How walkable is Itapuã, Salvador?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Itapuã has a walkability score of 59 out of 100 across the 1.8 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the least walkable of the 14 neighbourhoods ranked in Salvador, which scores 80 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
285 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Itapuã. The nearest grocery is about 10 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks, schools and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for coffee and books & libraries.
Groceries
- Bompreço, 12 min
- Abará temperado da irá, 19 min
Restaurants & bars
- Pizzaria Segredo de Itapuã, 5 min
- Restaurante Xodo Do Abaete, 6 min
Shopping
- Só Fiat Autopeças, 7 min
- Bazar Rebouças, 9 min
Coffee
Banks
- Caixa Econômica Federal Agência Itapuã, 12 min
- Banco Mercantil, 13 min
Parks
- Largo de Itapuã, 15 min
- Praça Dorival Caymmi, 17 min
Schools
- Colégio Educar de Itapuã, 8 min
- Educandario Rumo ao Futuro, 10 min
Books & libraries
Culture & entertainment
- Bloco Afro Malê Debalê, 7 min
- Karaokê Itapuã, 17 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Itapuã, Salvador at -12.9424, -38.3587. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 113 street intersections per km², and blocks average 78 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Itapuã, Salvador
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.8 km around the centre of Itapuã, Salvador. Rings mark 900 m and 1.8 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Salvador
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Alto do Coqueirinho | 1.4 km | 67 |
| Caminho das Árvores | 11.7 km | 97 |
| Pituba | 12.3 km | 92 |
| Itaigara | 12.8 km | 95 |
| Liberdade | 14.7 km | 75 |
| Brotas | 15.1 km | 83 |
| Rio Vermelho | 16.1 km | 90 |
| Nazaré | 16.6 km | 95 |
See all 14 neighbourhoods of Salvador ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Itapuã, Salvador
Is Itapuã walkable?
Partly. Itapuã in Salvador has a walkability score of 59 out of 100 across the 1.8 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Itapuã more walkable than the rest of Salvador?
Itapuã is less walkable than Salvador as a whole: it scores 59, against 80 for the 5 km around Salvador's centre. It is the least walkable of the 14 neighbourhoods ranked in Salvador on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Salvador?
Of the 14 Salvador neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Comércio (98), Caminho das Árvores (97), Itaigara (95), Nazaré (95) and Graça (95).
How is the walkability score of Itapuã 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 Itapuã it is the average of 45 points spread evenly across the 1.8 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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