Cities that that can move towards being globally competitive (Node) in future.
Preceded by Nexus (Top), Hub and followed by Upstart, unranked.
| Global Rank | City Name | State Province | Country | Class. | Score | Sub Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | Coventry | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 180 | Columbus | Ohio | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 181 | Napoli (Naples) | Italy | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 182 | Birmingham | Alabama | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 183 | Kiel | Germany | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 184 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 185 | Delhi | Delhi | India | 3 NODE | 40 | INDIA |
| 186 | Daejeon | Chungnam | South Korea | 3 NODE | 40 | ASIA PAC |
| 187 | Nagasaki | Nagasaki | Japan | 3 NODE | 40 | JAPAN |
| 188 | Valencia | Spain | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 189 | Savannah | Georgia | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 190 | Antwerp | Flanders | Belgium | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT |
| 191 | Bremen | Germany | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 192 | Ulsan | South Korea | 3 NODE | 40 | ASIA PAC | |
| 193 | Ventura-Oxnard | California | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 194 | Fresno | California | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 195 | Albany | New York | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 196 | Nottingham | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 197 | Madison | Wisconsin | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 198 | Malmö | Sweden | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 199 | Lille | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | France | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT |
| 200 | Gdansk | Poland | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 201 | Odense | Denmark | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 202 | Charlottesville | Virginia | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 203 | Akron | Ohio | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 204 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 205 | Bucharest | Romania | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 206 | Greensboro | North Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 207 | Grand Rapids | Michigan | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 208 | Hamilton | Ontario | Canada | 3 NODE | 40 | CANADA |
| 209 | Little Rock | Arkansas | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 210 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | Canada | 3 NODE | 40 | CANADA |
| 211 | Sheffield | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 212 | Toledo | Ohio | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 213 | Cardiff | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 40 | EURO CONT | |
| 214 | Corpus Christi | Texas | United States | 3 NODE | 40 | USA |
| 215 | Christchurch | South island | New Zealand | 3 NODE | 40 | ANZ |
| 216 | Charleston | South Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 217 | El Paso | Texas | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 218 | Jakarta | Jakarta | Indonesia | 3 NODE | 39 | ASIA PAC |
| 219 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 220 | Montpellier | Languedoc-Roussillon | France | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 221 | Monterrey | Nuevo León | Mexico | 3 NODE | 39 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 222 | Gold Coast | QLD | Australia | 3 NODE | 39 | ANZ |
| 223 | Nanjing | Jiangsu | China | 3 NODE | 39 | CHINA |
| 224 | Bogotá | Cundinamarca Department | Colombia | 3 NODE | 39 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 225 | Bern | Switzerland | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 226 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Prefecture, | Japan | 3 NODE | 39 | JAPAN |
| 227 | Winnipeg | Manitoba | Canada | 3 NODE | 39 | CANADA |
| 228 | Linz | Upper Austria | Austria | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 229 | Springfield | Massachusetts | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 230 | Grenoble | Rhône-Alpes | France | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 231 | Rennes | Brittany | France | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 232 | Dijon | Bourgogne | France | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 233 | Columbia | South Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 234 | Dayton | Ohio | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 235 | Bridgeport | Connecticut | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 236 | Knoxville | Tennessee | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 237 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 238 | Omaha | Nebraska | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 239 | Tallinn | Estonia | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 240 | Seville | Spain | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 241 | Venice | Italy | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 242 | Bologna | Italy | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 243 | Syracuse | New York | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 244 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 245 | Spokane | Washington | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 246 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 247 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 248 | Tucson | Arizona | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 249 | Tianjin | Tianjin | China | 3 NODE | 39 | CHINA |
