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Italy / Southern Europe

Olbia City Intelligence

Olbia is a port city in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, hosting Costa Smeralda Airport and ferry terminals that serve as a primary arrival point for the island. Its harbour, airport links to mainland Italy and Europe, and access to the Gallura coast and granite uplands make it a gateway for coastal and inland Sardinian travel. Olbia is a southern europe city of about ~60K in Italy. On the composite city-intelligence score, Olbia sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (52/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~60K
View of Olbia, Italy

Image credit: Image: Kin4 at Italian Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Overall score

Use the Olbia profile to compare airport and ferry access, coastal context, and cost dimensions alongside Cagliari, Sassari, and Genoa.

Overall52/100
Affordability54/100
Air quality62/100
Energy49/100

Overall city intelligence

Constrained

52/100

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.

Olbia data table

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

Olbia city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score52/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living54/100Olbia's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality62/100Olbia'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.
Energy49/100Olbia's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety50/100Olbia's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed51/100Olbia's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk47/100Olbia's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience47/100Climate 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 safety77/100
Low crime79/100
Personal safety79/100
Night safety75/100
Road safety75/100

Olbia is estimated to be a generally safe city (77/100 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 life83/100
Healthcare84/100
Education82/100
Green space95/100
Cleanliness83/100
Infrastructure81/100
Mobility63/100

Olbia has a very high quality-of-life estimate (83/100), 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 friendliness81/100
Education82/100
Green space95/100
Overall safety77/100

Olbia scores very high for family living (81/100), 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 suitability68/100
Walkability77/100
Cycling59/100
Infrastructure81/100

Olbia is high for remote workers (68/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability79/100
Healthcare84/100
Cleanliness83/100
Outdoor lifestyle73/100

Olbia is high for retirement (79/100), appealing for healthcare access, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Olbia

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

Verified
Italy emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7Italy operates 112 as a single emergency number (Numero Unico di Emergenza) across the country.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Olbia, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Italy 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 Olbia

Healthcare context for Olbia, with national-level information from Italy 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 Olbia, see the Italy 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 Olbia

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Olbia

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 Olbia 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.

Olbia 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 Olbia modules

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

Cost of Living in Olbia

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

Air Quality in Olbia

Olbia'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 Olbia

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

Safety in Olbia

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

Internet Speed in Olbia

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

Climate Risk in Olbia

Olbia'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 Olbia

Cost of living estimates for Olbia — 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 Olbia

Climate profile for Olbia — Mediterranean climate, annual average 16.3°C, comfort score 92/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Olbia

Economy and jobs profile for Olbia — tourism economy, economy score 61/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Olbia

Education profile for Olbia — regional education center, education score 59/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Olbia

Source-attributed visual context for Olbia 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 Olbia

Weekend trip planning checklist for Olbia — 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 Olbia

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 Olbia

Estimate a monthly budget for Olbia 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 Olbia

Plan a trip budget for Olbia 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 Olbia

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

Sassari, Italy

Same region · about 82 km from Olbia. Explore Sassari's city intelligence profile.

Ajaccio, France

Cross-border · about 129 km from Olbia. Explore Ajaccio's city intelligence profile.

Cagliari, Italy

Coastal cluster · about 192 km from Olbia. Explore Cagliari's city intelligence profile.

Bastia, France

Cross-border · about 198 km from Olbia. Explore Bastia's city intelligence profile.

Grosseto, Italy

Same region · about 246 km from Olbia. Explore Grosseto's city intelligence profile.

Rome, Italy

Same region · about 271 km from Olbia. Explore Rome's city intelligence profile.

Latina, Italy

Same region · about 291 km from Olbia. Explore Latina's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Olbia profile to compare airport and ferry access, coastal context, and cost dimensions alongside Cagliari, Sassari, and Genoa. Its standout dimensions are air quality (62/100) and cost of living (54/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (47/100), 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 Italy country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Olbia 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.