How walkable is Santo Amaro?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Santo Amaro has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Recife, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,465 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Santo Amaro. The nearest grocery is Ponto 975, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- RM Express9 min
- Mercadinho irmão Geraldo13 min
- Chico Do Galeto5 min
- Sushi Expresso5 min
- Sociedade Bíblica do Brasil3 min
- Floricultura Santa Maria3 min
- Terra Café I Bar8 min
- Café do Brejo10 min
- Banco Santander Brasil17 min
- Bradesco Cais Do Apolo TRT617 min
- Praça Pastor José Leôncio4 min
- Unnamed park7 min
- Escola Municipal General Emídio Dantas Barreto3 min
- Ceja Valdemar De Oliveira8 min
- Editora Bereia5 min
- Livraria Disal Recife9 min
- Zoológico Dois Irmãos. Recife - PE7 min
- Iraq13 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Santo Amaro at -8.0509, -34.8815. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 144 street intersections per km², and blocks average 73 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Santo Amaro
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.1 km around the centre of Santo Amaro. Rings mark 550 m and 1.1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Recife
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bairro do Recife | 1.7 km | 86 |
| Poço da Panela | 5 km | 93 |
| Caxangá | 7.8 km | 62 |
| Boa Viagem | 8.4 km | 89 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Recife page.
Questions about walking in Santo Amaro
Is Santo Amaro walkable?
Yes. Santo Amaro in Recife has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Santo Amaro more walkable than the rest of Recife?
Santo Amaro is more walkable than Recife as a whole: it scores 88, against 82 for the 5 km around Recife's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Recife neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Recife?
Of the 5 Recife neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Poço da Panela (93), Boa Viagem (89) and Santo Amaro (88).
How is the walkability score of Santo Amaro 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 Santo Amaro it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.1 km 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.