Overall score
Use the Ostrava profile to compare cost framing, transport access, air-quality context, and country-level intelligence alongside Brno and Katowice.
Overall70/100
Affordability76/100
Air quality65/100
Energy72/100
Czechia / Central Europe
Ostrava City Intelligence
Ostrava is an eastern Czech metro near the Polish and Slovak borders, with post-industrial economic-transition, services, and university activity. Ostrava is a central europe city of about ~0.55M metro in Czechia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Ostrava sits around the indexed median (70/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- ~0.55M metro
Image credit: Image: Lukáš Mižoch / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Overall city intelligence
Good70/100
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.
Ostrava data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 70/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 76/100 | Ostrava's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 65/100 | Ostrava'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 | 72/100 | Ostrava's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 69/100 | Ostrava's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 71/100 | Ostrava's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 68/100 | Ostrava's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 68/100 | Climate 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 safety75/100
Road safety77/100
Ostrava 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 life77/100
Healthcare86/100
Education86/100
Green space50/100
Cleanliness84/100
Infrastructure89/100
Mobility72/100
Ostrava has a high quality-of-life estimate (77/100), 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 space50/100
Overall safety79/100
Ostrava 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 suitability78/100
Walkability86/100
Cycling66/100
Infrastructure89/100
Ostrava is high for remote workers (78/100), 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 suitability77/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness84/100
Outdoor lifestyle28/100
Ostrava is high for retirement (77/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.
Emergency and public safety in Ostrava
Local public safety guidance for Ostrava, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| European emergency | 11224/7 | 112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge. |
| Police | 15824/7 | — |
| Ambulance | 15524/7 | — |
| Fire | 15024/7 | — |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Ostrava, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Czechia 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.
- European Commission: 112 — The European emergency number
Used as the primary attribution for the EU-wide 112 universal emergency number on European country profiles.
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 Ostrava
Healthcare context for Ostrava, with national-level information from Czechia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Ostrava, see the Czechia 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 Ostrava
Local mobility context for Ostrava, with national-level context from Czechia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Ostrava, see the Czechia 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 Ostrava. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Ostrava
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 Ostrava 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.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal 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).
Methodology and context
Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Open the Ostrava air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Explore Ostrava modules
City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.
Cost of Living in Ostrava
Ostrava's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality in Ostrava
Ostrava'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 Ostrava
Ostrava's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety in Ostrava
Ostrava's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed in Ostrava
Ostrava's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk in Ostrava
Ostrava'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 Ostrava
Cost of living estimates for Ostrava — 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 Ostrava
Climate profile for Ostrava — Humid Continental climate, annual average 8.4°C, comfort score 67/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs in Ostrava
Economy and jobs profile for Ostrava — industrial city, economy score 66/100, key industries including manufacturing, automotive, tourism. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Universities and education in Ostrava
Education profile for Ostrava — student city, education score 64/100, 5 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Healthcare and retirement in Ostrava
Healthcare and retirement profile for Ostrava — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 72/100, retirement score 71/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.
Visual guide to Ostrava
Source-attributed visual context for Ostrava 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 Ostrava
Weekend trip planning checklist for Ostrava — 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 Ostrava
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 Ostrava
Estimate a monthly budget for Ostrava 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 Ostrava
Plan a trip budget for Ostrava 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 Ostrava
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Ostrava. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Rybnik, Poland
Cross-border · about 31 km from Ostrava. Explore Rybnik's city intelligence profile.
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Cross-border · about 54 km from Ostrava. Explore Bielsko-Biała's city intelligence profile.
Gliwice, Poland
Cross-border · about 58 km from Ostrava. Explore Gliwice's city intelligence profile.
Tychy, Poland
Cross-border · about 59 km from Ostrava. Explore Tychy's city intelligence profile.
Zabrze, Poland
Cross-border · about 62 km from Ostrava. Explore Zabrze's city intelligence profile.
Ruda Śląska, Poland
Cross-border · about 64 km from Ostrava. Explore Ruda Śląska's city intelligence profile.
Katowice, Poland
Cross-border · about 68 km from Ostrava. Explore Katowice's city intelligence profile.
Chorzów, Poland
Cross-border · about 70 km from Ostrava. Explore Chorzów's city intelligence profile.
Bytom, Poland
Cross-border · about 73 km from Ostrava. Explore Bytom's city intelligence profile.
Žilina, Slovakia
Cross-border · about 76 km from Ostrava. Explore Žilina's city intelligence profile.
Related collections
Regional discovery collections that include Ostrava — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.
Czechia Mountains
Mountain region · 25 places across 11 cities.
Czechia–Poland Borderlands
Cross-border region · 30 places across 15 cities.
Czechia–Slovakia Borderlands
Cross-border region · 30 places across 11 cities.
Weekend Escapes near Brno
Weekend escapes · 29 places across 9 cities.
Themed collections
Theme-first discovery collections that include Ostrava — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.
Czechia Hiking Areas
Hiking Areas · 29 places across 12 cities.
Czechia Mountain Escapes
Mountain Escapes · 21 places across 11 cities.
Czechia Nature Photography Spots
Nature Photography Spots · 23 places across 11 cities.
European Cross-Border Nature Areas
Cross-Border Nature Areas · 50 places across 45 cities.
European Hiking Areas
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European Nature Photography Spots
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Interpretation
Use the Ostrava profile to compare cost framing, transport access, air-quality context, and country-level intelligence alongside Brno and Katowice. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (76/100) and energy (72/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (65/100), 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 Czechia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Ostrava 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.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.