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Netherlands / Western Europe

Lelystad City Intelligence

Lelystad is the provincial capital of Flevoland, Netherlands, a reclaimed-land city on former Zuiderzee seabed, with Lelystad Airport, the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve, and Markermeer water-management context nearby. Lelystad is a western europe city of about ~80K in Netherlands. On the composite city-intelligence score, Lelystad sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (62/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~80K
View of Lelystad, Netherlands

Image credit: Image: Stahlkocher / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Overall score

Use the Lelystad profile to compare administrative role, transport access, and climate-adaptation context alongside regional peers such as Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Amersfoort.

Overall62/100
Affordability62/100
Air quality68/100
Energy67/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

62/100

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.

Lelystad data table

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

Lelystad city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score62/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living62/100Lelystad's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality68/100Lelystad'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.
Energy67/100Lelystad's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety63/100Lelystad's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed65/100Lelystad's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk64/100Lelystad's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience64/100Climate 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 safety87/100
Low crime89/100
Personal safety88/100
Night safety84/100
Road safety83/100

Lelystad ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (87/100), 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 life86/100
Healthcare90/100
Education87/100
Green space93/100
Cleanliness90/100
Infrastructure91/100
Mobility71/100

Lelystad has a very high quality-of-life estimate (86/100), 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 friendliness87/100
Education87/100
Green space93/100
Overall safety87/100

Lelystad scores very high for family living (87/100), 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
Walkability85/100
Cycling100/100
Infrastructure91/100

Lelystad 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 suitability82/100
Healthcare90/100
Cleanliness90/100
Outdoor lifestyle54/100

Lelystad is very high for retirement (82/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Lelystad

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

Verified
Netherlands emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Lelystad, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Netherlands 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.

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 Lelystad

Healthcare context for Lelystad, with national-level information from Netherlands where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Lelystad, see the Netherlands 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.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Lelystad

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

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Lelystad, see the Netherlands 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.

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 Lelystad. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Lelystad

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 Lelystad 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.

Lelystad 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 Lelystad modules

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

Cost of Living in Lelystad

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

Air Quality in Lelystad

Lelystad'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 Lelystad

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

Safety in Lelystad

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

Internet Speed in Lelystad

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

Climate Risk in Lelystad

Lelystad'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 Lelystad

Cost of living estimates for Lelystad — 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 Lelystad

Climate profile for Lelystad — Oceanic climate, annual average 9.5°C, comfort score 64/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Lelystad

Economy and jobs profile for Lelystad — tourism economy, economy score 81/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, energy. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Lelystad

Education profile for Lelystad — regional education center, education score 67/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Lelystad

Source-attributed visual context for Lelystad 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 Lelystad

Weekend trip planning checklist for Lelystad — 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 Lelystad

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 Lelystad

Estimate a monthly budget for Lelystad 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 Lelystad

Plan a trip budget for Lelystad 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 Lelystad

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

Almere, Netherlands

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Hilversum, Netherlands

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Zwolle, Netherlands

Nearby city · about 42 km from Lelystad. Explore Zwolle's city intelligence profile.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Same region · about 44 km from Lelystad. Explore Amsterdam's city intelligence profile.

Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Same region · about 46 km from Lelystad. Explore Apeldoorn's city intelligence profile.

Zaanstad, Netherlands

Same region · about 48 km from Lelystad. Explore Zaanstad's city intelligence profile.

Utrecht, Netherlands

Same region · about 53 km from Lelystad. Explore Utrecht's city intelligence profile.

Ede, Netherlands

Same region · about 53 km from Lelystad. Explore Ede's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Lelystad — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Lelystad profile to compare administrative role, transport access, and climate-adaptation context alongside regional peers such as Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Amersfoort. Its standout dimensions are air quality (68/100) and energy (67/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (62/100), 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 Netherlands country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Lelystad 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.