Overall score
Seattle is most useful for users comparing tech-sector depth and clean-energy context against affordability and rainfall-related considerations.
Overall84/100
Affordability60/100
Air quality84/100
Energy90/100
United States / North America
Seattle City Intelligence
Seattle is a Pacific-Northwest metropolis with a deep technology and aerospace economy, low-carbon hydroelectricity, and strong outdoor amenity. Seattle is a north america city of about 4.0M metro in United States. On the composite city-intelligence score, Seattle sits comfortably above the indexed median (84/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-07
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- 4.0M metro
Overall city intelligence
Strong84/100
Strong tech and clean-energy profile balanced against housing pressure.
Tech-sector depth
Very high
Software, cloud, and aerospace ecosystems shape opportunity.
Energy mix
Low-carbon
Hydropower supports a favorable transition baseline.
Seattle data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 84/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 60/100 | Seattle is expensive on housing and central services, partially offset by amenity, services, and tech-sector wage depth. |
| Air Quality | 84/100 | Seattle has strong baseline air quality with episodic wildfire smoke the main seasonal concern. |
| Energy | 90/100 | Seattle operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active building and transport electrification work. |
| Safety | 78/100 | Seattle has solid overall safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern. |
| Internet Speed | 90/100 | Seattle delivers fast fiber broadband and reliable mobile coverage, supporting a deep technology and remote-work community. |
| Climate Risk | 76/100 | Seattle faces moderate climate exposure from heat, atmospheric-river rainfall, and seasonal wildfire smoke, balanced by active adaptation. |
| Resilience | 80/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
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Cost of Living in Seattle
Seattle is expensive on housing and central services, partially offset by amenity, services, and tech-sector wage depth.
Air Quality in Seattle
Seattle has strong baseline air quality with episodic wildfire smoke the main seasonal concern.
Energy in Seattle
Seattle operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline led by hydropower, with active building and transport electrification work.
Safety in Seattle
Seattle has solid overall safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern.
Internet Speed in Seattle
Seattle delivers fast fiber broadband and reliable mobile coverage, supporting a deep technology and remote-work community.
Climate Risk in Seattle
Seattle faces moderate climate exposure from heat, atmospheric-river rainfall, and seasonal wildfire smoke, balanced by active adaptation.
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Interpretation
Seattle is most useful for users comparing tech-sector depth and clean-energy context against affordability and rainfall-related considerations. Its standout dimensions are energy (90/100) and internet speed (90/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (60/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-07. Drawn from 6 institutional references.
Country context is available on the United States country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Seattle appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.
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Sources
6 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Mock values are typed and ready to be replaced by API-backed city datasets without changing route structure.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- World Health Organization: WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- US Environmental Protection Agency: National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Used where United States city comparisons need air-quality benchmark context.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- International Energy Agency: Empowering Urban Energy Transitions
Used to ground energy-readiness scoring in international transition guidance.