--- title: "São Francisco, Niterói walkability score: 71/100" description: "São Francisco in Niterói scores 71/100 for walkability (Very Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Niterói." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/sao-francisco updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Brazil](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil) 3. [Niterói](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi) 4. São Francisco # How walkable is São Francisco, Niterói? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 71 out of 100: Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot. * #4 of 14 tied, in Niterói * 63 Niterói overall * 86 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-22.91810&lon=-43.08640&q=S%C3%A3o%20Francisco%2C%20Niter%C3%B3i) ## 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 3.0 of 3 points * Mercado Diamante, 1 min * Casafruti RJ, 10 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.9 of 3 points * Troia São Francisco, 2 min * Donna Toscana, 2 min * LeFiz padaria artesanal, 3 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Niterói Plantas, 1 min * Sol Piscinas, 1 min * módena home, 1 min ### Coffee 1.6 of 2 points * Coffeetown, 8 min * Café Premier, 9 min * Parque Bistrô, 21 min ### Banks 0.8 of 1 point * Banco Bradesco, 8 min * Santander Brasil, 11 min * Caixa Econômica Federal, 11 min ### Parks 0.7 of 1 point * Praça Emilio Abunahman, 10 min * Praça Dom Orione, 12 min * Praça José de Anchieta, 14 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Instituto GayLussac, 6 min * Escola Cristã Genebra São Francisco I, 7 min * Creche Jardim Fazendinha, 7 min ### Books & libraries 0.0 of 1 point * None within a 30 minute walk ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Teatro GayLussac, 4 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of São Francisco. 62% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 5, is 900 m to the south-east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/brazil/niteroi/sao-francisco.svg?v=7397a3b75696) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/charitas) | 1.6 km | 53 | | [Icaraí](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#icarai) | 2.5 km | 97 | | [Cubango](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#cubango) | 3.3 km | 52 | | [Caramujo](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#caramujo) | 3.9 km | 26 | | [Ingá](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#inga) | 4 km | 91 | | [Fonseca](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#fonseca) | 4 km | 56 | | [Morro do Estado](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods#morro-do-estado) | 4 km | 95 | | [Camboinhas](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/camboinhas) | 5.2 km | 60 | See [all 14 neighbourhoods of Niterói ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods). ## 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is São Francisco, Niterói?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.