Global CityIntelligence

Saudi Arabia / Middle East

Medina City Intelligence

Medina is a major religious-pilgrimage city in western Saudi Arabia, with seasonal visitor flows that shape transport, services, and urban-management priorities. Medina is a middle east city of about ~1.5M metro in Saudi Arabia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Medina sits around the indexed median (70/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~1.5M metro
View of Medina, Saudi Arabia

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Overall score

Use the Medina profile to compare cost framing, mobility, and pilgrimage-flow services signals alongside Jeddah and Mecca-region context.

Overall70/100
Affordability72/100
Air quality64/100
Energy74/100

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.

Medina data table

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

Medina city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score70/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living72/100Medina's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality64/100Medina'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.
Energy74/100Medina's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety67/100Medina's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed72/100Medina's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk64/100Medina's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience64/100Climate 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 safety73/100
Low crime75/100
Personal safety74/100
Night safety67/100
Road safety72/100

Medina is estimated to be a generally safe city (73/100 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 life68/100
Healthcare73/100
Education74/100
Green space42/100
Cleanliness75/100
Infrastructure86/100
Mobility61/100

Medina has a high quality-of-life estimate (68/100), with notable strengths in infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

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

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness68/100
Education74/100
Green space42/100
Overall safety73/100

Medina scores high for family living (68/100), helped by education access and safety.

Digital Nomad Suitability

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

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability71/100
Walkability59/100
Cycling42/100
Infrastructure86/100

Medina is high for remote workers (71/100), based on connectivity, affordability and safety and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability68/100
Healthcare73/100
Cleanliness75/100
Outdoor lifestyle19/100

Medina is high for retirement (68/100), appealing for affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Medina

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Medina, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Saudi Arabia 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 Medina

Healthcare context for Medina, with national-level information from Saudi Arabia 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 Medina, see the Saudi Arabia 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 Medina

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Medina

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 Medina 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.

Medina 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 Medina modules

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Cost of Living in Medina

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

Air Quality in Medina

Medina'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 Medina

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

Safety in Medina

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

Internet Speed in Medina

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

Climate Risk in Medina

Medina'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 Medina

Cost of living estimates for Medina — 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 Medina

Climate profile for Medina — Desert climate, annual average 26°C, comfort score 51/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Medina

Economy and jobs profile for Medina — regional center, economy score 67/100, key industries including energy, tourism, telecommunications. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Medina

Education profile for Medina — regional education center, education score 61/100, 5 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Medina

Healthcare and retirement profile for Medina — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 63/100, retirement score 60/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Medina

Estimate a monthly budget for Medina 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 Medina

Plan a trip budget for Medina 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 Medina

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

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Same region · about 329 km from Medina. Explore Jeddah's city intelligence profile.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Weekend trip · about 718 km from Medina. Explore Riyadh's city intelligence profile.

Amman, Jordan

Cross-border · about 906 km from Medina. Explore Amman's city intelligence profile.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Cross-border · about 969 km from Medina. Explore Tel Aviv's city intelligence profile.

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Cross-border · about 993 km from Medina. Explore Kuwait City's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Use the Medina profile to compare cost framing, mobility, and pilgrimage-flow services signals alongside Jeddah and Mecca-region context. Its standout dimensions are energy (74/100) and cost of living (72/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (64/100), 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 Saudi Arabia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Medina 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.