How walkable is Brotas?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Brotas has a walkability score of 83 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 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Salvador, which scores 80 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
375 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Brotas. The nearest grocery is Maxxi Atacado, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- La Pulperia11 min
- Atacadão SA11 min
- Cacau Show4 min
- Bahia Pizza D+5 min
- Agromix Brotas4 min
- A Miscelânea4 min
- Fika Adega Café19 min
- Infors Lan House20 min
- Caixa Econômica Federal3 min
- Banco Itaú4 min
- Praça da Bíblia14 min
- Parque Solar Boa Vista20 min
- Escola Shamah3 min
- Colégio Patrícia Lima5 min
- Brooklyn Creative Hub21 min
- Arena Bananeira11 min
- Casa 1417 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Brotas at -12.9882, -38.4896. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 66 street intersections per km², and blocks average 113 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 Brotas
- 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 Brotas. Rings mark 550 m and 1.1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Salvador
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Itaigara | 2.7 km | 95 |
| Caminho das Árvores | 3.5 km | 97 |
| Graça | 3.8 km | 95 |
| Liberdade | 4.6 km | 75 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Salvador page.
Questions about walking in Brotas
Is Brotas walkable?
Yes. Brotas in Salvador has a walkability score of 83 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Brotas more walkable than the rest of Salvador?
Brotas is more walkable than Salvador as a whole: it scores 83, against 80 for the 5 km around Salvador's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Salvador neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Salvador?
Of the 5 Salvador neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Caminho das Árvores (97), Itaigara (95) and Graça (95).
How is the walkability score of Brotas 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 Brotas 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.