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Brazil / Latin America

Brasilia City Intelligence

Brasilia is Brazil's planned federal-capital metro, with modernist urban design, dispersed form, and central-plateau climate framing used for cross-region comparison. Brasilia is a latin america city of about ~4.7M metro in Brazil. On the composite city-intelligence score, Brasilia sits around the indexed median (76/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~4.7M metro
View of Brasilia, Brazil

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Overall score

Use the Brasilia profile to compare cost framing, mobility, and public-services signals alongside other Brazilian metros.

Overall76/100
Affordability70/100
Air quality76/100
Energy74/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

76/100

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.

Brasilia data table

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

Brasilia city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score76/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living70/100Brasilia's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality76/100Brasilia'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.
Energy74/100Brasilia's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety74/100Brasilia's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed75/100Brasilia's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk72/100Brasilia's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience72/100Climate 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 safety46/100
Low crime47/100
Personal safety47/100
Night safety38/100
Road safety50/100

Brasilia scores below average for safety in our index (46/100); research neighborhoods and take standard precautions.

Quality of Life

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

Quality of Life

Quality of life59/100
Healthcare62/100
Education68/100
Green space46/100
Cleanliness55/100
Infrastructure67/100
Mobility62/100

Brasilia has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (59/100) across our combined indicators.

Family Friendliness

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

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness56/100
Education68/100
Green space46/100
Overall safety46/100

Brasilia scores moderate for family living (56/100).

Digital Nomad Suitability

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

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability67/100
Walkability80/100
Cycling63/100
Infrastructure67/100

Brasilia is moderate for remote workers (67/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability59/100
Healthcare62/100
Cleanliness55/100
Outdoor lifestyle28/100

Brasilia is moderate for retirement (59/100), appealing for affordability and a comfortable climate.

Emergency and public safety in Brasilia

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Brasilia, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Brazil 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 Brasilia

Healthcare context for Brasilia, with national-level information from Brazil 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 Brasilia, see the Brazil 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 Brasilia

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Brasilia

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 Brasilia 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.

Brasilia 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 Brasilia modules

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

Cost of Living in Brasilia

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

Air Quality in Brasilia

Brasilia'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 Brasilia

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

Safety in Brasilia

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

Internet Speed in Brasilia

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

Climate Risk in Brasilia

Brasilia'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 Brasilia

Cost of living estimates for Brasilia — 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 Brasilia

Climate profile for Brasilia — Tropical climate, annual average 25.3°C, comfort score 75/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Brasilia

Economy and jobs profile for Brasilia — industrial city, economy score 62/100, key industries including government, manufacturing, energy. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Brasilia

Education profile for Brasilia — regional education center, education score 67/100, 6 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Brasilia

Healthcare and retirement profile for Brasilia — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 61/100, retirement score 62/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Brasilia

Estimate a monthly budget for Brasilia 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 Brasilia

Plan a trip budget for Brasilia 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 Brasilia

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

São Paulo, Brazil

Same region · about 872 km from Brasilia. Explore São Paulo's city intelligence profile.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Same region · about 931 km from Brasilia. Explore Rio de Janeiro's city intelligence profile.

Curitiba, Brazil

Same region · about 1081 km from Brasilia. Explore Curitiba's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Use the Brasilia profile to compare cost framing, mobility, and public-services signals alongside other Brazilian metros. Its standout dimensions are air quality (76/100) and internet speed (75/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (70/100), 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 Brazil country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Brasilia 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.