// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Lima?

Lima scores 23.8% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #209 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

23.8%

Rank

#209 / 213

Criteria present

13 / 82

Evidence coverage

31.7%

Lima's smart city score by area

Data & Digital Foundation75%

4 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 13 not assessed

Mobility50%

0 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 13 not assessed

Environment & Resources65%

5 present · 3 partial · 2 absent · 7 not assessed

Governance & People43%

2 present · 2 partial · 3 absent · 13 not assessed

Economy & Method83%

2 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed

Where Lima is strong

  • Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
  • Digital Twin
  • Innovation Ecosystem
  • Digital Government / e-Services
  • Open Data by Default

Where the gaps are

  • Real-time Public Transit Intelligence
  • Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals
  • EV & Active-Travel Infrastructure
  • Public Safety & Emergency Response
  • Pervasive IoT Sensing

Evidence highlights

Open Data by Default · Official open data portal

The Metropolitan Municipality of Lima provides open datasets through the datosabiertos.gob.pe portal, as evidenced by a specific dataset for "Registro de vehículos menores (mototaxis) - Cercado de Lima".

https://www.datosabiertos.gob.pe/dataset/registro-de-veh%C3%ADculos-menores-mototaxis-cercado-de-lima-municipalidad-metropolitana-de-lima

Smart Water & Waste · Water/waste open data

The Peruvian government's open data portal hosts a dataset containing results from environmental water component monitoring, indicating open data availability related to water quality.

https://www.datosabiertos.gob.pe/dataset/resultados-de-los-monitoreos-del-componente-ambiental-agua-para-la-matriz-agua

Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring · GHG emissions inventory

Lima has an inventory for public transportation emissions, as indicated by a resource from the CCACoalition.

https://www.ccacoalition.org/resources/development-inventory-public-transportation-emissions-case-lima-callao-metropolitan

Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring · Air-quality monitoring network

The official portal of ATU (Autoridad de Transporte Urbano para Lima y Callao) has a section dedicated to 'Aire y Ruido' (Air and Noise), indicating the presence of air quality monitoring.

https://portal.atu.gob.pe/aireyruido/

About this assessment

Lima 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.