Global CityIntelligence

Albania / Southeastern Europe

Tirana City Intelligence

Tirana is the capital and primate city of Albania with road and rail links to the Durres port corridor, the country's main concentration of hospitals and universities, and a low-to-moderate regional cost framing. Tirana is a southeastern europe city of about ~900K metro in Albania. On the composite city-intelligence score, Tirana sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (56/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~900K metro
View of Tirana, Albania

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Overall score

Use the Tirana profile to compare affordability, air quality, and energy and transport access alongside regional Western Balkan peers.

Overall56/100
Affordability72/100
Air quality42/100
Energy54/100

Overall city intelligence

Constrained

56/100

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.

Tirana data table

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

Tirana city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score56/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living72/100Tirana's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality42/100Tirana'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.
Energy54/100Tirana's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety56/100Tirana's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed55/100Tirana's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk55/100Tirana's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience55/100Climate 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 safety56/100
Low crime57/100
Personal safety58/100
Night safety51/100
Road safety58/100

Tirana has a moderate safety estimate (56/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.

Quality of Life

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

Quality of Life

Quality of life65/100
Healthcare62/100
Education67/100
Green space79/100
Cleanliness55/100
Infrastructure65/100
Mobility57/100

Tirana has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (65/100), 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 friendliness64/100
Education67/100
Green space79/100
Overall safety56/100

Tirana scores moderate for family living (64/100), helped by parks and green space.

Digital Nomad Suitability

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

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability64/100
Walkability74/100
Cycling52/100
Infrastructure65/100

Tirana is moderate for remote workers (64/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability66/100
Healthcare62/100
Cleanliness55/100
Outdoor lifestyle51/100

Tirana is moderate for retirement (66/100), appealing for affordability and a comfortable climate.

Emergency and public safety in Tirana

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Tirana, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Albania 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 Tirana

Healthcare context for Tirana, with national-level information from Albania 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 Tirana, see the Albania 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 Tirana

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Tirana

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 Tirana 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.

Tirana 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 Tirana modules

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

Cost of Living in Tirana

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

Air Quality in Tirana

Tirana'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 Tirana

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

Safety in Tirana

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

Internet Speed in Tirana

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

Climate Risk in Tirana

Tirana'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 Tirana

Cost of living estimates for Tirana — 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 Tirana

Climate profile for Tirana — Mediterranean climate, annual average 16.1°C, comfort score 84/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Visual guide to Tirana

Source-attributed visual context for Tirana 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 Tirana

Weekend trip planning checklist for Tirana — 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 Tirana

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 Tirana

Estimate a monthly budget for Tirana 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 Tirana

Plan a trip budget for Tirana 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 Tirana

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

Durres, Albania

Same region · about 31 km from Tirana. Explore Durres's city intelligence profile.

Podgorica, Montenegro

Cross-border · about 132 km from Tirana. Explore Podgorica's city intelligence profile.

Brindisi, Italy

Cross-border · about 175 km from Tirana. Explore Brindisi's city intelligence profile.

Lecce, Italy

Cross-border · about 176 km from Tirana. Explore Lecce's city intelligence profile.

Corfu, Greece

Cross-border · about 192 km from Tirana. Explore Corfu's city intelligence profile.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Cross-border · about 203 km from Tirana. Explore Dubrovnik's city intelligence profile.

Ioannina, Greece

Cross-border · about 205 km from Tirana. Explore Ioannina's city intelligence profile.

Taranto, Italy

Cross-border · about 236 km from Tirana. Explore Taranto's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Use the Tirana profile to compare affordability, air quality, and energy and transport access alongside regional Western Balkan peers. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (72/100) and safety (56/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (42/100), 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 Albania country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Tirana 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.