// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Bristol?
Bristol, United Kingdom, scores 63.8% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #61 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
63.8%
Rank
#61 / 213
Criteria present
48 / 82
Evidence coverage
68.3%
Bristol's smart city score by area
11 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
11 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 1 not assessed
12 present · 1 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
9 present · 1 partial · 3 absent · 7 not assessed
5 present · 1 partial · 2 absent
Where Bristol is strong
- ▸Pervasive IoT Sensing
- ▸Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals
- ▸Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
- ▸Innovation Ecosystem
- ▸Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS)
Where the gaps are
- ▸Data Governance, Privacy & Ethics
- ▸Digital Inclusion & Literacy
- ▸City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange
- ▸Digital Twin
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency Response
Evidence highlights
Open Data by Default · Official open data portal
Bristol has an official open data portal hosted at opendata.bristol.gov.uk.
https://opendata.bristol.gov.uk/Open Data by Default · Open APIs / programmatic access
The Bristol open data portal includes a dedicated page for APIs, indicating programmatic access to data.
https://opendata.bristol.gov.uk/pages/apis/Open Data by Default · High-value dataset coverage
The open data portal includes high-value datasets such as 'council-spending-over-500'.
https://opendata.bristol.gov.uk/explore/dataset/council-spending-over-500/information/Pervasive IoT Sensing · Deployed sensor networks
Bristol has deployed sensor networks, including 'vivacity-sensor' datasets for traffic and a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) on the Clifton Suspension Bridge, as part of initiatives like 'Bristol Is Open'.
https://www.bristol.gov.uk/policies-plans-strategies/bristol-is-openAbout this assessment
Bristol was assessed against the 82 criteria of the DC20 smart city framework on 2026-07-01 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.