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How walkable is Copacabana?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Copacabana has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Rio de Janeiro, which scores 84 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 Copacabana. The nearest grocery is Zona Sul Supermercado Copacabana - Siqueira Campos, about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Superprix Supermercado Copacabana5 min
- Supermercados Mundial7 min
- Quiosque Chopp Brahma1 min
- Juannas Copacabana Bar1 min
- Deu la deu vinhos3 min
- Megateka Informática4 min
- Coffee Bar Pierrot5 min
- Mais1 Café6 min
- Santander Brasil5 min
- Banco do Brasil5 min
- Parque Natural Municipal Paisagem Carioca15 min
- Praça Edmundo Bittencourt15 min
- Colégio Pinheiro Guimarães8 min
- EM Doutor Cícero Penna10 min
- Saraiva MegaStore7 min
- CNA10 min
- Rio Actors School5 min
- Cine Joia5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Copacabana at -22.9720, -43.1843. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 53 street intersections per km², and blocks average 107 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Copacabana
- 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 Copacabana. Rings mark 550 m and 1.1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ipanema District | 2.3 km | 91 |
| Botafogo | 2.3 km | 94 |
| Flamengo District | 4.3 km | 93 |
| Leblon | 4.4 km | 95 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Rio de Janeiro page.
Questions about walking in Copacabana
Is Copacabana walkable?
Yes. Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Copacabana more walkable than the rest of Rio de Janeiro?
Copacabana is more walkable than Rio de Janeiro as a whole: it scores 95, against 84 for the 5 km around Rio de Janeiro's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Rio de Janeiro neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro?
Of the 5 Rio de Janeiro neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Leblon (95), Copacabana (95) and Botafogo (94).
How is the walkability score of Copacabana 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 Copacabana it is the average of 36 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.