Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed in Boston
Boston: Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed was -4.4 Percentage of national value in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed in Boston, 2019–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of national value.
Analysis
The most recent figure for internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed in Boston is -4.4 Percentage of national value, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4,300.0% on the previous year and down 119.1% over ten years.
Boston ranks 1014th of 1315 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed in Boston, year by year
| Year | Percentage of national value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 23 Percentage of national value | — |
| 2020 | 15.7 Percentage of national value | -31.7% |
| 2021 | 14.3 Percentage of national value | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 11.8 Percentage of national value | -17.5% |
| 2023 | 5.2 Percentage of national value | -55.9% |
| 2024 | -0.1 Percentage of national value | -101.9% |
| 2025 | -4.4 Percentage of national value | +4300.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23 Percentage of national value | 23 Percentage of national value | 23 Percentage of national value | 1 |
| 2020s | 7.08 Percentage of national value | -4.4 Percentage of national value | 15.7 Percentage of national value | 6 |
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 113.22 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -49.75 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 2,558 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -115.35 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating 52.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate 5.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -248.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -42.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 14.09 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation 0.0888 Days per year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed in Boston?
- Internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed in Boston was -4.4 Percentage of national value in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed recorded in Boston?
- The highest recorded value was 23 Percentage of national value in 2019.
- What is the lowest internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed recorded in Boston?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.4 Percentage of national value in 2025.
- How does Boston rank for internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed?
- Boston ranks 1014th out of 1315 regions with data for 2025.
- Is internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed rising or falling in Boston?
- Over the last ten years it is down 119.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Boston data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides an indicator of internet speed (downloading and uploading speeds) in FUAs and cities compared to the national values. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses quarterly data from Speedtest® by Ookla® Global Fixed and Mobile Network Performance Maps, based on analysis by Ookla of Speedtest Intelligence® data for 2019-2024. The indicator is derived from internet speed tests taken from mobile devices with GPS-quality location and a non-cellular connection type (e.g. WiFi, ethernet). Yearly values are based on the weighted average of quarterly values, using the number of speed tests performed. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Internet speed - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org