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Sweden / Northern Europe

Luleå City Intelligence

Luleå is the capital of Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, with a technical university, a Bay of Bothnia port, and an airport that ranks among the country's busiest. Luleå is a northern europe city of about ~125K metro in Sweden. On the composite city-intelligence score, Luleå sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (64/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~125K metro
View of Luleå, Sweden

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

Overall score

Use the Luleå profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Umeå, Gävle, and Stockholm.

Overall64/100
Affordability70/100
Air quality80/100
Energy72/100

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.

Luleå data table

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Luleå city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score64/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living70/100Luleå's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality80/100Luleå'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.
Energy72/100Luleå's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety62/100Luleå's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed68/100Luleå's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk60/100Luleå'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 safety89/100
Low crime91/100
Personal safety90/100
Night safety86/100
Road safety85/100

Luleå ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (89/100), 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
Healthcare92/100
Education89/100
Green space88/100
Cleanliness96/100
Infrastructure95/100
Mobility71/100

Luleå 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 friendliness88/100
Education89/100
Green space88/100
Overall safety89/100

Luleå scores very high for family living (88/100), 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 suitability80/100
Walkability81/100
Cycling76/100
Infrastructure95/100

Luleå is very high for remote workers (80/100), 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
Healthcare92/100
Cleanliness96/100
Outdoor lifestyle42/100

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

Emergency and public safety in Luleå

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Luleå, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Sweden 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 Luleå

Healthcare context for Luleå, with national-level information from Sweden 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 Luleå, see the Sweden 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 Luleå

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Luleå

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 Luleå 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.

Luleå 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 Luleå modules

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Cost of Living in Luleå

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

Air Quality in Luleå

Luleå'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 Luleå

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

Safety in Luleå

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

Internet Speed in Luleå

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

Climate Risk in Luleå

Luleå'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 Luleå

Cost of living estimates for Luleå — 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 Luleå

Climate profile for Luleå — Subarctic climate, annual average -3.8°C, comfort score 45/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Luleå

Economy and jobs profile for Luleå — regional center, economy score 83/100, key industries including technology, manufacturing, automotive. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Luleå

Education profile for Luleå — 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 Luleå

Source-attributed visual context for Luleå 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 Luleå

Weekend trip planning checklist for Luleå — 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 Luleå

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 Luleå

Estimate a monthly budget for Luleå 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 Luleå

Plan a trip budget for Luleå 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 Luleå

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

Oulu, Finland

Cross-border · about 165 km from Luleå. Explore Oulu's city intelligence profile.

Rovaniemi, Finland

Cross-border · about 190 km from Luleå. Explore Rovaniemi's city intelligence profile.

Umeå, Sweden

Same corridor · about 215 km from Luleå. Explore Umeå's city intelligence profile.

Vaasa, Finland

Cross-border · about 278 km from Luleå. Explore Vaasa's city intelligence profile.

Kuopio, Finland

Cross-border · about 400 km from Luleå. Explore Kuopio's city intelligence profile.

Jyväskylä, Finland

Cross-border · about 410 km from Luleå. Explore Jyväskylä's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Luleå profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Umeå, Gävle, and Stockholm. Its standout dimensions are air quality (80/100) and energy (72/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (60/100), 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 Sweden country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Luleå 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.