Italy / Marche
Ancona is a port city and the regional capital of the Marche in central Italy, set on the Adriatic Sea along the promontory of Monte Conero where the coastline rises into hills above the harbour. Its elbow-shaped seafront, one of the main Adriatic passenger ports, and the nearby Conero coast make it a useful base for local-first discovery and weekend trips along the shore and into the surrounding hills. Ancona is a marche city of about Pending integration in Italy. On the composite city-intelligence score, Ancona sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (50/100).
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Ancona works as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, with port, ferry and seasonal access details best checked through official sources.
50/100
Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.
Directional
Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 50/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 50/100 | Ancona's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 50/100 | Ancona'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 | 50/100 | Ancona's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 50/100 | Ancona's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 50/100 | Ancona's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 50/100 | Ancona's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 50/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.
Ancona is estimated to be a generally safe city (77/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.
A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.
Ancona has a high quality-of-life estimate (76/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, cleanliness and infrastructure.
How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.
Ancona scores high for family living (73/100), helped by education access, safety and healthcare.
Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.
Ancona is moderate for remote workers (67/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.
Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.
Ancona is high for retirement (73/100), appealing for healthcare access, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.
Local public safety guidance for Ancona, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| European emergency | 11224/7 | Italy operates 112 as a single emergency number (Numero Unico di Emergenza) across the country. |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Ancona, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Italy emergency profile.
Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.
Used as the primary attribution for the EU-wide 112 universal emergency number on European country profiles.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare context for Ancona, with national-level information from Italy where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Ancona, see the Italy healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Local mobility context for Ancona, with national-level context from Italy where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Ancona, see the Italy 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.
Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Ancona. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Source-attributed values for Ancona 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.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset
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Ancona's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Ancona'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.
Ancona's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Ancona's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Ancona's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Ancona's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.
Cost of living estimates for Ancona — 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 profile for Ancona — Mediterranean climate, annual average 14.8°C, comfort score 87/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs profile for Ancona — tourism economy, economy score 63/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Education profile for Ancona — regional education center, education score 63/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Healthcare and retirement profile for Ancona — healthcare access city, healthcare score 69/100, retirement score 68/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.
Source-attributed visual context for Ancona 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 checklist for Ancona — 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.
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 Ancona 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 Ancona using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Ancona. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
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Regional discovery collections that include Ancona — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.
Weekend escapes · 30 places across 15 cities.
Theme-first discovery collections that include Ancona — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.
Weekend Nature Retreats · 50 places across 34 cities.
Ancona works as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, with port, ferry and seasonal access details best checked through official sources. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (50/100) and air quality (50/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (50/100), 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 Italy country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Ancona 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.
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.
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.