How walkable is Yerevan?
Yerevan has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It ranks 113th of 252 cities worldwide.
What's within walking distance
912 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Yerevan. The nearest grocery is Yerevan City, about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Yerevan City400 m · 5 min
- Carrefour Market450 m · 6 min
- SAS Supermarket830 m · 10 min
- Pandok METS HAYQ80 m · 1 min
- Noma Rooftop 80 m · 1 min
- Tashir Pizza210 m · 3 min
- Ծաղիկների և հրավառությունների սրահ80 m · 1 min
- MiRossy Wedding Salon200 m · 2 min
- Tashir Trade Center/ Տաշիր առևտրի կենտրոն240 m · 3 min
- Play Space530 m · 7 min
- CoffeeRotti640 m · 8 min
- Selfie Cafe750 m · 9 min
- HSBC Bank Armenia180 m · 2 min
- Ameriabank "Cascade" Branch1.1 km · 14 min
- ArmSwissBank CJSC1.2 km · 15 min
- Unnamed park590 m · 7 min
- Օղակաձև զբոսայգի630 m · 8 min
- Անգլիական այգի910 m · 11 min
- Աղ․Խանջյանի անվան հ 53 դպրոց140 m · 2 min
- Hrashq Mankik820 m · 10 min
- Ս. Սպանդարյանի անվան թիվ 24 հիմնական դպրոց830 m · 10 min
- Mirzoyan Library1.0 km · 13 min
- Дом русской книги1.5 km · 19 min
- American Corner of City Central Isahakyan Library1.6 km · 20 min
- Motor Yerevan420 m · 5 min
- State Museum of Nature of Armenia480 m · 6 min
- Charents Community 510 m · 6 min
Measured from the representative point at 40.1687, 44.5126. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 63 street intersections per km², and blocks average 122 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability around the centre
Scores at seven points within 1 km of the centre range from 84 to 99, and Yerevan's score of 92 is their median.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 99 | Map |
| 1 km north | 99 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 98 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 91 | Map |
| 1 km south | 92 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 84 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 91 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Erbil, Iraq | 446 km | 62 |
| Diyarbakır, Turkey | 449 km | 92 |
| Gaziantep, Turkey | 711 km | 97 |
| Kayseri, Turkey | 792 km | 93 |
| Rostov-on-Don, Russia | 874 km | 87 |
Questions about walking in Yerevan
Is Yerevan a walkable city?
Yes. Central Yerevan has a walkability score of 92 out of 100, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It ranks 113th of 252 cities worldwide on How Walkable.
How does Yerevan compare with nearby cities?
Yerevan sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: Yerevan scores 92, against Erbil (62, 446 km away), Diyarbakır (92, 449 km away) and Gaziantep (97, 711 km away).
How is Yerevan's walkability score 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 Yerevan it is the median of seven points within 1 km of the city centre, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. City position and population from GeoNames.