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Spain / Southern Europe

Alicante City Intelligence

Alicante is a Mediterranean Spanish metro on the Costa Blanca, with tourism, services, and growing remote-work activity inside a hot, dry climate context. Alicante is a southern europe city of about ~0.45M metro in Spain. On the composite city-intelligence score, Alicante sits around the indexed median (71/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~0.45M metro
View of Alicante, Spain

Image credit: Image: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Overall score

Use the Alicante profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level Mediterranean context alongside Valencia and Murcia.

Overall71/100
Affordability72/100
Air quality74/100
Energy72/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

71/100

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.

Alicante data table

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

Alicante city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score71/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living72/100Alicante's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality74/100Alicante'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.
Energy72/100Alicante's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety68/100Alicante's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed72/100Alicante's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk65/100Alicante's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience65/100Climate 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 safety80/100
Low crime82/100
Personal safety81/100
Night safety76/100
Road safety77/100

Alicante ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (80/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.

Quality of Life

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

Quality of Life

Quality of life80/100
Healthcare86/100
Education86/100
Green space52/100
Cleanliness86/100
Infrastructure89/100
Mobility71/100

Alicante has a very high quality-of-life estimate (80/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

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

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness78/100
Education86/100
Green space52/100
Overall safety80/100

Alicante scores high for family living (78/100), helped by education access, safety and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

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

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability78/100
Walkability86/100
Cycling68/100
Infrastructure89/100

Alicante is high for remote workers (78/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability81/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness86/100
Outdoor lifestyle39/100

Alicante is very high for retirement (81/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Alicante

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

Verified
Spain emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Alicante, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Spain emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Alicante

Healthcare context for Alicante, with national-level information from Spain 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 Alicante, see the Spain 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 Alicante

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Alicante

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 Alicante 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.

Alicante 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 Alicante modules

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

Cost of Living in Alicante

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

Air Quality in Alicante

Alicante'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 Alicante

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

Safety in Alicante

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

Internet Speed in Alicante

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

Climate Risk in Alicante

Alicante'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 Alicante

Cost of living estimates for Alicante — 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 Alicante

Climate profile for Alicante — Mediterranean climate, annual average 17.6°C, comfort score 96/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Alicante

Economy and jobs profile for Alicante — tourism economy, economy score 66/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Alicante

Education profile for Alicante — student city, education score 66/100, 5 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Alicante

Healthcare and retirement profile for Alicante — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 71/100, retirement score 76/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Arrival planning guide for Alicante

Practical arrival planning context for Alicante — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, budgeting tools, and methodology. Not an official airport or travel instruction service.

Visual guide to Alicante

Source-attributed visual context for Alicante 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 Alicante

Weekend trip planning checklist for Alicante — 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 Alicante

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 Alicante

Estimate a monthly budget for Alicante 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 Alicante

Plan a trip budget for Alicante 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 Alicante

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

Benidorm, Spain

Same region · about 37 km from Alicante. Explore Benidorm's city intelligence profile.

Murcia, Spain

Same region · about 69 km from Alicante. Explore Murcia's city intelligence profile.

Cartagena, Spain

Same region · about 94 km from Alicante. Explore Cartagena's city intelligence profile.

Valencia, Spain

Same region · about 125 km from Alicante. Explore Valencia's city intelligence profile.

Albacete, Spain

Same region · about 139 km from Alicante. Explore Albacete's city intelligence profile.

Teruel, Spain

Same region · about 229 km from Alicante. Explore Teruel's city intelligence profile.

Almería, Spain

Same region · about 242 km from Alicante. Explore Almería's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Alicante profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level Mediterranean context alongside Valencia and Murcia. Its standout dimensions are air quality (74/100) and cost of living (72/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (65/100), 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 Spain country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Alicante 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.