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Hungary / Central Europe

Szeged City Intelligence

Szeged is the regional capital of the Southern Great Plain in southeastern Hungary, with a university-centered economy, a major teaching-hospital cluster, and a Tisza-river setting that shapes its flood-management and climate-adaptation context. Szeged is a central europe city of about ~160K in Hungary. On the composite city-intelligence score, Szeged sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (64/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~160K
View of Szeged, Hungary

Image credit: Image: V.Mariann / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Overall score

Use the Szeged profile to compare affordability, air quality, and energy resilience alongside regional peers such as Debrecen and Pecs.

Overall64/100
Affordability76/100
Air quality60/100
Energy55/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

64/100

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.

Szeged data table

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

Szeged city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score64/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living76/100Szeged's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality60/100Szeged'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.
Energy55/100Szeged's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety64/100Szeged's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed60/100Szeged's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk63/100Szeged's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience63/100Climate 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 safety67/100

Szeged 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 life73/100
Healthcare74/100
Education76/100
Green space82/100
Cleanliness72/100
Infrastructure74/100
Mobility60/100

Szeged has a high quality-of-life estimate (73/100), 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 space82/100
Overall safety69/100

Szeged 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 suitability70/100
Walkability75/100
Cycling59/100
Infrastructure74/100

Szeged is high for remote workers (70/100), 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 suitability74/100
Healthcare74/100
Cleanliness72/100
Outdoor lifestyle52/100

Szeged is high for retirement (74/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a comfortable climate.

Emergency and public safety in Szeged

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Szeged, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Hungary 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 Szeged

Healthcare context for Szeged, with national-level information from Hungary 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 Szeged, see the Hungary 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 Szeged

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Szeged

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 Szeged 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.

Szeged 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 Szeged modules

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

Cost of Living in Szeged

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

Air Quality in Szeged

Szeged'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 Szeged

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

Safety in Szeged

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

Internet Speed in Szeged

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

Climate Risk in Szeged

Szeged'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 Szeged

Cost of living estimates for Szeged — 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 Szeged

Climate profile for Szeged — Humid Continental climate, annual average 10.7°C, comfort score 74/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Visual guide to Szeged

Source-attributed visual context for Szeged 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 Szeged

Weekend trip planning checklist for Szeged — 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 Szeged

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 Szeged

Estimate a monthly budget for Szeged 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 Szeged

Plan a trip budget for Szeged 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 Szeged

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

Subotica, Serbia

Cross-border · about 42 km from Szeged. Explore Subotica's city intelligence profile.

Arad, Romania

Cross-border · about 89 km from Szeged. Explore Arad's city intelligence profile.

Timisoara, Romania

Cross-border · about 99 km from Szeged. Explore Timisoara's city intelligence profile.

Novi Sad, Serbia

Cross-border · about 113 km from Szeged. Explore Novi Sad's city intelligence profile.

Osijek, Croatia

Cross-border · about 139 km from Szeged. Explore Osijek's city intelligence profile.

Pécs, Hungary

Lake cluster · about 150 km from Szeged. Explore Pécs's city intelligence profile.

Belgrade, Serbia

Cross-border · about 161 km from Szeged. Explore Belgrade's city intelligence profile.

Oradea, Romania

Cross-border · about 162 km from Szeged. Explore Oradea's city intelligence profile.

Budapest, Hungary

Same region · about 163 km from Szeged. Explore Budapest's city intelligence profile.

Szekesfehervar, Hungary

Same region · about 170 km from Szeged. Explore Szekesfehervar's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Szeged — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Szeged profile to compare affordability, air quality, and energy resilience alongside regional peers such as Debrecen and Pecs. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (76/100) and safety (64/100). The area most worth watching is energy (55/100), 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 Hungary country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Szeged 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.