| 250 | Jackson | Mississippi | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 251 | Modesto | California | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 252 | Lexington | Kentucky | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 253 | Chattanooga | Tennessee | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 254 | Lincoln | Nebraska | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 255 | Rochester | Minnesota | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 256 | Gent | East Flanders | Belgium | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT |
| 257 | Wichita | Kansas | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 258 | Augusta | Georgia | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 259 | Anchorage | Alaska | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 260 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | United States | 3 NODE | 39 | USA |
| 261 | Zagreb | Croatia | 3 NODE | 39 | EURO CONT | |
| 262 | Suzhou | Jiangsu | China | 3 NODE | 39 | CHINA |
| 263 | Chengdu | Sichuan | China | 3 NODE | 39 | CHINA |
| 264 | London | Ontario | Canada | 3 NODE | 39 | CANADA |
| 265 | Belgrade | Serbia | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 266 | Doha | Qatar | 3 NODE | 38 | MID-EAST | |
| 267 | Kitchener | Ontario | Canada | 3 NODE | 38 | CANADA |
| 268 | Jerusalem | Israel | 3 NODE | 38 | MID-EAST | |
| 269 | Portland | Maine | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 270 | Wroclaw | Lower Silesian | Poland | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 271 | Manchester | New Hampshire | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 272 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 273 | Stockton | California | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 274 | Wuppertal | Germany | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 275 | Katowice | Poland | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 276 | Roanoke | North Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 277 | Reims | Champagne-Ardenne | France | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 278 | Southampton | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 279 | Bakersfield | California | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 280 | Wilmington | Delaware | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 281 | Kraków | Poland | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 282 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | India | 3 NODE | 38 | INDIA |
| 283 | Montgomery | Alabama | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 284 | Hobart | TAS | Australia | 3 NODE | 38 | ANZ |
| 285 | Suwon | Gyeonggi-do | South Korea | 3 NODE | 38 | ASIA PAC |
| 286 | Chongqing | Chongqing | China | 3 NODE | 38 | CHINA |
| 287 | Kingston-Upon-Hull | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 288 | Cairo | Cairo | Egypt | 3 NODE | 38 | MID-EAST |
| 289 | Bath & NE Somerset | United Kingdom | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 290 | Greenville | South Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 291 | Málaga | Spain | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 292 | Leuven | Flemish Brabant | Belgium | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 293 | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 294 | Bratislava | Slovakia | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT | |
| 295 | Liège | Liège | Belgium | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 296 | Dongguan | Guangdong | China | 3 NODE | 38 | CHINA |
| 297 | Brno | South Moravian Region | Czech Republic | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 298 | Rouen | Haute-Normandie | France | 3 NODE | 38 | EURO CONT |
| 299 | Dalian | Liaoning | China | 3 NODE | 38 | CHINA |
| 300 | Wollongong | NSW | Australia | 3 NODE | 38 | ANZ |
| 301 | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 302 | Reno | Nevada | United States | 3 NODE | 38 | USA |
| 303 | Hangzhou | Zhejiang | China | 3 NODE | 38 | CHINA |
| 304 | Xiamen | Fujian | China | 3 NODE | 38 | CHINA |
| 305 | Lima | Peru | 3 NODE | 37 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 306 | Ho Chi Minh City | South Vietnam | Vietnam | 3 NODE | 37 | ASIA PAC |
