India / South Asia
Mumbai is India's financial capital and one of South Asia's largest urban regions, with deep finance, film, and creative industries and active urban-modernization work. Mumbai is a south asia city of about 21.7M metro in India. On the composite city-intelligence score, Mumbai sits around the indexed median (70/100).
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Composite profile
70/100
Mumbai is most useful for users comparing affordability and economic depth in South Asia against air-quality, flood, and infrastructure modernization needs.
70/100
Strong affordability and economic depth balanced against air-quality and flood pressure.
Globally significant
Finance, film, and trade ecosystems shape opportunity.
Favorable
Cost-of-living levels are comparatively favorable.
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 70/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 78/100 | Mumbai offers strong affordability for a major South Asian capital, with food and transit costs supporting steady daily life despite housing pressure. |
| Air Quality | 54/100 | Mumbai's air-quality profile is shaped by traffic, industry, and seasonal meteorology, with active monitoring and policy attention. |
| Energy | 66/100 | Mumbai's energy profile reflects an active national transition with growing renewable build-out and rising distributed-solar adoption. |
| Safety | 76/100 | Mumbai has solid overall safety with consistent neighborhood experience and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern. |
| Internet Speed | 80/100 | Mumbai has solid fiber broadband and broad mobile coverage, supporting deep finance, services, and digital-economy activity. |
| Climate Risk | 56/100 | Mumbai faces meaningful climate exposure from coastal flooding, monsoon rainfall, and rising heat, balanced by adaptation programs that continue to scale. |
| Resilience | 60/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.
Mumbai has a moderate safety estimate (52/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.
A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.
Mumbai has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (60/100) across our combined indicators.
How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.
Mumbai scores moderate for family living (58/100).
Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.
Mumbai is high for remote workers (68/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.
Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.
Mumbai is moderate for retirement (62/100), appealing for affordability and a comfortable climate.
Local public safety guidance for Mumbai, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Mumbai, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the India 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 context for Mumbai, with national-level information from India 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 Mumbai, see the India healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Local mobility context for Mumbai, with national-level context from India where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Mumbai, see the India 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.
Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Mumbai. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Source-attributed values for Mumbai 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. | ||
Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset
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Quick, evidence-based answers about Mumbai drawn from this profile's indexed cost, climate, safety, economy, education, healthcare and nearby-nature data. Figures are deterministic estimates for orientation — verify specifics with official sources.
Yes — good quality of life (60/100) and a industrial city economy.
Good (58/100) on safety, schools and green space.
More affordable than average; about ₹53,200/month for one person (estimate).
Late spring to early autumn; warmest in Jul, coldest in Jan.
Mainly manufacturing, automotive, agriculture.
A tropical climate, averaging about 25.1°C.
Higher education is good (64/100).
Healthcare access is good (57/100).
Retirement suitability is good (64/100).
No major nature destinations are indexed within day-trip range.
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Mumbai offers strong affordability for a major South Asian capital, with food and transit costs supporting steady daily life despite housing pressure.
Mumbai's air-quality profile is shaped by traffic, industry, and seasonal meteorology, with active monitoring and policy attention.
Mumbai's energy profile reflects an active national transition with growing renewable build-out and rising distributed-solar adoption.
Mumbai has solid overall safety with consistent neighborhood experience and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern.
Mumbai has solid fiber broadband and broad mobile coverage, supporting deep finance, services, and digital-economy activity.
Mumbai faces meaningful climate exposure from coastal flooding, monsoon rainfall, and rising heat, balanced by adaptation programs that continue to scale.
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Cost of living estimates for Mumbai — 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 profile for Mumbai — Tropical climate, annual average 25.1°C, comfort score 75/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs profile for Mumbai — industrial city, economy score 58/100, key industries including manufacturing, automotive, agriculture. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Education profile for Mumbai — regional education center, education score 62/100, 7 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Healthcare and retirement profile for Mumbai — mixed healthcare profile, healthcare score 57/100, retirement score 64/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.
Estimate a monthly budget for Mumbai 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 Mumbai using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.
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Common questions about living in, visiting, working in, studying in and retiring to Mumbai, answered from the indexed cost-of-living, climate, safety, economy, education, healthcare and nearby-nature data on this profile.
Mumbai has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (60/100) across our combined indicators. Visitors can also reach nature such as nearby parks and countryside within weekend range.
Mumbai has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (60/100) across our combined indicators. It indexes 60/100 for overall quality of life.
A single resident of Mumbai spends roughly ₹53,200 per month, with a one-bedroom rent near ₹28,300. Overall the city is more affordable than average for India. These are modelled estimates, not live quotes — verify locally.
Plan for below-average living costs and check current rents before relocating. Mumbai is high for remote workers (68/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.
Mumbai's labour market is moderate, with opportunities concentrated in manufacturing, technology and education and research. Mumbai has a manufacturing-oriented economy with strengths in manufacturing, automotive and agriculture.
Mumbai offers solid infrastructure and amenities for remote professionals, with a remote-work score of 60/100.
Mumbai is a regional education center with a mix of universities and research activity in our dataset, spanning fields such as Social Sciences, Computer Science and Humanities.
Mumbai offers a strong student environment, supported by walkable neighborhoods and relatively affordable living.
Mumbai has a mixed healthcare profile, supported by hospitals, specialist services, and public-health infrastructure, with a healthcare score of 57/100. Residents have solid access to healthcare across primary, specialist, and emergency care.
Mumbai offers a combination of healthcare access, safety, and amenities that may appeal to retirees, with a retirement score of 64/100. Residents benefit from walkable streets and day-to-day services.
Mumbai has a tropical climate, averaging about 25.1°C annually with roughly 1100 mm of rain. The hottest month is Jul and the coldest Jan. The driest is typically Jan.
Mumbai has a moderate safety estimate (52/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.
Mumbai indexes a walkability score of 83 and a cycling score of 58 out of 100. Check the local operator for live transit routes and fares.
Mumbai has limited indexed nature destinations within day-trip range.
Mumbai scores moderate for family living (58/100).
Mumbai rates 26/100 for outdoor lifestyle and 40/100 for green space.
Mumbai is most useful for users comparing affordability and economic depth in South Asia against air-quality, flood, and infrastructure modernization needs. Its standout dimensions are internet speed (80/100) and cost of living (78/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (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 India country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Mumbai 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.
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.
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.