Global CityIntelligence

Sweden / Northern Europe

Gothenburg City Intelligence

Gothenburg is Sweden's west-coast port metro with automotive and life-sciences activity, used for cross-region Swedish and Scandinavian comparison. Gothenburg is a northern europe city of about ~1.0M metro in Sweden. On the composite city-intelligence score, Gothenburg sits comfortably above the indexed median (80/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~1.0M metro
View of Gothenburg, Sweden

Image credit: Image: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Overall score

Use the Gothenburg profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level intelligence alongside Stockholm, Oslo, and other Scandinavian cities.

Overall80/100
Affordability70/100
Air quality82/100
Energy84/100

Overall city intelligence

Strong

80/100

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.

Gothenburg data table

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

Gothenburg city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score80/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living70/100Gothenburg's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality82/100Gothenburg'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.
Energy84/100Gothenburg's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety80/100Gothenburg's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed82/100Gothenburg's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk80/100Gothenburg's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience80/100Climate 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 crime94/100
Personal safety92/100
Night safety85/100
Road safety87/100

Gothenburg 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 life89/100
Healthcare94/100
Education93/100
Green space87/100
Cleanliness97/100
Infrastructure100/100
Mobility78/100

Gothenburg has a very high quality-of-life estimate (89/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, public transport, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

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

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness90/100
Education93/100
Green space87/100
Overall safety90/100

Gothenburg scores very high for family living (90/100), 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 suitability86/100
Walkability90/100
Cycling83/100
Infrastructure100/100

Gothenburg is very high for remote workers (86/100), 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 suitability84/100
Healthcare94/100
Cleanliness97/100
Outdoor lifestyle55/100

Gothenburg is very high for retirement (84/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Gothenburg

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Gothenburg, 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 Gothenburg

Healthcare context for Gothenburg, 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 Gothenburg, 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 Gothenburg

Local mobility context for Gothenburg, 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 Gothenburg, 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 Gothenburg. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Gothenburg

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 Gothenburg 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.

Gothenburg 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).

Related comparisons

Pairs that share a city, comparison intent, or region — useful for users planning a wider relocation, remote-work, or business decision.

Explore Gothenburg modules

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Cost of Living in Gothenburg

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

Air Quality in Gothenburg

Gothenburg'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 Gothenburg

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

Safety in Gothenburg

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

Internet Speed in Gothenburg

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

Climate Risk in Gothenburg

Gothenburg'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 Gothenburg

Cost of living estimates for Gothenburg — 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 Gothenburg

Climate profile for Gothenburg — Subarctic climate, annual average 2.7°C, comfort score 57/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Gothenburg

Economy and jobs profile for Gothenburg — regional center, economy score 87/100, key industries including technology, research, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Gothenburg

Education profile for Gothenburg — student city, education score 74/100, 6 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Gothenburg

Healthcare and retirement profile for Gothenburg — major healthcare center, healthcare score 78/100, retirement score 76/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Visual guide to Gothenburg

Source-attributed visual context for Gothenburg using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Summer 2026 travel planning guide for Gothenburg

Summer 2026 travel planning checklist for Gothenburg — links into arrival planning, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not a weather forecast, events calendar, hotel-price guide, or tourism ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Gothenburg

Weekend trip planning checklist for Gothenburg — 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 Gothenburg

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 Gothenburg

Estimate a monthly budget for Gothenburg 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 Gothenburg

Plan a trip budget for Gothenburg 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 Gothenburg

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

Borås, Sweden

Same region · about 58 km from Gothenburg. Explore Borås's city intelligence profile.

Halmstad, Sweden

Same region · about 127 km from Gothenburg. Explore Halmstad's city intelligence profile.

Jönköping, Sweden

Lake cluster · about 131 km from Gothenburg. Explore Jönköping's city intelligence profile.

Aalborg, Denmark

Cross-border · about 143 km from Gothenburg. Explore Aalborg's city intelligence profile.

Helsingor, Denmark

Cross-border · about 190 km from Gothenburg. Explore Helsingor's city intelligence profile.

Helsingborg, Sweden

Coastal cluster · about 191 km from Gothenburg. Explore Helsingborg's city intelligence profile.

Växjö, Sweden

Same region · about 193 km from Gothenburg. Explore Växjö's city intelligence profile.

Aarhus, Denmark

Cross-border · about 203 km from Gothenburg. Explore Aarhus's city intelligence profile.

Karlstad, Sweden

Same corridor · about 207 km from Gothenburg. Explore Karlstad's city intelligence profile.

Frederiksberg, Denmark

Cross-border · about 228 km from Gothenburg. Explore Frederiksberg's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Gothenburg profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level intelligence alongside Stockholm, Oslo, and other Scandinavian cities. Its standout dimensions are energy (84/100) and air quality (82/100). 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 Sweden country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Gothenburg 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.