// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Londonderry?

Londonderry, United Kingdom, scores 42.5% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #144 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

42.5%

Rank

#144 / 213

Criteria present

28 / 82

Evidence coverage

51.2%

Londonderry's smart city score by area

Data & Digital Foundation53%

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

Mobility38%

2 present · 6 partial · 5 absent · 3 not assessed

Environment & Resources67%

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

Governance & People66%

9 present · 3 partial · 4 absent · 4 not assessed

Economy & Method44%

3 present · 1 partial · 4 absent

Where Londonderry is strong

  • Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
  • Resilience & Climate Adaptation
  • Digital Government / e-Services
  • Digital Inclusion & Literacy
  • Interoperability & Open Standards

Where the gaps are

  • Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS)
  • City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange
  • Digital Twin
  • Real-time Public Transit Intelligence
  • Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals

Evidence highlights

Digital Twin · 3D city model / digital twin

The mayor of Derry/Londonderry launched a groundbreaking 3D digital model of the historic walled city.

https://www.derrystrabane.com/news/mayor-launches-groundbreaking-3d-digital-model-of-historic-walled-city

Resilience & Climate Adaptation · Early-warning systems

Northern Ireland provides a service to check the risk of flooding in an area, which serves as an early warning system.

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/check-risk-flooding-your-area

Resilience & Climate Adaptation · Climate adaptation strategy

Northern Ireland has published its Third Climate Change Adaptation Programme (NICCAP3).

https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/third-northern-ireland-climate-change-adaptation-programme-niccap3

Resilience & Climate Adaptation · Hazard/risk open data

Northern Ireland provides open data and a service to check flood risk in an area.

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/open-data

About this assessment

Londonderry 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.