Global CityIntelligence

Sweden / Northern Europe

Södertälje City Intelligence

Södertälje is an industrial and port city in Stockholm County with a heavy-vehicle and pharmaceutical manufacturing base, canal and freight-port access, and rail links toward Stockholm shaping its urban profile. Södertälje is a northern europe city of about ~105K metro in Sweden. On the composite city-intelligence score, Södertälje sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (69/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~105K metro
View of Södertälje, Sweden

Image credit: Image: Holger.Ellgaard / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Overall score

Use the Södertälje profile to compare affordability, industrial profile, and transport access alongside regional peers such as Stockholm, Eskilstuna, and Västerås.

Overall69/100
Affordability59/100
Air quality74/100
Energy76/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

69/100

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.

Södertälje data table

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

Södertälje city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score69/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living59/100Södertälje's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality74/100Södertälje'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.
Energy76/100Södertälje's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety70/100Södertälje's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed73/100Södertälje's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk70/100Södertälje's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience70/100Climate 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 safety90/100
Low crime92/100
Personal safety91/100
Night safety87/100
Road safety86/100

Södertälje ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (90/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life87/100
Healthcare93/100
Education89/100
Green space93/100
Cleanliness94/100
Infrastructure95/100
Mobility71/100

Södertälje has a very high quality-of-life estimate (87/100), 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 friendliness89/100
Education89/100
Green space93/100
Overall safety90/100

Södertälje scores very high for family living (89/100), 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 suitability79/100
Walkability81/100
Cycling75/100
Infrastructure95/100

Södertälje is high for remote workers (79/100), 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 suitability82/100
Healthcare93/100
Cleanliness94/100
Outdoor lifestyle51/100

Södertälje is very high for retirement (82/100), appealing for healthcare access and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Södertälje

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Södertälje, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Sweden 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 Södertälje

Healthcare context for Södertälje, with national-level information from Sweden 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 Södertälje, see the Sweden 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 Södertälje

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Södertälje

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 Södertälje 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.

Södertälje 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 Södertälje modules

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Cost of Living in Södertälje

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

Air Quality in Södertälje

Södertälje'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 Södertälje

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

Safety in Södertälje

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

Internet Speed in Södertälje

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

Climate Risk in Södertälje

Södertälje'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 Södertälje

Cost of living estimates for Södertälje — 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 Södertälje

Climate profile for Södertälje — Subarctic climate, annual average 1.5°C, comfort score 57/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Visual guide to Södertälje

Source-attributed visual context for Södertälje 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 Södertälje

Weekend trip planning checklist for Södertälje — 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 Södertälje

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 Södertälje

Estimate a monthly budget for Södertälje 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 Södertälje

Plan a trip budget for Södertälje 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 Södertälje

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

Stockholm, Sweden

Same region · about 30 km from Södertälje. Explore Stockholm's city intelligence profile.

Eskilstuna, Sweden

Same region · about 65 km from Södertälje. Explore Eskilstuna's city intelligence profile.

Uppsala, Sweden

Same region · about 73 km from Södertälje. Explore Uppsala's city intelligence profile.

Västerås, Sweden

Same region · about 76 km from Södertälje. Explore Västerås's city intelligence profile.

Norrköping, Sweden

Same region · about 108 km from Södertälje. Explore Norrköping's city intelligence profile.

Örebro, Sweden

Same region · about 137 km from Södertälje. Explore Örebro's city intelligence profile.

Linköping, Sweden

Lake cluster · about 143 km from Södertälje. Explore Linköping's city intelligence profile.

Gävle, Sweden

Same region · about 167 km from Södertälje. Explore Gävle's city intelligence profile.

Visby, Sweden

Same corridor · about 179 km from Södertälje. Explore Visby's city intelligence profile.

Karlstad, Sweden

Same corridor · about 233 km from Södertälje. Explore Karlstad's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

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Themed collections

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Interpretation

Use the Södertälje profile to compare affordability, industrial profile, and transport access alongside regional peers such as Stockholm, Eskilstuna, and Västerås. Its standout dimensions are energy (76/100) and air quality (74/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (59/100), 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 Sweden country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Södertälje 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.