GCIGlobal City Intelligence
China / East Asia

Shanghai City Intelligence

Shanghai is one of the world's largest urban economies, with deep finance, manufacturing, and creative industries and a globally cited transit network. Shanghai is a east asia city of about 29.2M metro in China. On the composite city-intelligence score, Shanghai sits comfortably above the indexed median (80/100).

Last updated
2026-05-07
Data year
2025
Population
29.2M metro

Overall score

Shanghai is most useful for users comparing economic depth, mobility, and digital infrastructure against air-quality and climate-exposure considerations.

Overall80/100
Affordability64/100
Air quality64/100
Energy78/100

Overall city intelligence

Strong

80/100

Strong economic and connectivity depth balanced against air-quality and climate exposure.

Public transit

Globally leading

Among the world's most extensive metro networks.

Economic depth

Globally leading

Finance, manufacturing, and trade ecosystems shape opportunity.

Shanghai data table

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Shanghai city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score80/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living64/100Shanghai is among China's most expensive metros, with central rents balanced against deep services, food, and transit access.
Air Quality64/100Shanghai's air-quality profile reflects ongoing improvement with seasonal particulate exposure remaining the main focus.
Energy78/100Shanghai benefits from rapid national renewable build-out, leading EV adoption, and active building-efficiency work.
Safety86/100Shanghai is among the safer large global cities, with low violent-crime context and consistent neighborhood experience.
Internet Speed86/100Shanghai delivers fast fiber broadband and dense mobile coverage, supporting a deep digital-services and finance economy.
Climate Risk68/100Shanghai carries meaningful climate exposure from coastal flooding, typhoons, and rising heat, balanced by major adaptation programs.
Resilience76/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

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Cost of Living in Shanghai

Shanghai is among China's most expensive metros, with central rents balanced against deep services, food, and transit access.

Air Quality in Shanghai

Shanghai's air-quality profile reflects ongoing improvement with seasonal particulate exposure remaining the main focus.

Energy in Shanghai

Shanghai benefits from rapid national renewable build-out, leading EV adoption, and active building-efficiency work.

Safety in Shanghai

Shanghai is among the safer large global cities, with low violent-crime context and consistent neighborhood experience.

Internet Speed in Shanghai

Shanghai delivers fast fiber broadband and dense mobile coverage, supporting a deep digital-services and finance economy.

Climate Risk in Shanghai

Shanghai carries meaningful climate exposure from coastal flooding, typhoons, and rising heat, balanced by major adaptation programs.

City rankings

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Interpretation

Shanghai is most useful for users comparing economic depth, mobility, and digital infrastructure against air-quality and climate-exposure considerations. Its standout dimensions are safety (86/100) and internet speed (86/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (64/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-07. Drawn from 5 institutional references.

Country context is available on the China country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Shanghai appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

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Sources

5 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.