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How walkable is Ipanema District?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Ipanema District has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Rio de Janeiro, which scores 84 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,582 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Ipanema District. The nearest grocery is Casas Pedro, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Zona Sul Ipanema2 min
- SuperPrix Supermercado Ipanema2 min
- Nema - Padaria de Fermentação Natural1 min
- Tortamania1 min
- Tecnomedi Ipanema Produtos Médicos & Ortopédicos, Saúde & Bem Estar1 min
- Amor Perfeito1 min
- Tea Shop1 min
- Gringo Cafe2 min
- Bradesco2 min
- Itaú Unibanco3 min
- Praça General Osório7 min
- Unnamed park10 min
- College Notre Dame Ipanema5 min
- Jardim Escola Sarah Dawsey5 min
- Livraria e Editora Nossa Senhora da Paz6 min
- Banca Literária da Paz7 min
- Teatro Ipanema5 min
- Cine Candido Mendes6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Ipanema District at -22.9840, -43.2022. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 65 street intersections per km², and blocks average 102 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 Ipanema District
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 950 m around the centre of Ipanema District. Rings mark 500 m and 950 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Copacabana | 2.3 km | 95 |
| Leblon | 2.3 km | 95 |
| Botafogo | 4 km | 94 |
| Flamengo District | 6.2 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Rio de Janeiro page.
Questions about walking in Ipanema District
Is Ipanema District walkable?
Yes. Ipanema District in Rio de Janeiro has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Ipanema District more walkable than the rest of Rio de Janeiro?
Ipanema District is more walkable than Rio de Janeiro as a whole: it scores 91, against 84 for the 5 km around Rio de Janeiro's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Ipanema District 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 Ipanema District it is the average of 43 points spread evenly across the 950 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.