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The most walkable neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
20 neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. San Nicolás, Monserrat and San Telmo share the top score of 99/100, then Colegiales (98) and Constitución (98). All 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Villa Lugano (76). 7 of them score 98 or more, so the order among those turns on small differences.
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Nicolás | 99 |
| 1 | Monserrat | 99 |
| 1 | San Telmo | 99 |
| 4 | Colegiales | 98 |
| 4 | Constitución | 98 |
| 4 | Caballito | 98 |
| 4 | Almagro | 98 |
| 8 | Belgrano | 97 |
| 8 | Balvanera | 97 |
| 10 | Flores | 94 |
| 11 | Palermo | 93 |
| 11 | Núñez | 93 |
| 11 | Boedo | 93 |
| 14 | Puerto Madero | 92 |
| 15 | Recoleta | 90 |
| 16 | Retiro | 89 |
| 17 | La Boca | 86 |
| 18 | La Paternal | 85 |
| 19 | Barracas | 77 |
| 20 | Villa Lugano | 76 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Buenos Aires's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
San Nicolás
San Nicolás is the most central of these five, 350 m east of Buenos Aires's busiest point, and scores 99/100. It has the most shops of the five: 1,683 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Mari Visión Servicio Óptico, about a minute away.
Monserrat
Monserrat scores 99/100, 800 m south-east of Buenos Aires's busiest point. None of the others has as many schools, with 59 in a 30 minute walk; Jardin de Infancia Nuestra Senora de Montserrat is the nearest, about 5 minutes away.
San Telmo
San Telmo scores 99/100, 2.2 km south-east of Buenos Aires's busiest point. Parks are where it leads the others, 512 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with Plaza Cecilia Grierson, about 2 minutes away. It has the fewest shops of the five, 467.
Colegiales
Colegiales lies the furthest out of these five, 6.8 km north-west of Buenos Aires's busiest point, and scores 98/100. 2,029 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about a minute away. Its thinnest category against the others is cultural venues, with 42.
Constitución
Constitución scores 98/100, 2.1 km south of Buenos Aires's busiest point. 1,907 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 3 minutes away. It has the fewest banks of the five, 50.
Centre and outskirts
The 8 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Buenos Aires's centre average 95, and the 12 further out average 91, so walkability holds up away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, San Nicolás, 350 m away, scores 99, and the farthest, Villa Lugano, 11.4 km out, scores 76.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires as a whole scores 90 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre.
Questions about Buenos Aires's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Buenos Aires?
3 of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Buenos Aires tie as the most walkable, each with a walkability score of 99 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise): San Nicolás, Monserrat and San Telmo.
How are Buenos Aires's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Buenos Aires scores 90 across the 5 km around its centre.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.