// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Brasilia?

Brasilia scores 57% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #84 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

57%

Rank

#84 / 213

Criteria present

39 / 82

Evidence coverage

67.1%

Brasilia's smart city score by area

Data & Digital Foundation69%

11 present · 7 partial · 3 absent

Mobility42%

5 present · 1 partial · 7 absent · 3 not assessed

Environment & Resources63%

6 present · 3 partial · 3 absent · 5 not assessed

Governance & People86%

15 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed

Economy & Method67%

2 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed

Where Brasilia is strong

  • Digital Government / e-Services
  • Citizen Engagement & Participation
  • Interoperability & Open Standards
  • Pervasive IoT Sensing
  • Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring

Where the gaps are

  • Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS)
  • Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals
  • Data Governance, Privacy & Ethics
  • Innovation Ecosystem
  • Digital Twin

Evidence highlights

Open Data by Default · Official open data portal

Brasilia (Distrito Federal) has an official open data portal at dados.df.gov.br, which serves as a central catalog for open data.

https://dados.df.gov.br/

Open Data by Default · Open APIs / programmatic access

The Distrito Federal open data portal provides programmatic access to data, with a dedicated API documentation page and datasets filterable by API format.

https://dados.df.gov.br/doc/api/

Open Data by Default · High-value dataset coverage

The Distrito Federal open data portal includes high-value datasets such as transport data (semob) and legislative proposals (proposicoes), and a related geospatial atlas (caesb.df.gov.br) suggests coverage of geospatial data.

https://dados.df.gov.br/dataset/semob

Pervasive IoT Sensing · Connected assets / smart lighting

Brasilia monitors its public transport bus fleet in real-time, indicating connected municipal assets. The water utility (CAESB) also uses telemetry to read water consumption, suggesting connected utility assets.

https://www.agenciabrasilia.df.gov.br/2019/10/28/caesb-agora-le-por-telemetria-o-consumo-de-agua/

About this assessment

Brasilia was assessed against the 82 criteria of the DC20 smart city framework on 2026-06-26 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found — see how smart cities are measured. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.