| 307 | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 3 NODE | 37 | ASIA PAC | |
| 308 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 309 | Riga | Latvia | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 310 | Wuhan | Hubei | China | 3 NODE | 37 | CHINA |
| 311 | Moncton | New Brunswick | Canada | 3 NODE | 37 | CANADA |
| 312 | Springfield | Illinois | United States | 3 NODE | 37 | USA |
| 313 | Fredericton - St John | New Brunswick | Canada | 3 NODE | 37 | CANADA |
| 314 | Vilnius | Lithuania | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 315 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 316 | Saint-Étienne | Rhône-Alpes | France | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT |
| 317 | Pamplona | Spain | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 318 | Verona | Italy | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 319 | Kagoshima | Japan | 3 NODE | 37 | JAPAN | |
| 320 | Padova | Italy | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 321 | Springfield | Missouri | United States | 3 NODE | 37 | USA |
| 322 | Ningbo | Zhejiang | China | 3 NODE | 37 | CHINA |
| 323 | Parma | Italy | 3 NODE | 37 | EURO CONT | |
| 324 | Bozeman | Montana | United States | 3 NODE | 37 | USA |
| 325 | Belo Horizonte | Minas Gerais | Brazil | 3 NODE | 37 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 326 | Manila | Manila | Philippines | 3 NODE | 37 | ASIA PAC |
| 327 | Izmir | Izmir | Turkey | 3 NODE | 37 | MID-EAST |
| 328 | Curitiba | Paraná | Brazil | 3 NODE | 37 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 329 | Haifa | Israel | 3 NODE | 37 | MID-EAST | |
| 330 | Ankara | Ankara | Turkey | 3 NODE | 37 | MID-EAST |
| 331 | Petaling Jaya | Selangor | Malaysia | 3 NODE | 36 | ASIA PAC |
| 332 | Xi'an | Shaanxi | China | 3 NODE | 36 | CHINA |
| 333 | Cannes | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT |
| 334 | Geelong | VIC | Australia | 3 NODE | 36 | ANZ |
| 335 | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh | India | 3 NODE | 36 | INDIA |
| 336 | Newcastle | NSW | Australia | 3 NODE | 36 | ANZ |
| 337 | Trieste | Italy | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT | |
| 338 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 3 NODE | 36 | MID-EAST | |
| 339 | Kazan | Tatarstan | Russia | 3 NODE | 36 | RUSSIA |
| 340 | Modena | Italy | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT | |
| 341 | Gijón | Spain | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT | |
| 342 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | India | 3 NODE | 36 | INDIA |
| 343 | Johannesburg | Gauteng | South Africa | 3 NODE | 36 | AFRICA |
| 344 | Le Havre | Haute-Normandie | France | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT |
| 345 | Metz | Lorraine | France | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT |
| 346 | Limoges | Limousin | France | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT |
| 347 | Qingdao | Shandong | China | 3 NODE | 36 | CHINA |
| 348 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | Taiwan | 3 NODE | 36 | CHINA |
| 349 | Granada | Spain | 3 NODE | 36 | EURO CONT | |
| 350 | Kolkata | West Bengal | India | 3 NODE | 36 | INDIA |
| 351 | Wuxi | Jiangsu | China | 3 NODE | 36 | CHINA |
| 352 | Pune | Maharashtra | India | 3 NODE | 36 | INDIA |
| 353 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 3 NODE | 35 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 354 | Hanoi | Hanoi | Vietnam | 3 NODE | 35 | ASIA PAC |
| 355 | Ballarat | VIC | Australia | 3 NODE | 35 | ANZ |
| 356 | Guadalajara | Jalisco | Mexico | 3 NODE | 35 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 357 | Kosice | Slovakia | 3 NODE | 35 | EURO CONT | |
| 358 | Yekaterinburg | Sverdlovsk Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 35 | RUSSIA |
| 359 | Macau | Macau | China | 3 NODE | 35 | CHINA |
| 360 | Bendigo | VIC | Australia | 3 NODE | 35 | ANZ |
| 361 | Harbin | Heilongjiang | China | 3 NODE | 35 | CHINA |
| 362 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | United States | 3 NODE | 35 | USA |
| 363 | Kawasaki | Japan | 3 NODE | 35 | JAPAN | |
| 364 | Changchun, Jilin | Jilin | China | 3 NODE | 35 | CHINA |
| 365 | Brasilia | Brasilia | Brazil | 3 NODE | 35 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 366 | Queenstown | Otago | New Zealand | 3 NODE | 35 | ANZ |
| 367 | Recife | Pernambuco | Brazil | 3 NODE | 35 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 368 | Fargo | North Dakota | United States | 3 NODE | 35 | USA |
| 369 | Burlington | Vermont | United States | 3 NODE | 35 | USA |
| 370 | Shenyang | Liaoning | China | 3 NODE | 35 | CHINA |
| 371 | Porto Alegre | Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | 3 NODE | 35 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 372 | Zhuhai | Guangdong | China | 3 NODE | 35 | CHINA |
| 373 | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 3 NODE | 35 | MID-EAST | |
| 374 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 3 NODE | 35 | MID-EAST | |
