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Greece / Southern Europe

Rhodes City Intelligence

Rhodes is the capital of the South Aegean region and the principal city of the Dodecanese, an island port and administrative center with a University of the Aegean campus and a Mediterranean climate that shapes water-and-heat adaptation context. Rhodes is a southern europe city of about ~125K in Greece. On the composite city-intelligence score, Rhodes sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (65/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~125K
View of Rhodes, Greece

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Overall score

Use the Rhodes profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and climate-adaptation context alongside Greek regional peers.

Overall65/100
Affordability70/100
Air quality66/100
Energy63/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

65/100

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.

Rhodes data table

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

Rhodes city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score65/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living70/100Rhodes's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality66/100Rhodes'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.
Energy63/100Rhodes's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety63/100Rhodes's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed64/100Rhodes's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk61/100Rhodes's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience61/100Climate 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 safety69/100
Low crime71/100
Personal safety70/100
Night safety66/100
Road safety68/100

Rhodes is estimated to be a generally safe city (69/100 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 life76/100
Healthcare74/100
Education76/100
Green space85/100
Cleanliness74/100
Infrastructure75/100
Mobility60/100

Rhodes has a high quality-of-life estimate (76/100), with notable strengths in green space.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness74/100
Education76/100
Green space85/100
Overall safety69/100

Rhodes scores high for family living (74/100), helped by education access, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability71/100
Walkability74/100
Cycling60/100
Infrastructure75/100

Rhodes is high for remote workers (71/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability76/100
Healthcare74/100
Cleanliness74/100
Outdoor lifestyle58/100

Rhodes is high for retirement (76/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Rhodes

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Rhodes, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Greece 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 Rhodes

Healthcare context for Rhodes, with national-level information from Greece 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 Rhodes, see the Greece 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 Rhodes

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Rhodes

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 Rhodes 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.

Rhodes 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 Rhodes modules

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Cost of Living in Rhodes

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

Air Quality in Rhodes

Rhodes'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 Rhodes

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

Safety in Rhodes

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

Internet Speed in Rhodes

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

Climate Risk in Rhodes

Rhodes'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 Rhodes

Cost of living estimates for Rhodes — 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 Rhodes

Climate profile for Rhodes — Mediterranean climate, annual average 18.7°C, comfort score 96/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Visual guide to Rhodes

Source-attributed visual context for Rhodes 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 Rhodes

Weekend trip planning checklist for Rhodes — 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 Rhodes

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 Rhodes

Estimate a monthly budget for Rhodes 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 Rhodes

Plan a trip budget for Rhodes 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 Rhodes

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

Heraklion, Greece

Weekend trip · about 268 km from Rhodes. Explore Heraklion's city intelligence profile.

Chania, Greece

Same region · about 359 km from Rhodes. Explore Chania's city intelligence profile.

Athens, Greece

Same region · about 423 km from Rhodes. Explore Athens's city intelligence profile.

Piraeus, Greece

Same region · about 427 km from Rhodes. Explore Piraeus's city intelligence profile.

Acharnes, Greece

Same region · about 428 km from Rhodes. Explore Acharnes's city intelligence profile.

Peristeri, Greece

Same region · about 428 km from Rhodes. Explore Peristeri's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Rhodes profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and climate-adaptation context alongside Greek regional peers. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (70/100) and air quality (66/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (61/100), 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 Greece country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Rhodes 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.