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How walkable is Puerto Madero?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Puerto Madero has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Buenos Aires, which scores 90 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,625 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Puerto Madero. The nearest grocery is Central Market, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and culture & entertainment.
- El Mercado7 min
- El quinto resto9 min
- Cristal bar De Puerto Madero1 min
- Crystal Bar1 min
- Jugueteria Osito Azul2 min
- Fontenla2 min
- Havanna3 min
- Vince Il Bar5 min
- Galicia2 min
- Banco ICBC2 min
- Unnamed park3 min
- Plaza Reina de Holanda5 min
- ANMAT Instituto Nacional de Alimentos18 min
- Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires20 min
- Elektra Comics17 min
- Fitograf Librería Comercial18 min
- Museo del Humor4 min
- Buque Museo Fragata ARA Presidente Sarmiento7 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Puerto Madero at -34.6104, -58.3622. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 62 street intersections per km², and blocks average 117 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 Puerto Madero
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.3 km around the centre of Puerto Madero. Rings mark 650 m and 1.3 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| La Boca | 2.6 km | 86 |
| Recoleta, Buenos Aires | 3.7 km | 90 |
| Palermo | 6.6 km | 93 |
| Belgrano | 10.2 km | 97 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Buenos Aires page.
Questions about walking in Puerto Madero
Is Puerto Madero walkable?
Yes. Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Puerto Madero more walkable than the rest of Buenos Aires?
Puerto Madero is about as walkable as Buenos Aires as a whole: it scores 92, against 90 for the 5 km around Buenos Aires's centre. It ranks 3rd 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 Puerto Madero 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 Puerto Madero it is the average of 44 points spread evenly across the 1.3 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.