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Greece / Southern Europe

Patras City Intelligence

Patras is the capital of the Western Greece region and the third-largest city in the country, a port city on the Gulf of Patras with ferry links to Italy and the Ionian Islands and a healthcare and university profile anchored by the University of Patras. Patras is a southern europe city of about ~250K metro in Greece. On the composite city-intelligence score, Patras sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (68/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~250K metro
View of Patras, Greece

Image credit: Image: Tasos Sangiotis / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Overall score

Use the Patras profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and port and university profile alongside Greek regional peers.

Overall68/100
Affordability78/100
Air quality62/100
Energy64/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

68/100

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.

Patras data table

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

Patras city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score68/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living78/100Patras's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality62/100Patras'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.
Energy64/100Patras's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety66/100Patras's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed66/100Patras's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk64/100Patras'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 safety70/100
Low crime71/100
Personal safety71/100
Night safety67/100
Road safety68/100

Patras is estimated to be a generally safe city (70/100 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
Healthcare75/100
Education77/100
Green space93/100
Cleanliness73/100
Infrastructure76/100
Mobility62/100

Patras has a high quality-of-life estimate (77/100), with notable strengths in healthcare and green space.

Family Friendliness

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

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness77/100
Education77/100
Green space93/100
Overall safety70/100

Patras scores high for family living (77/100), helped by education access, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

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

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability73/100
Walkability77/100
Cycling52/100
Infrastructure76/100

Patras is high for remote workers (73/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability78/100
Healthcare75/100
Cleanliness73/100
Outdoor lifestyle68/100

Patras is high for retirement (78/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a comfortable climate.

Emergency and public safety in Patras

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Patras, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Greece 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 Patras

Healthcare context for Patras, with national-level information from Greece 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 Patras, see the Greece 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 Patras

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Patras

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 Patras 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.

Patras 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 Patras modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Patras

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

Air Quality in Patras

Patras'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 Patras

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

Safety in Patras

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

Internet Speed in Patras

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

Climate Risk in Patras

Patras'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 Patras

Cost of living estimates for Patras — 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 Patras

Climate profile for Patras — Mediterranean climate, annual average 17.7°C, comfort score 96/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Patras

Economy and jobs profile for Patras — tourism economy, economy score 65/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, education. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Patras

Education profile for Patras — regional education center, education score 58/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Patras

Healthcare and retirement profile for Patras — healthcare access city, healthcare score 63/100, retirement score 75/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Visual guide to Patras

Source-attributed visual context for Patras 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 Patras

Weekend trip planning checklist for Patras — 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 Patras

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 Patras

Estimate a monthly budget for Patras 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 Patras

Plan a trip budget for Patras 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 Patras

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

Kalamata, Greece

Same region · about 138 km from Patras. Explore Kalamata's city intelligence profile.

Volos, Greece

Mountain cluster · about 162 km from Patras. Explore Volos's city intelligence profile.

Larissa, Greece

Same region · about 166 km from Patras. Explore Larissa's city intelligence profile.

Nikaia, Greece

Same region · about 169 km from Patras. Explore Nikaia's city intelligence profile.

Piraeus, Greece

Same region · about 171 km from Patras. Explore Piraeus's city intelligence profile.

Peristeri, Greece

Same region · about 172 km from Patras. Explore Peristeri's city intelligence profile.

Ioannina, Greece

Mountain cluster · about 175 km from Patras. Explore Ioannina's city intelligence profile.

Acharnes, Greece

Same region · about 176 km from Patras. Explore Acharnes's city intelligence profile.

Athens, Greece

Same region · about 177 km from Patras. Explore Athens's city intelligence profile.

Corfu, Greece

Same region · about 221 km from Patras. Explore Corfu's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

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

Interpretation

Use the Patras profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and port and university profile alongside Greek regional peers. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (78/100) and safety (66/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (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 Greece country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Patras 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.