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How walkable is Savassi?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Savassi has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 600 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 1 neighbourhoods ranked in Belo Horizonte, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,847 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Savassi. The nearest grocery is DIA Supermercado, about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Fazenda de Minas5 min
- Casa Horta5 min
- Sorveteria Coelhinho Savassi1 min
- Savá Pub1 min
- But Le Acessórios1 min
- Ótica Olimpio1 min
- Espaço Herbalife Nutrition Savassi - Myka &Sarah2 min
- Oca do Milho2 min
- Sicoob Divicred - Bh2 min
- Banco Mercantil2 min
- Praça José Mendes Júnior9 min
- Praça Benjamim Guimarães12 min
- Incisa Saber4 min
- Escola Estadual Barao do Rio Branco5 min
- Agencia Leitura de Livros e Revistas3 min
- Livraria Outlet de Livro4 min
- Calabouço Karaokê4 min
- Cinemark Pátio Savassi7 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Savassi at -19.9372, -43.9356. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 150 street intersections per km², and blocks average 81 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Savassi
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 600 m around the centre of Savassi. Rings mark 300 m and 600 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Questions about walking in Savassi
Is Savassi walkable?
Yes. Savassi in Belo Horizonte has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 600 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Savassi more walkable than the rest of Belo Horizonte?
Savassi is more walkable than Belo Horizonte as a whole: it scores 99, against 83 for the 5 km around Belo Horizonte's centre. It ranks 1st of the 1 Belo Horizonte neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
How is the walkability score of Savassi 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 Savassi it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 600 m 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.