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Sweden / Northern Europe

Gävle City Intelligence

Gävle is the regional capital of Gävleborg County on Sweden's east coast with a freight-port and forestry-linked industrial profile, rail and E4 motorway access toward Stockholm, and a university and regional-hospital service base. Gävle is a northern europe city of about ~104K metro in Sweden. On the composite city-intelligence score, Gävle sits around the indexed median (70/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~104K metro
View of Gävle, Sweden

Image credit: Image: I99pema / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Overall score

Use the Gävle profile to compare affordability, transport access, and port and industrial profile alongside regional peers such as Stockholm, Uppsala, and Västerås.

Overall70/100
Affordability62/100
Air quality78/100
Energy77/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

70/100

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.

Gävle data table

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

Gävle city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score70/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living62/100Gävle's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality78/100Gävle'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.
Energy77/100Gävle's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety71/100Gävle's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed74/100Gävle's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk71/100Gävle's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience71/100Climate 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 safety90/100
Low crime92/100
Personal safety91/100
Night safety87/100
Road safety86/100

Gävle ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (90/100), 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 life85/100
Healthcare93/100
Education89/100
Green space74/100
Cleanliness95/100
Infrastructure95/100
Mobility71/100

Gävle has a very high quality-of-life estimate (85/100), 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 friendliness86/100
Education89/100
Green space74/100
Overall safety90/100

Gävle scores very high for family living (86/100), 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 suitability80/100
Walkability81/100
Cycling76/100
Infrastructure95/100

Gävle is very high for remote workers (80/100), 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
Healthcare93/100
Cleanliness95/100
Outdoor lifestyle37/100

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

Emergency and public safety in Gävle

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Gävle, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Sweden 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 Gävle

Healthcare context for Gävle, with national-level information from Sweden 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 Gävle, see the Sweden 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 Gävle

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Gävle

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 Gävle 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.

Gävle 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 Gävle modules

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Cost of Living in Gävle

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

Air Quality in Gävle

Gävle'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 Gävle

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

Safety in Gävle

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

Internet Speed in Gävle

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

Climate Risk in Gävle

Gävle'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 Gävle

Cost of living estimates for Gävle — 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 Gävle

Climate profile for Gävle — Subarctic climate, annual average 0.3°C, comfort score 56/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Gävle

Economy and jobs profile for Gävle — regional center, economy score 82/100, key industries including technology, manufacturing, automotive. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Gävle

Education profile for Gävle — regional education center, education score 66/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Gävle

Healthcare and retirement profile for Gävle — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 73/100, retirement score 69/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Visual guide to Gävle

Source-attributed visual context for Gävle 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 Gävle

Weekend trip planning checklist for Gävle — 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 Gävle

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 Gävle

Estimate a monthly budget for Gävle 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 Gävle

Plan a trip budget for Gävle 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 Gävle

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

Uppsala, Sweden

Same region · about 96 km from Gävle. Explore Uppsala's city intelligence profile.

Västerås, Sweden

Same region · about 122 km from Gävle. Explore Västerås's city intelligence profile.

Eskilstuna, Sweden

Same region · about 148 km from Gävle. Explore Eskilstuna's city intelligence profile.

Stockholm, Sweden

Same region · about 158 km from Gävle. Explore Stockholm's city intelligence profile.

Södertälje, Sweden

Same region · about 167 km from Gävle. Explore Södertälje's city intelligence profile.

Örebro, Sweden

Same region · about 190 km from Gävle. Explore Örebro's city intelligence profile.

Sundsvall, Sweden

Same region · about 191 km from Gävle. Explore Sundsvall's city intelligence profile.

Norrköping, Sweden

Same region · about 240 km from Gävle. Explore Norrköping's city intelligence profile.

Karlstad, Sweden

Same corridor · about 247 km from Gävle. Explore Karlstad's city intelligence profile.

Linköping, Sweden

Weekend trip · about 266 km from Gävle. Explore Linköping's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Gävle profile to compare affordability, transport access, and port and industrial profile alongside regional peers such as Stockholm, Uppsala, and Västerås. Its standout dimensions are air quality (78/100) and energy (77/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (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 Sweden country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Gävle 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.