How walkable is São Francisco, Niterói?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
São Francisco has a walkability score of 71 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 joint 4th most walkable of the 14 neighbourhoods ranked in Niterói, with 1 other, which scores 63 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
236 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of São Francisco. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, schools and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for books & libraries.
Groceries
- Casafruti RJ, 10 min
Restaurants & bars
- Donna Toscana, 2 min
- LeFiz padaria artesanal, 3 min
Shopping
- Sol Piscinas, 1 min
- módena home, 1 min
Coffee
- Café Premier, 9 min
- Parque Bistrô, 21 min
Banks
- Santander Brasil, 11 min
- Caixa Econômica Federal, 11 min
Parks
- Praça Dom Orione, 12 min
- Praça José de Anchieta, 14 min
Schools
- Escola Cristã Genebra São Francisco I, 7 min
- Creche Jardim Fazendinha, 7 min
Books & libraries
Culture & entertainment
- Maison Sucre Casa D Festas, 10 min
- Fusão Va'a - Clube de Canoa Polinésia, 14 min
Measured from the mapped centre of São Francisco, Niterói at -22.9181, -43.0864. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 75 street intersections per km², and blocks average 92 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across São Francisco, Niterói
- 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 São Francisco, Niterói. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Niterói
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Charitas | 1.6 km | 53 |
| Icaraí | 2.5 km | 97 |
| Cubango | 3.3 km | 52 |
| Caramujo | 3.9 km | 26 |
| Ingá | 4 km | 91 |
| Fonseca | 4 km | 56 |
| Morro do Estado | 4 km | 95 |
| Camboinhas | 5.2 km | 60 |
See all 14 neighbourhoods of Niterói ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in São Francisco, Niterói
Is São Francisco walkable?
Yes. São Francisco in Niterói has a walkability score of 71 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is São Francisco more walkable than the rest of Niterói?
São Francisco is more walkable than Niterói as a whole: it scores 71, against 63 for the 5 km around Niterói's centre. It is the joint 4th most walkable of the 14 neighbourhoods ranked in Niterói, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Niterói?
Of the 14 Niterói neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Icaraí (97), Morro do Estado (95) and Ingá (91).
How is the walkability score of São Francisco 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 São Francisco it is the average of 40 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. 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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