Overall score
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
Affordability50/100
Air quality50/100
Energy50/100
United States / New Mexico
Santa Fe City Intelligence
Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico, set at the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and recognized as the oldest state capital in the United States and a cultural center of the Southwest. Its historic plaza and district, adobe-style Pueblo Revival architecture, museums and art galleries, and mountain setting make it a strong anchor for local-first exploration and nearby weekend trips. Santa Fe is a new mexico city of about Pending integration in United States. On the composite city-intelligence score, Santa Fe sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (50/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- Pending integration
Image credit: Image: Prazak / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall city intelligence
Constrained50/100
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.
Santa Fe data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 50/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 50/100 | Santa Fe's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies. |
| Air Quality | 50/100 | Santa Fe'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 | 50/100 | Santa Fe's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context. |
| Safety | 50/100 | Santa Fe's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Internet Speed | 50/100 | Santa Fe's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references. |
| Climate Risk | 50/100 | Santa Fe's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity. |
| Resilience | 50/100 | 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 safety75/100
Low crime76/100
Personal safety77/100
Night safety73/100
Road safety73/100
Santa Fe is estimated to be a generally safe city (75/100 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 life73/100
Healthcare83/100
Education85/100
Green space45/100
Cleanliness79/100
Infrastructure86/100
Mobility61/100
Santa Fe has a high quality-of-life estimate (73/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, cleanliness and infrastructure.
Family Friendliness
How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.
Family Friendliness
Family friendliness72/100
Education85/100
Green space45/100
Overall safety75/100
Santa Fe scores high for family living (72/100), 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 suitability64/100
Walkability64/100
Cycling53/100
Infrastructure86/100
Santa Fe is moderate for remote workers (64/100), based on connectivity, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.
Retirement Suitability
Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.
Retirement Suitability
Retirement suitability70/100
Healthcare83/100
Cleanliness79/100
Outdoor lifestyle25/100
Santa Fe is high for retirement (70/100), appealing for healthcare access and a clean environment.
Emergency and public safety in Santa Fe
Local public safety guidance for Santa Fe, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
| Service | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Universal emergency | 91124/7 | 911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch across the United States. |
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Santa Fe, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the United States 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.
- Federal Communications Commission: 9-1-1 and E9-1-1 services
Used as the primary attribution for the United States 911 universal emergency number.
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 Santa Fe
Healthcare context for Santa Fe, with national-level information from United States 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 Santa Fe, see the United States healthcare profile.
Official hospital registry
Federal directory for comparing Medicare-certified hospitals, nursing homes, and other care providers.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Healthcare sources
Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Used as the primary federal attribution for United States public-health context.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Medicare Care Compare
Used as the official United States hospital registry reference for verified facility lookups.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in Santa Fe
Local mobility context for Santa Fe, with national-level context from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Santa Fe, see the United States transport profile.
Transport sources
Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.
- U.S. Department of Transportation: U.S. Department of Transportation
Used as the primary federal attribution for United States national transport context.
- Federal Aviation Administration: Federal Aviation Administration
Used as the primary attribution for United States aviation authority information.
- Federal Railroad Administration: Federal Railroad Administration
Used as the primary attribution for United States rail authority information.
Last verified: 2026-05-16
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 Santa Fe. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Santa Fe
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 Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Explore Santa Fe modules
City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.
Cost of Living in Santa Fe
Santa Fe's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality in Santa Fe
Santa Fe'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 Santa Fe
Santa Fe's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety in Santa Fe
Santa Fe's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed in Santa Fe
Santa Fe's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk in Santa Fe
Santa Fe'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 Santa Fe
Cost of living estimates for Santa Fe — 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 Santa Fe
Climate profile for Santa Fe — Desert climate, annual average 21.5°C, comfort score 63/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs in Santa Fe
Economy and jobs profile for Santa Fe — regional center, economy score 81/100, key industries including technology, aerospace, energy. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Universities and education in Santa Fe
Education profile for Santa Fe — regional education center, education score 69/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Healthcare and retirement in Santa Fe
Healthcare and retirement profile for Santa Fe — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 61/100, retirement score 59/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.
Visual guide to Santa Fe
Source-attributed visual context for Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe
Weekend trip planning checklist for Santa Fe — 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 Santa Fe
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 Santa Fe
Estimate a monthly budget for Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe
Plan a trip budget for Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Santa Fe. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Albuquerque, United States
Same region · about 90 km from Santa Fe. Explore Albuquerque's city intelligence profile.
Durango, United States
Same corridor · about 248 km from Santa Fe. Explore Durango's city intelligence profile.
Colorado Springs, United States
Weekend trip · about 370 km from Santa Fe. Explore Colorado Springs's city intelligence profile.
Amarillo, United States
Weekend trip · about 377 km from Santa Fe. Explore Amarillo's city intelligence profile.
El Paso, United States
Weekend trip · about 437 km from Santa Fe. Explore El Paso's city intelligence profile.
Lubbock, United States
Weekend trip · about 442 km from Santa Fe. Explore Lubbock's city intelligence profile.
Related collections
Regional discovery collections that include Santa Fe — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.
United States Forests
Forest region · 12 places across 11 cities.
Themed collections
Theme-first discovery collections that include Santa Fe — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.
United States Forest Walks
Forest Walks · 40 places across 37 cities.
Interpretation
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (50/100) and air quality (50/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (50/100), 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 United States country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Santa Fe 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.
- US Environmental Protection Agency: National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Used where United States city comparisons need air-quality benchmark 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.