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title: "Is Niterói walkable? Walkability score 63/100 · How Walkable"
description: "Niterói scores 63/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable) across its central 5 km. How far walkability reaches, what's near the centre, and its rank in Brazil."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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3.  Niterói

# How walkable is Niterói?

By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 

Niterói has a walkability score of 63 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 42nd most walkable of the 78 cities ranked in Brazil, with 5 others.

63 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable

Some errands can be accomplished on foot.

*   #42 of 78 tied, in Brazil
*   #408 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   83 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-22.89500&lon=-43.11092&q=Niter%C3%B3i%2C%20Brazil) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,814 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Niterói. The nearest grocery is about 12 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks and schools.

### Groceries

1.8 of 3 points

*   Mercado Bom Preço, 12 min
*   Supermercados Guanabara, 12 min
*   Pomar Supermercados, 12 min

### Restaurants & bars

2.8 of 3 points

*   Taberna do Monteiro, 4 min
*   Boteco do ze, 4 min
*   Help Filé, 6 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   Speed Farma - Centro Niterói, 3 min
*   UFF - Farmácia Universitária, 3 min
*   Hortifruti, 4 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   Evo Bike Bistrô, 3 min
*   Rei do Mate, 4 min
*   Road Bike Coffee, 8 min

### Banks

0.5 of 1 point

*   Banco do Brasil, 13 min
*   Santander Brasil, 14 min
*   Itaú, 14 min

### Parks

1.0 of 1 point

*   Praça Pastor Manoel Avelino de Souza, 5 min
*   Parque Municipal das Águas, 7 min
*   Praça Raul de Oliveira Rodrigues, 12 min

### Schools

0.9 of 1 point

*   Centro Educacional A.D.S., 6 min
*   Instituto de Educação Infantil João de Barro, 7 min
*   Escalada - Centro de Educação Infantil e Fundamental, 7 min

### Books & libraries

0.7 of 1 point

*   Biblioteca da Escola de Enfermagem - UFF, 10 min
*   Biblioteca Parque de Niterói, 10 min
*   Papelaria Icaraí, 12 min

### Culture & entertainment

0.8 of 1 point

*   Teatro Abel, 9 min
*   Theater Eduardo Kraichete, 12 min
*   Cine Ideal, 13 min

### Further than usual

*   The nearest bank is 13 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.

Measured from the centre at -22.8950, -43.1109, the point near Niterói'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 88 street intersections per km², and blocks average 89 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Niterói's score of 63 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 85 within 1 km of the centre, 68 from 1 to 3 km out and 49 from 3 to 5 km out. 46 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 49% 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.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Niterói, one hexagon per square kilometre. 48% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 3, is 3 km to the west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/brazil/niteroi.svg?v=dc6219ce2061)

Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Niterói. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 83    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 85    | 86%         | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 68    | 53%         | 19             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 49    | 32%         | 19             |

## The most walkable neighbourhoods of Niterói

Each neighbourhood is scored across the area around its centre, so the score describes that part of Niterói rather than the city as a whole.

| # | Neighbourhood                                                            | Score |
| - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- |
| 1 | [Icaraí](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#icarai)                   | 97    |
| 2 | [Morro do Estado](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#morro-do-estado) | 95    |
| 3 | [Ingá](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#inga)                       | 91    |
| 4 | [Barreto](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/barreto)                                | 71    |
| 4 | [São Francisco](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/sao-francisco)                    | 71    |

Also ranked: [Camboinhas](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/camboinhas), [Charitas](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/charitas), [Ilha da Conceição](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/ilha-da-conceicao).

[See all 14 neighbourhoods of Niterói ranked](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods), with how far each is from the centre.

## Nearby cities

| City                                                                      | Distance | Score |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Rio de Janeiro](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/rio-de-janeiro), Brazil                   | 8 km     | 84    |
| [Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/duque-de-caxias), Brazil | 24 km    | 63    |
| [São João de Meriti](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-joao-de-meriti), Brazil           | 29 km    | 66    |
| [Nova Iguaçu](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/nova-iguacu), Brazil                         | 38 km    | 69    |
| [Juiz de Fora](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/juiz-de-fora), Brazil                       | 127 km   | 51    |

## Questions about walking in Niterói

### Is Niterói a walkable city?

Partly. Niterói has a walkability score of 63 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 83. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks joint 42nd of 78 cities in Brazil and joint 408th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.

### What is the most walkable city in Brazil?

São Paulo is the most walkable of the 78 cities ranked in Brazil, with a score of 95. Niterói ranks joint 42nd with 63.

### How does Niterói compare with nearby cities?

Niterói is at most as walkable as its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 63, against Rio de Janeiro (84, 8 km away), Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro (63, 24 km away) and São João de Meriti (66, 29 km away).

### Which part of Niterói is most walkable?

Icaraí is Niterói's most walkable part, scoring 97 - the highest of its 14 ranked neighbourhoods. Its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, scores 83, and walkability averages 85 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, the city holds up best to the north (averaging 70) and falls most to the west (29).

### What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Niterói?

Of the 14 Niterói neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Icaraí (97), Morro do Estado (95) and Ingá (91). The least walkable is Baldeador, with 19.

### How is Niterói's walkability score calculated?

For Niterói it is the average of 45 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 22 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.

This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.

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