// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is San Juan?
San Juan scores 50.9% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #115 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
50.9%
Rank
#115 / 213
Criteria present
34 / 82
Evidence coverage
61%
San Juan's smart city score by area
6 present · 7 partial · 7 absent · 1 not assessed
6 present · 2 partial · 5 absent · 3 not assessed
8 present · 3 partial · 2 absent · 4 not assessed
10 present · 3 partial · 3 absent · 4 not assessed
4 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 1 not assessed
Where San Juan is strong
- ▸Resilience & Climate Adaptation
- ▸Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
- ▸Digital Government / e-Services
- ▸Digital Inclusion & Literacy
- ▸Interoperability & Open Standards
Where the gaps are
- ▸Smart Energy & Buildings
- ▸City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange
- ▸Pervasive IoT Sensing
- ▸Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS)
- ▸Data Governance, Privacy & Ethics
Evidence highlights
Open Data by Default · Open APIs / programmatic access
Puerto Rico provides programmatic access to statistical data through an API at api.estadisticas.pr.
https://api.estadisticas.pr/Interoperability & Open Standards · Open data standards
The Government of Puerto Rico has enacted a 'Law of Open Data' (Ley 122-2019), indicating a commitment to open data principles.
https://www.camarapr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ley-122-2019-Ley-de-Datos-Abiertos-del-Gobierno-de-Puerto-Rico.pdfInteroperability & Open Standards · Standardised APIs & schemas
The Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (PRITS) has issued a policy (PRITS-TI-001) specifically on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), suggesting a move towards standardized APIs.
https://pritsprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/5536/pol%C3%ADtica-ti-prits-001-pol%C3%ADtica-sobre-interfaz-de-programaci%C3%B3n-de-aplicaciones-apis.pdfResilience & Climate Adaptation · Climate adaptation strategy
San Juan has a mitigation plan, as indicated by a file hosted on sanjuan.pr.gov. Additionally, Puerto Rico, which includes San Juan, has a draft plan for mitigation, adaptation, and resilience to climate change, and an adaptation plan from its aqueduct auth…
https://www.drna.pr.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Borrador-del-Plan-de-Mitigacion-Adaptacion-y-Resiliencia-al-Cambio-Climatico-en-Puerto-Rico_CEACC_abril-2024.pdfAbout this assessment
San Juan 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.