Local mobility context for Kolding, with national-level context from Denmark where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Kolding, see the Denmark 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.
- Danish Transport Authority: Trafikstyrelsen — Danish Transport Authority
Used as the primary attribution for Danish national transport context.
- DSB — Danske Statsbaner: DSB
Used as the primary attribution for Danish 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 Kolding. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Kolding
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 Kolding 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 Kolding air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Explore Kolding modules
City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.
Cost of Living in Kolding
Kolding's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality in Kolding
Kolding'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 Kolding
Kolding's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety in Kolding
Kolding's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed in Kolding
Kolding's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk in Kolding
Kolding'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 Kolding
Cost of living estimates for Kolding — 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 Kolding
Climate profile for Kolding — Oceanic climate, annual average 7.4°C, comfort score 59/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs in Kolding
Economy and jobs profile for Kolding — tourism economy, economy score 81/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, technology. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Universities and education in Kolding
Education profile for Kolding — regional education center, education score 63/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Visual guide to Kolding
Source-attributed visual context for Kolding 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 Kolding
Weekend trip planning checklist for Kolding — 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 Kolding
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 Kolding
Estimate a monthly budget for Kolding 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 Kolding
Plan a trip budget for Kolding 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 Kolding
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Kolding. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Vejle, Denmark
Same region · about 24 km from Kolding. Explore Vejle's city intelligence profile.
Odense, Denmark
Same region · about 58 km from Kolding. Explore Odense's city intelligence profile.
Esbjerg, Denmark
Coastal cluster · about 64 km from Kolding. Explore Esbjerg's city intelligence profile.
Flensburg, Germany
Cross-border · about 79 km from Kolding. Explore Flensburg's city intelligence profile.
Aarhus, Denmark
Same region · about 87 km from Kolding. Explore Aarhus's city intelligence profile.
Kiel, Germany
Cross-border · about 137 km from Kolding. Explore Kiel's city intelligence profile.
Roskilde, Denmark
Coastal cluster · about 165 km from Kolding. Explore Roskilde's city intelligence profile.
Aalborg, Denmark
Same region · about 176 km from Kolding. Explore Aalborg's city intelligence profile.
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Same region · about 193 km from Kolding. Explore Frederiksberg's city intelligence profile.
Lübeck, Germany
Cross-border · about 196 km from Kolding. Explore Lübeck's city intelligence profile.
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Denmark–Sweden Borderlands
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Weekend Escapes near Aarhus
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Themed collections
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Interpretation
Use the Kolding profile to compare affordability, industry, and airport-access dimensions alongside Vejle, Esbjerg, and Odense. Its standout dimensions are air quality (68/100) and cost of living (66/100). The area most worth watching is energy (63/100), 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 Denmark country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Kolding 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.