Global CityIntelligence

Ireland / Western Europe

Dundalk City Intelligence

Dundalk is the county town of County Louth near the border with Northern Ireland, with motorway and rail links on the Dublin-Belfast corridor and an industrial and technology employment base anchored by Dundalk Institute of Technology. Dundalk is a western europe city of about ~43K in Ireland. On the composite city-intelligence score, Dundalk sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (57/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~43K
View of Dundalk, Ireland

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Overall score

Use the Dundalk profile to compare transport access, healthcare framing, and cross-border cost context alongside Dublin and other east-coast Irish peers.

Overall57/100
Affordability55/100
Air quality65/100
Energy60/100

Overall city intelligence

Constrained

57/100

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.

Dundalk data table

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Dundalk city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score57/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living55/100Dundalk's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality65/100Dundalk'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.
Energy60/100Dundalk's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety56/100Dundalk's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed59/100Dundalk's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk54/100Dundalk's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience54/100Climate 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 safety78/100
Low crime80/100
Personal safety80/100
Night safety76/100
Road safety76/100

Dundalk is estimated to be a generally safe city (78/100 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 life79/100
Healthcare85/100
Education82/100
Green space86/100
Cleanliness84/100
Infrastructure83/100
Mobility63/100

Dundalk has a high quality-of-life estimate (79/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

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

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness80/100
Education82/100
Green space86/100
Overall safety78/100

Dundalk scores very high for family living (80/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

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

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability70/100
Walkability76/100
Cycling50/100
Infrastructure83/100

Dundalk is high for remote workers (70/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability75/100
Healthcare85/100
Cleanliness84/100
Outdoor lifestyle52/100

Dundalk is high for retirement (75/100), appealing for healthcare access and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Dundalk

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Dundalk, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Ireland 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 Dundalk

Healthcare context for Dundalk, with national-level information from Ireland 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 Dundalk, see the Ireland 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 Dundalk

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Dundalk

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 Dundalk 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.

Dundalk 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 Dundalk modules

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Cost of Living in Dundalk

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

Air Quality in Dundalk

Dundalk'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 Dundalk

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

Safety in Dundalk

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

Internet Speed in Dundalk

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

Climate Risk in Dundalk

Dundalk'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 Dundalk

Cost of living estimates for Dundalk — 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 Dundalk

Climate profile for Dundalk — Oceanic climate, annual average 8.5°C, comfort score 58/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Dundalk

Economy and jobs profile for Dundalk — tourism economy, economy score 79/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, technology. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Dundalk

Education profile for Dundalk — regional education center, education score 62/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Dundalk

Healthcare and retirement profile for Dundalk — healthcare access city, healthcare score 66/100, retirement score 66/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Visual guide to Dundalk

Source-attributed visual context for Dundalk 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 Dundalk

Weekend trip planning checklist for Dundalk — 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 Dundalk

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 Dundalk

Estimate a monthly budget for Dundalk 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 Dundalk

Plan a trip budget for Dundalk 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 Dundalk

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

Drogheda, Ireland

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Dublin, Ireland

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Bray, Ireland

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Athlone, Ireland

Mountain cluster · about 120 km from Dundalk. Explore Athlone's city intelligence profile.

Derry, United Kingdom

Cross-border · about 125 km from Dundalk. Explore Derry's city intelligence profile.

Letterkenny, Ireland

Same corridor · about 136 km from Dundalk. Explore Letterkenny's city intelligence profile.

Sligo, Ireland

Mountain cluster · about 139 km from Dundalk. Explore Sligo's city intelligence profile.

Kilkenny, Ireland

Mountain cluster · about 161 km from Dundalk. Explore Kilkenny's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Dundalk profile to compare transport access, healthcare framing, and cross-border cost context alongside Dublin and other east-coast Irish peers. Its standout dimensions are air quality (65/100) and energy (60/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (54/100), 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 Ireland country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Dundalk 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.