1001 Smart Cities
Krakow
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Krakow

Country
Poland
Population
800K
Projects
1
First project
2016
Best evidence
Independent
Last verified
18 July 2026
In the atlas since
18 July 2026

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Krakow's smog problem drove a bottom-up response: after AGH University students won the 2016 Smogathon hackathon, their Airly sensors expanded the city's air-quality network from 6 official stations to nearly 100 crowd-sourced ones via the #KrakowOddycha campaign. That density of monitoring helped back a solid-fuel heating ban enforced since September 2019, which has removed over 14,600 coal boilers from the city.

The atlas documents 1 project in Krakow: 1 with a documented success. The entry carries an evidence grade — the strongest here is independent (1 entry) — and links its sources.

All 1 project in Krakow

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Outcome: 1 succeeded — Evidence: 1 independent

Deeper reads

Where Krakow appears in the atlas's own analysis.

🏆 1 in the what-worked record

Compare with other cities

🇬🇧 London Breathe London Air-Quality Sensor Network Both densified thin official monitoring with community sensors: Krakow grew from 6 stations to ~100 (2016); Breathe London runs 400+. 🇨🇳 Beijing High-density air-quality monitoring and source-apportionment network Sensing that drives policy: Krakow's crowd sensors backed a 2019 coal-boiler ban; Beijing's grid targeted 'precise' controls (2013). 🇳🇵 Kathmandu Kathmandu Metropolitan Air Quality Monitoring Dashboard Two air networks, opposite roots: Krakow's grew from a 2016 student project to ~100 sensors; Kathmandu's city launched 18 in 2025.

Official strategy and sources

↗ Referat ds. Smart City i analizy danych (Krakow IT Service Center)The organization driving the city's smart-city work.
↗ Krakow Development Strategy 2030 (2021)The official strategy document.
↗ Open data portalThe city's official open-data platform.
📎 Cite this city

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Smart-city projects in Krakow, Poland.” The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/cities/krakow/ (last verified 2026-07-18). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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