Module profile
Energy score
76/100
Clean-energy readiness, grid resilience, and solar or efficiency opportunity signals.
Energy in Riyadh76/100
Energy
Energy Readiness in Riyadh
Riyadh benefits from exceptional solar resource and active national renewable build-out under the national transition plan. Energy in Riyadh scores 76/100, placing it in the solid group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 76/100
Energy readiness
76/100
Solid directional transition score.
Grid adaptation
Growing
Renewable build-out and grid investment are accelerating.
Renewable opportunity
Exceptional solar
Among the strongest solar resources globally.
Riyadh energy data table
This HTML table mirrors the visible score cards so important comparison data is never trapped in a browser-only chart.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Energy readiness | 76/100 | National transition pace shapes the trajectory. |
| Grid adaptation | Growing | Solar carries the transition. |
| Renewable opportunity | Exceptional solar | Resource mix shapes the local transition path. |
Energy city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Riyadh (this page) | 76/100 | Riyadh benefits from exceptional solar resource and active national renewable build-out under the national transition plan. |
| Dammam | 82/100 | Dammam's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Jubail | 82/100 | Jubail's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Al-Ula | 82/100 | Al-Ula's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Bareq | 82/100 | Bareq's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Yanbu | 81/100 | Yanbu's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Unaizah | 81/100 | Unaizah's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Dhahran | 81/100 | Dhahran's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Tabuk | 80/100 | Tabuk's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Abqaiq | 80/100 | Abqaiq's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Najran | 79/100 | Najran's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Sakakah | 79/100 | Sakakah's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Umm Lajj | 79/100 | Umm Lajj's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Jizan | 78/100 | Jizan's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Hafar Al-Batin | 78/100 | Hafar Al-Batin's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Ar Rass | 78/100 | Ar Rass's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Ta'if | 77/100 | Ta'if's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Burayda | 77/100 | Burayda's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Duba | 77/100 | Duba's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Jeddah | 76/100 | Jeddah's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Khobar | 76/100 | Khobar's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Al Bahah | 76/100 | Al Bahah's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Turubah | 76/100 | Turubah's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Khamis Mushait | 75/100 | Khamis Mushait's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Hofuf | 75/100 | Hofuf's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Bisha | 75/100 | Bisha's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Tabarjal | 75/100 | Tabarjal's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Medina | 74/100 | Medina's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Mecca | 74/100 | Mecca's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Abha | 74/100 | Abha's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Ha'il | 74/100 | Ha'il's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
Interpretation
Energy scoring weighs resource context, infrastructure maturity, and adaptation capacity. Across the indexed cities the energy average is 71/100, so Riyadh is 5 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 3 institutional references.
Read this module with the main open the riyadh city profile and the read the scoring methodology page so single-topic pages do not hide tradeoffs across dimensions.
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
3 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.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- International Energy Agency: Empowering Urban Energy Transitions
Used to ground energy-readiness scoring in international transition guidance.
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