// 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

Data & Digital Foundation48%

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

Mobility54%

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

Environment & Resources73%

8 present · 3 partial · 2 absent · 4 not assessed

Governance & People72%

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

Economy & Method64%

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.pdf

Interoperability & 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.pdf

Resilience & 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.pdf

About 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.