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How walkable is Palermo?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Palermo has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Buenos Aires, which scores 90 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,810 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Palermo. The nearest grocery is Carrefour Express, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Vacalin3 min
- Dia %4 min
- Colon Resto Bar1 min
- Bubble Tea House1 min
- Espacio Geek Out1 min
- Ferretería Oro1 min
- Café Martínez3 min
- Seattle Cafe3 min
- Instituto de Capacitación Malvinas Argentinas5 min
- HSBC6 min
- Plaza Italia5 min
- Paseo Pita y Pedernera5 min
- Colegio Palermo Chico9 min
- Escuela Primaria Común Número 06 Vicente Fidel López11 min
- Biblioteca Carlos Guido y Spano2 min
- aguafuertes libros4 min
- Harás Santa Lucía8 min
- Centro Cultural de la Ciencia8 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Palermo at -34.5803, -58.4245. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 77 street intersections per km², and blocks average 104 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Palermo
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Palermo. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Recoleta, Buenos Aires | 3.1 km | 90 |
| Belgrano | 3.6 km | 97 |
| Puerto Madero | 6.6 km | 92 |
| La Boca | 8.4 km | 86 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Buenos Aires page.
Questions about walking in Palermo
Is Palermo walkable?
Yes. Palermo in Buenos Aires has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Palermo more walkable than the rest of Buenos Aires?
Palermo is more walkable than Buenos Aires as a whole: it scores 93, against 90 for the 5 km around Buenos Aires's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Buenos Aires neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires?
Of the 5 Buenos Aires neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Belgrano (97), Palermo (93) and Puerto Madero (92).
How is the walkability score of Palermo calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Palermo it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 2 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.