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Ireland / Connacht

Sligo City Intelligence

Sligo is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo in the western province of Connacht, Ireland. Its position on the west coast, surrounding countryside, and cultural ties to the poet W. B. Yeats make it a practical base for nearby weekend exploration of coast and hills. Sligo is a connacht city of about Pending integration in Ireland. On the composite city-intelligence score, Sligo sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (50/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
Pending integration
View of Sligo, Ireland

Image credit: Image: Gerd Eichmann / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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

Overall city intelligence

Constrained

50/100

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.

Sligo data table

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

Sligo city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score50/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living50/100Sligo's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality50/100Sligo'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.
Energy50/100Sligo's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety50/100Sligo's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed50/100Sligo's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk50/100Sligo's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience50/100Climate 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 safety77/100
Low crime78/100
Personal safety79/100
Night safety75/100
Road safety75/100

Sligo is estimated to be a generally safe city (77/100 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 life76/100
Healthcare84/100
Education84/100
Green space67/100
Cleanliness79/100
Infrastructure84/100
Mobility68/100

Sligo has a high quality-of-life estimate (76/100), 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 friendliness76/100
Education84/100
Green space67/100
Overall safety77/100

Sligo scores high for family living (76/100), 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 suitability67/100
Walkability83/100
Cycling50/100
Infrastructure84/100

Sligo is moderate for remote workers (67/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

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

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability72/100
Healthcare84/100
Cleanliness79/100
Outdoor lifestyle45/100

Sligo is high for retirement (72/100), appealing for healthcare access and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Sligo

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

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Sligo, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Ireland 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 Sligo

Healthcare context for Sligo, with national-level information from Ireland 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 Sligo, see the Ireland 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 Sligo

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

Unverified

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

Air quality dataset for Sligo

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 Sligo 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.

Sligo 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 Sligo modules

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

Cost of Living in Sligo

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

Air Quality in Sligo

Sligo'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 Sligo

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

Safety in Sligo

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

Internet Speed in Sligo

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

Climate Risk in Sligo

Sligo'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 Sligo

Cost of living estimates for Sligo — 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 Sligo

Climate profile for Sligo — Oceanic climate, annual average 8.3°C, comfort score 58/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Sligo

Economy and jobs profile for Sligo — regional center, economy score 81/100, key industries including tourism, technology, hospitality. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Sligo

Education profile for Sligo — regional education center, education score 68/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Sligo

Healthcare and retirement profile for Sligo — healthcare access city, healthcare score 69/100, retirement score 65/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Visual guide to Sligo

Source-attributed visual context for Sligo 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 Sligo

Weekend trip planning checklist for Sligo — 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 Sligo

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 Sligo

Estimate a monthly budget for Sligo 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 Sligo

Plan a trip budget for Sligo 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 Sligo

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

Westport, Ireland

Nearby city · about 87 km from Sligo. Explore Westport's city intelligence profile.

Letterkenny, Ireland

Nearby city · about 91 km from Sligo. Explore Letterkenny's city intelligence profile.

Athlone, Ireland

Mountain cluster · about 100 km from Sligo. Explore Athlone's city intelligence profile.

Galway, Ireland

Mountain cluster · about 117 km from Sligo. Explore Galway's city intelligence profile.

Dundalk, Ireland

Mountain cluster · about 139 km from Sligo. Explore Dundalk's city intelligence profile.

Drogheda, Ireland

Mountain cluster · about 152 km from Sligo. Explore Drogheda's city intelligence profile.

Ennis, Ireland

Lake cluster · about 161 km from Sligo. Explore Ennis's city intelligence profile.

Swords, Ireland

Same corridor · about 174 km from Sligo. Explore Swords's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

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

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 Ireland country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Sligo 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.