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How walkable is Centro, Porto Alegre?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Centro, Porto Alegre has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 900 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Porto Alegre, which scores 86 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,220 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Centro, Porto Alegre. The nearest grocery is Nostra Terra Armazém, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Mercado E Fruteira Radaelli3 min
- Mercado Bordin4 min
- Restaurante San Remo2 min
- Temperatto2 min
- Shopping Brasil Tecnologia da Informação3 min
- Bulla Manipulação3 min
- Deodoro Café2 min
- Cantele Café2 min
- Banco do Brasil3 min
- Municred3 min
- Praça Padre Gregório de Nadal4 min
- Praça da Alfândega4 min
- EMEI Cavalhada4 min
- UNIEinstein5 min
- Sebo Café Riachuelo3 min
- Beco dos Livros3 min
- Judiciary Memorial1 min
- Sala da Música1 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Centro, Porto Alegre at -30.0325, -51.2303. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 125 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 Centro, Porto Alegre
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 900 m around the centre of Centro, Porto Alegre. Rings mark 450 m and 900 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Porto Alegre
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Cidade Baixa, Porto Alegre | 1.2 km | 100 |
| Bom Fim | 1.8 km | 100 |
| Menino Deus | 2.7 km | 95 |
| Cavalhada | 8 km | 76 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Porto Alegre page.
Questions about walking in Centro, Porto Alegre
Is Centro, Porto Alegre walkable?
Yes. Centro, Porto Alegre has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 900 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Centro, Porto Alegre more walkable than the rest of Porto Alegre?
Centro, Porto Alegre is more walkable than Porto Alegre as a whole: it scores 99, against 86 for the 5 km around Porto Alegre's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Porto Alegre neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Porto Alegre?
Of the 5 Porto Alegre neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Cidade Baixa, Porto Alegre (100), Bom Fim (100) and Centro, Porto Alegre (99).
How is the walkability score of Centro, Porto Alegre 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 Centro, Porto Alegre it is the average of 59 points spread evenly across the 900 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.