How walkable is Graça?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Graça has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 1 km 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 Salvador, which scores 80 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
984 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Graça. The nearest grocery is Ecolink Organicos, about 6 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Hiperideal Supermercados6 min
- Hiperideal Vitória10 min
- Kuei Ling2 min
- Atelier Bombom2 min
- Farmácia Drive Thru1 min
- Drogaria São Paulo1 min
- Solar Café6 min
- Café Cardamomo7 min
- Bradesco2 min
- Itaú3 min
- Unnamed park2 min
- Praça Oscar Hilário6 min
- Escola Municipal Santa Terezinha6 min
- Escolinha Materno Infantil8 min
- BCC - Biblioteca Comunitária do Calabar13 min
- Porto dos Livros19 min
- Palace of Arts6 min
- Saladearte10 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Graça at -12.9994, -38.5226. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 110 street intersections per km², and blocks average 101 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Graça
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Graça. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Salvador
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Brotas | 3.8 km | 83 |
| Itaigara | 6.3 km | 95 |
| Liberdade | 6.6 km | 75 |
| Caminho das Árvores | 7.2 km | 97 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Salvador page.
Questions about walking in Graça
Is Graça walkable?
Yes. Graça in Salvador has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Graça more walkable than the rest of Salvador?
Graça is more walkable than Salvador as a whole: it scores 95, against 80 for the 5 km around Salvador's centre. It ranks 3rd 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 Graça 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 Graça it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 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.