// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Krakow?

Krakow scores 54.6% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #101 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

54.6%

Rank

#101 / 213

Criteria present

38 / 82

Evidence coverage

62.2%

Krakow's smart city score by area

Data & Digital Foundation65%

10 present · 6 partial · 4 absent · 1 not assessed

Mobility75%

7 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 6 not assessed

Environment & Resources72%

10 present · 3 partial · 3 absent · 1 not assessed

Governance & People57%

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

Economy & Method50%

4 present · 0 partial · 4 absent

Where Krakow is strong

  • Digital Government / e-Services
  • Smart Energy & Buildings
  • Pervasive IoT Sensing
  • Digital Twin
  • Interoperability & Open Standards

Where the gaps are

  • Citizen Engagement & Participation
  • City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange
  • Data Governance, Privacy & Ethics
  • Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals
  • Digital Inclusion & Literacy

Evidence highlights

Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS) · Unified journey-planning app

Krakow has a unified journey-planning app, Jakdojade, which allows users to plan trips using public transport (buses, trams) and intercity trains (PKP) within the city and beyond. The Public Transport Authority in Krakow also provides a journey planner for …

https://jakdojade.pl/

Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS) · Integrated ticketing / single payment

The Jakdojade app in Krakow offers integrated ticketing, allowing users to purchase mobile tickets for both public transport and intercity train connections (PKP) through a single platform.

https://jakdojade.pl/

Real-time Public Transit Intelligence · Real-time arrivals / GTFS-RT

Krakow provides real-time transit information, as evidenced by a GTFS feed listed on MobilityData.org and the official MPK Krakow website mentioning current timetables and a journey planner.

https://mobilitydata.org/catalogue/feeds/ca-u-f27-ztpkrakw

Real-time Public Transit Intelligence · Open transit data

Krakow provides open transit data through a GTFS feed, which is listed on MobilityData.org.

https://mobilitydata.org/catalogue/feeds/ca-u-f27-ztpkrakw

About this assessment

Krakow 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.