| 375 | Dubrovnik | Croatia | 3 NODE | 34 | EURO CONT | |
| 376 | Billings | Montana | United States | 3 NODE | 34 | USA |
| 377 | Alexandria | Alexandria Governorate | Egypt | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST |
| 378 | Cordoba | Córdoba Province | Argentina | 3 NODE | 34 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 379 | Cheyenne | Wyoming | United States | 3 NODE | 34 | USA |
| 380 | Salvador | Brazil | 3 NODE | 34 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 381 | Panama City | Panama Canal | Panama | 3 NODE | 34 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 382 | Casablanca | Morocco | 3 NODE | 34 | AFRICA | |
| 383 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST | |
| 384 | Zhengzhou | Henan | China | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 385 | San Jose, Costa Rica | San Jose | Costa Rica | 3 NODE | 34 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 386 | Karachi | Pakistan | 3 NODE | 34 | EURASIA | |
| 387 | Quanzhou | Fujian | China | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 388 | Nizhny Novgorod | Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | 3 NODE | 34 | RUSSIA |
| 389 | Fuzhou | Fujian | China | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 390 | Tainan | Taiwan | Taiwan | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 391 | Adana | Mersin Adana | Turkey | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST |
| 392 | Rostov-na-Donu | Rostov-na-Donu | Russia | 3 NODE | 34 | RUSSIA |
| 393 | Bursa, Turkey | Bursa | Turkey | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST |
| 394 | Novosibirsk | Novosibirsk Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 34 | RUSSIA |
| 395 | Puebla | Puebla | Mexico | 3 NODE | 34 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 396 | Nanning | Guangxi | China | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 397 | Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 34 | RUSSIA |
| 398 | Antalya | Turkey | 3 NODE | 34 | MID-EAST | |
| 399 | Foshan | Guangdong | China | 3 NODE | 34 | CHINA |
| 400 | Fuji | Japan | 3 NODE | 33 | JAPAN | |
| 401 | Tirana | Albania | 3 NODE | 33 | EURO CONT | |
| 402 | Beirut | Lebanon | 3 NODE | 33 | MID-EAST | |
| 403 | Timisoara | Romania | 3 NODE | 33 | EURO CONT | |
| 404 | Valparaíso | Valparaíso | Chile | 3 NODE | 33 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 405 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 3 NODE | 33 | EURASIA | |
| 406 | Nairobi | Kenya | 3 NODE | 33 | AFRICA | |
| 407 | Amman | Jordan | 3 NODE | 33 | MID-EAST | |
| 408 | Kiev | Ukraine | 3 NODE | 33 | EURASIA | |
| 409 | San Salvador | San Salvador department | El Salvador | 3 NODE | 33 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 410 | Wenzhou | Zhejiang | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 411 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | India | 3 NODE | 33 | INDIA |
| 412 | Krasnoyarsk | Krasnoyarsk Krai | Russia | 3 NODE | 33 | RUSSIA |
| 413 | Surat | Gujarat | India | 3 NODE | 33 | INDIA |
| 414 | Kunming | Yunnan | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 415 | Vladivostok | Primorsky Krai | Russia | 3 NODE | 33 | RUSSIA |
| 416 | Yantai-Weihai | Shandong | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 417 | Jinan | Shandong | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 418 | Yangzhou | Jiangsu | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 419 | Perm | Perm Krai | Russia | 3 NODE | 33 | RUSSIA |
| 420 | Taiyuan | Shanxi | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 421 | Omsk | Omsk Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 33 | RUSSIA |
| 422 | Nantong | Jiangsu | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 423 | Tehran | Iran | 3 NODE | 33 | MID-EAST | |
| 424 | Quito | Pichincha | Ecuador | 3 NODE | 33 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 425 | Nanchang | Jiangxi | China | 3 NODE | 33 | CHINA |
| 426 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 3 NODE | 32 | EURASIA | |
| 427 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Georgia | 3 NODE | 32 | EURASIA |
| 428 | Skopje | Macedonia | 3 NODE | 32 | EURO CONT | |
| 429 | Hefei | Anhui | China | 3 NODE | 32 | CHINA |
| 430 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | India | 3 NODE | 32 | INDIA |
| 431 | Taichung | Taiwan | Taiwan | 3 NODE | 32 | CHINA |
| 432 | Volgograd | Volgograd Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 32 | RUSSIA |
| 433 | Zhongshan | Guangdong | China | 3 NODE | 32 | CHINA |
| 434 | Samara | Samara Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 32 | RUSSIA |
| 435 | Santo Domingo, DR | Dominican Republic | 3 NODE | 32 | LATIN AMERICA | |
| 436 | Fortaleza | Ceará | Brazil | 3 NODE | 32 | LATIN AMERICA |
| 437 | Saratov | Saratov Oblast | Russia | 3 NODE | 32 | RUSSIA |
| 438 | Durban | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 3 NODE | 32 | AFRICA |
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