How walkable is Calacoto (Qalaqutu)?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Calacoto (Qalaqutu) has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the most walkable of 1 neighbourhoods ranked in La Paz, which scores 43 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
555 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Calacoto (Qalaqutu). The nearest grocery is Hipermaxi, about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Tienda MARKA9 min
- Delicor11 min
- Takumi Ramen House2 min
- Tacobar Town2 min
- Ketal - calacoto1 min
- Shopping Plast1 min
- Café Epico3 min
- Café Buena Vista4 min
- Banco Union Los Pinos16 min
- Banco BISA Agencia Achumani30 min
- Plaza Balaguer6 min
- Plaza de las Américas8 min
- U.E. Santa Rosa La Florida B10 min
- Colegio Calvert La Paz11 min
- Alquimista9 min
- Librería Bagu23 min
- Carrusel el Bosque3 min
- Karaokenti Karaoke Bar4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Calacoto (Qalaqutu) at -16.5392, -68.0842. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 112 street intersections per km², and blocks average 83 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Calacoto (Qalaqutu)
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Calacoto (Qalaqutu). Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Questions about walking in Calacoto (Qalaqutu)
Is Calacoto (Qalaqutu) walkable?
Yes. Calacoto (Qalaqutu) in La Paz has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Calacoto (Qalaqutu) more walkable than the rest of La Paz?
Calacoto (Qalaqutu) is more walkable than La Paz as a whole: it scores 89, against 43 for the 5 km around La Paz's centre. It ranks 1st of the 1 La Paz neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
How is the walkability score of Calacoto (Qalaqutu) 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 Calacoto (Qalaqutu) it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 1 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.