Overall score
Zurich is most informative for users comparing service quality, transit reliability, and clean-energy depth against high housing and services costs.
Overall90/100
Affordability52/100
Air quality88/100
Energy92/100
Switzerland / Western Europe
Zurich City Intelligence
Zurich is a compact financial and research center known for high-quality public services, careful urban planning, and a low-carbon electricity baseline. Zurich is a western europe city of about 1.4M metro in Switzerland. On the composite city-intelligence score, Zurich sits near the top of the indexed set (90/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-05
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- 1.4M metro
Overall city intelligence
Exceptional90/100
Top-tier services, clean-energy baseline, and transit reliability.
Service reliability
Very high
Day-to-day systems support a stable, predictable life pattern.
Affordability pressure
High
Housing and services costs are the main resident well-being constraint.
Zurich data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 90/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 52/100 | Zurich is among the most expensive global cities on rent and services, with strong wages and public-service quality offsetting some pressure. |
| Air Quality | 88/100 | Zurich performs strongly on clean air, supported by compact transit-led mobility and rigorous European monitoring. |
| Energy | 92/100 | Zurich operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline, strong building-efficiency standards, and continuous district-energy investment. |
| Safety | 91/100 | Zurich is among the safest large European cities, with very low violent-crime context and strong institutional response. |
| Internet Speed | 92/100 | Zurich is a connectivity leader with very fast fiber, dense mobile coverage, and a strong digital-services environment. |
| Climate Risk | 80/100 | Zurich's climate-risk profile is comparatively low, shaped mainly by heat waves and Alpine-runoff variability. |
| Resilience | 89/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
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Cost of Living in Zurich
Zurich is among the most expensive global cities on rent and services, with strong wages and public-service quality offsetting some pressure.
Air Quality in Zurich
Zurich performs strongly on clean air, supported by compact transit-led mobility and rigorous European monitoring.
Energy in Zurich
Zurich operates with a low-carbon electricity baseline, strong building-efficiency standards, and continuous district-energy investment.
Safety in Zurich
Zurich is among the safest large European cities, with very low violent-crime context and strong institutional response.
Internet Speed in Zurich
Zurich is a connectivity leader with very fast fiber, dense mobile coverage, and a strong digital-services environment.
Climate Risk in Zurich
Zurich's climate-risk profile is comparatively low, shaped mainly by heat waves and Alpine-runoff variability.
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Interpretation
Zurich is most informative for users comparing service quality, transit reliability, and clean-energy depth against high housing and services costs. Its standout dimensions are energy (92/100) and internet speed (92/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (52/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-05. Drawn from 5 institutional references.
Country context is available on the Switzerland country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Zurich 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.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- World Health Organization: WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.