// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Buenos Aires?

Buenos Aires scores 41% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #153 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

41%

Rank

#153 / 213

Criteria present

29 / 82

Evidence coverage

45.1%

Buenos Aires's smart city score by area

Data & Digital Foundation69%

10 present · 2 partial · 4 absent · 5 not assessed

Mobility88%

3 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 12 not assessed

Environment & Resources54%

6 present · 2 partial · 5 absent · 4 not assessed

Governance & People71%

8 present · 1 partial · 3 absent · 8 not assessed

Economy & Method43%

2 present · 2 partial · 3 absent · 1 not assessed

Where Buenos Aires is strong

  • Digital Government / e-Services
  • Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
  • Smart Water & Waste
  • Citizen Engagement & Participation
  • Outcome Measurement & KPIs

Where the gaps are

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

Evidence highlights

Open Data by Default · Open APIs / programmatic access

Buenos Aires provides programmatic access to its open data via an API, indicated by the URL buenosaires.gob.ar/datosabiertos/api.

https://buenosaires.gob.ar/datosabiertos/api

City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange · Central data platform / urban OS

Buenos Aires operates a central data portal at data.buenosaires.gob.ar, which hosts datasets from various city functions, such as public transport (subte).

https://data.buenosaires.gob.ar/dataset/subte

City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange · Data sharing / exchange

Buenos Aires provides mechanisms for data sharing through its official open data portal and offers an API for transport data, facilitating exchange with various actors.

https://data.buenosaires.gob.ar/

Real-time Public Transit Intelligence · Open transit data

Buenos Aires provides open transit data, including GTFS feeds for its subway (subte) and bus (colectivos) systems, available on its official data portal.

https://data.buenosaires.gob.ar/dataset/subte-gtfs

About this assessment

Buenos Aires 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.