Global CityIntelligence

Italy / Southern Europe

Catania City Intelligence

Catania is an eastern Sicilian metro at the base of Mount Etna, with university, agriculture, and tourism activity inside a volcanic-and-hot-climate context. Catania is a southern europe city of about ~0.77M metro in Italy. On the composite city-intelligence score, Catania sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (68/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~0.77M metro
View of Catania, Italy

Image credit: Image: stefan_fotos from Leipzig, Germany / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Overall score

Use the Catania profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level Mediterranean context alongside Palermo and Bari.

Overall68/100
Affordability77/100
Air quality70/100
Energy70/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

68/100

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.

Catania data table

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

Catania city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score68/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living77/100Catania's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality70/100Catania'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.
Energy70/100Catania's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety65/100Catania's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed69/100Catania's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk62/100Catania's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience62/100Climate 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 safety79/100
Low crime82/100
Personal safety81/100
Night safety74/100
Road safety77/100

Catania is estimated to be a generally safe city (79/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety 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 space51/100
Cleanliness85/100
Infrastructure90/100
Mobility73/100

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

Family Friendliness

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

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness77/100
Education86/100
Green space51/100
Overall safety79/100

Catania scores high for family living (77/100), 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 suitability79/100
Walkability87/100
Cycling68/100
Infrastructure90/100

Catania is high for remote workers (79/100), 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
Cleanliness85/100
Outdoor lifestyle38/100

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

Emergency and public safety in Catania

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

Verified
Italy emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7Italy operates 112 as a single emergency number (Numero Unico di Emergenza) across the country.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Catania, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Italy 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 Catania

Healthcare context for Catania, with national-level information from Italy 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 Catania, see the Italy 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 Catania

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

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Catania, 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.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Catania. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Catania

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 Catania 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.

Catania 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 Catania modules

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

Cost of Living in Catania

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

Air Quality in Catania

Catania'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 Catania

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

Safety in Catania

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

Internet Speed in Catania

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

Climate Risk in Catania

Catania'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 Catania

Cost of living estimates for Catania — 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 Catania

Climate profile for Catania — Mediterranean climate, annual average 18.1°C, comfort score 95/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Catania

Economy and jobs profile for Catania — tourism economy, economy score 67/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Catania

Education profile for Catania — student city, education score 67/100, 5 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Catania

Healthcare and retirement profile for Catania — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 72/100, retirement score 77/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Visual guide to Catania

Source-attributed visual context for Catania 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 Catania

Weekend trip planning checklist for Catania — 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 Catania

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 Catania

Estimate a monthly budget for Catania 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 Catania

Plan a trip budget for Catania 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 Catania

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

Syracuse, Italy

Same region · about 51 km from Catania. Explore Syracuse's city intelligence profile.

Reggio Calabria, Italy

Same region · about 84 km from Catania. Explore Reggio Calabria's city intelligence profile.

Messina, Italy

Same region · about 87 km from Catania. Explore Messina's city intelligence profile.

Agrigento, Italy

Same region · about 135 km from Catania. Explore Agrigento's city intelligence profile.

Palermo, Italy

Same region · about 166 km from Catania. Explore Palermo's city intelligence profile.

Catanzaro, Italy

Same region · about 204 km from Catania. Explore Catanzaro's city intelligence profile.

Cosenza, Italy

Same region · about 224 km from Catania. Explore Cosenza's city intelligence profile.

Trapani, Italy

Same corridor · about 233 km from Catania. Explore Trapani's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Catania profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level Mediterranean context alongside Palermo and Bari. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (77/100) and air quality (70/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (62/100), 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 Catania 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.