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How walkable is Baku?
Baku has a walkability score of 70 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It ranks 137th of 224 cities worldwide.
What's within walking distance of the centre
793 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Baku. The nearest grocery is Port Baku Bazar, about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and schools.
- Port Baku Bazar590 m · 7 min
- IDEA830 m · 10 min
- BRAVO Supermarket1.1 km · 14 min
- GASTROBAR Meat Lab90 m · 1 min
- Pane Amore Fantasia Baku120 m · 2 min
- De Rama Pure Veg Indian Jain Food160 m · 2 min
- 1001 Flowers Baku30 m · 1 min
- Gurmania Baku180 m · 2 min
- Wine Style By Crystal F320 m · 4 min
- Мама Накормила120 m · 1 min
- Double Coffee Baku280 m · 4 min
- CoffeeBar350 m · 4 min
- Bank Respublika470 m · 6 min
- TBC Kredit480 m · 6 min
- Nikoil Bank (Head Office)720 m · 9 min
- Səməd Vurğun Bağı340 m · 4 min
- Puşkin Bağı500 m · 6 min
- Unnamed park510 m · 6 min
- Bakı Atatürk Liseyi270 m · 3 min
- Kids First390 m · 5 min
- Lego's land TM500 m · 6 min
- kitabevim840 m · 10 min
- Center for Research and Development of the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerb1.7 km · 21 min
- Akhundov Milli Kitabxanası1.7 km · 21 min
- 41 Karaoke & Club840 m · 11 min
- Soundlab880 m · 11 min
- Landmark Rotunda1.0 km · 13 min
Measured from the centre at 40.3777, 49.8566, the point near Baku's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 35 street intersections per km², and blocks average 134 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 4%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
How far walkability reaches
Baku's score of 70 is the average across the 5 km around its centre. Walkability averages 85 within 1 km of the centre, 88 from 1 to 3 km out and 57 from 3 to 5 km out. 58% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 89 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 85 | 83% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 88 | 95% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 57 | 30% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Tbilisi, Georgia | 449 km | 58 |
| Yerevan, Armenia | 457 km | 52 |
| Diyarbakır, Turkey | 879 km | 63 |
| Gaziantep, Turkey | 1,148 km | 77 |
| Kayseri, Turkey | 1,250 km | 71 |
Questions about walking in Baku
Is Baku a walkable city?
Yes. Baku has a walkability score of 70 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 89. It ranks 137th of 224 cities worldwide on How Walkable.
How does Baku compare with nearby cities?
Baku is more walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: Baku scores 70, against Tbilisi (58, 449 km away), Yerevan (52, 457 km away) and Diyarbakır (63, 879 km away).
How is Baku'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 Baku it is the average of 55 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, 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. City position and population from GeoNames.