Global CityIntelligence

Croatia / Southeastern Europe

Zadar City Intelligence

Zadar is the county seat of Zadar County in northern Dalmatia with a regional airport, an Adriatic ferry and nautical port, and proximity to several coastal and mountain national parks. Zadar is a southeastern europe city of about ~75K in Croatia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Zadar sits around the indexed median (74/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~75K
View of Zadar, Croatia

Image credit: Image: Flickr user: Alistair young / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Overall score

Use the Zadar profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside regional peers Split, Rijeka, and Dubrovnik.

Overall74/100
Affordability62/100
Air quality78/100
Energy60/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

74/100

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.

Zadar data table

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

Zadar city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score74/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living62/100Zadar's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality78/100Zadar'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.
Energy60/100Zadar's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety71/100Zadar's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed67/100Zadar's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk68/100Zadar's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience68/100Climate 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 safety70/100
Low crime73/100
Personal safety71/100
Night safety67/100
Road safety68/100

Zadar is estimated to be a generally safe city (70/100 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 life77/100
Healthcare75/100
Education76/100
Green space100/100
Cleanliness77/100
Infrastructure74/100
Mobility58/100

Zadar has a high quality-of-life estimate (77/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space and cleanliness.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness77/100
Education76/100
Green space100/100
Overall safety70/100

Zadar scores high for family living (77/100), 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
Walkability73/100
Cycling63/100
Infrastructure74/100

Zadar 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 suitability76/100
Healthcare75/100
Cleanliness77/100
Outdoor lifestyle73/100

Zadar is high for retirement (76/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Zadar

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Zadar, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Croatia 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 Zadar

Healthcare context for Zadar, with national-level information from Croatia 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 Zadar, see the Croatia 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 Zadar

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Zadar

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 Zadar 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.

Zadar 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 Zadar modules

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Cost of Living in Zadar

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

Air Quality in Zadar

Zadar'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 Zadar

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

Safety in Zadar

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

Internet Speed in Zadar

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

Climate Risk in Zadar

Zadar'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 Zadar

Cost of living estimates for Zadar — 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 Zadar

Climate profile for Zadar — Mediterranean climate, annual average 14.5°C, comfort score 86/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Zadar

Economy and jobs profile for Zadar — tourism economy, economy score 62/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Zadar

Education profile for Zadar — mixed education base, education score 54/100, 3 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Zadar

Source-attributed visual context for Zadar 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 Zadar

Weekend trip planning checklist for Zadar — 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 Zadar

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 Zadar

Estimate a monthly budget for Zadar 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 Zadar

Plan a trip budget for Zadar 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 Zadar

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

Split, Croatia

Coastal cluster · about 118 km from Zadar. Explore Split's city intelligence profile.

Pula, Croatia

Same region · about 138 km from Zadar. Explore Pula's city intelligence profile.

Ancona, Italy

Cross-border · about 148 km from Zadar. Explore Ancona's city intelligence profile.

Rijeka, Croatia

Coastal cluster · about 149 km from Zadar. Explore Rijeka's city intelligence profile.

Zagreb, Croatia

Same region · about 198 km from Zadar. Explore Zagreb's city intelligence profile.

Koper, Slovenia

Cross-border · about 198 km from Zadar. Explore Koper's city intelligence profile.

Pescara, Italy

Cross-border · about 201 km from Zadar. Explore Pescara's city intelligence profile.

Trieste, Italy

Cross-border · about 206 km from Zadar. Explore Trieste's city intelligence profile.

Rimini, Italy

Cross-border · about 212 km from Zadar. Explore Rimini's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Zadar — 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 Zadar — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Zadar profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside regional peers Split, Rijeka, and Dubrovnik. Its standout dimensions are air quality (78/100) and safety (71/100). The area most worth watching is energy (60/100), 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 Croatia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Zadar 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.