--- title: "Itapuã, Salvador walkability score: 59/100 · How Walkable" description: "Itapuã in Salvador scores 59/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Salvador." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/itapua updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Brazil](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil) 3. [Salvador](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador) 4. Itapuã # How walkable is Itapuã, Salvador? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 59 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable Some errands can be accomplished on foot. * #14 of 14 in Salvador * 80 Salvador overall * 68 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-12.94242&lon=-38.35874&q=Itapu%C3%A3%2C%20Salvador) ## 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 2.1 of 3 points * Mercadinho Familiar, 10 min * Bompreço, 12 min * Abará temperado da irá, 19 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.7 of 3 points * Jullius Império da Pizza – Delivery de Pizza em Itapuã, 4 min * Pizzaria Segredo de Itapuã, 5 min * Restaurante Xodo Do Abaete, 6 min ### Shopping 1.7 of 2 points * Depósito de Bebidas Abaeté, 6 min * Só Fiat Autopeças, 7 min * Bazar Rebouças, 9 min ### Coffee 0.0 of 2 points * Café Colonial As Três Marias, 30 min ### Banks 0.8 of 1 point * Banco do Brasil, 9 min * Caixa Econômica Federal Agência Itapuã, 12 min * Banco Mercantil, 13 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Parque do Abaeté, 4 min * Largo de Itapuã, 15 min * Praça Dorival Caymmi, 17 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Escola Municipal Lagoa do Abaeté, 4 min * Colégio Educar de Itapuã, 8 min * Educandario Rumo ao Futuro, 10 min ### Books & libraries 0.0 of 1 point * None within a 30 minute walk ### Culture & entertainment 0.9 of 1 point * Arena Estação da Cerveja, 7 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 1.8 km around the centre of Itapuã. 28% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 23, is 2 km to the south-east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/brazil/salvador/itapua.svg?v=66f478fe4eac) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/neighbourhoods#alto-do-coqueirinho) | 1.4 km | 67 | | [Caminho das Árvores](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/caminho-das-arvores) | 11.7 km | 97 | | [Pituba](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/neighbourhoods#pituba) | 12.3 km | 92 | | [Itaigara](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/neighbourhoods#itaigara) | 12.8 km | 95 | | [Liberdade](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/liberdade) | 14.7 km | 75 | | [Brotas](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/brotas) | 15.1 km | 83 | | [Rio Vermelho](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/neighbourhoods#rio-vermelho) | 16.1 km | 90 | | [Nazaré](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/neighbourhoods#nazare) | 16.6 km | 95 | See [all 14 neighbourhoods of Salvador ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/neighbourhoods). ## 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Itapuã, Salvador?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.