How walkable is Pinheiros, São Paulo?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Pinheiros has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1.6 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 the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in São Paulo, which scores 95 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
3,978 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Pinheiros. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Pão de Açúcar, 3 min
- Cobasi Pão de Açúcar Teodoro, 3 min
Restaurants & bars
- LIDO Amici di Amici, 1 min
- Restaurante Meaípe, 1 min
Shopping
- Empório Don Grano, 1 min
- Únicos - Desmo, 1 min
Coffee
- Sterna Cafe, 2 min
- Téo Café, 2 min
Banks
- Banco do Brasil, 4 min
- Banco Santander, 8 min
Parks
- Praça Benedito Calixto, 12 min
- Largo da Batata, 13 min
Schools
- Lumiar School, 5 min
- Colégio Indac, 7 min
Books & libraries
- Red Star Bookstore Sebo, 4 min
- Livraria da Travessa, 6 min
Culture & entertainment
- Forró na Vila SP, 5 min
- Baphônica, 6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Pinheiros, São Paulo at -23.5636, -46.6857. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 131 street intersections per km², and blocks average 82 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Pinheiros, São Paulo
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.6 km around the centre of Pinheiros, São Paulo. Rings mark 800 m and 1.6 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in São Paulo
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Itaim Bibi | 2.4 km | 95 |
| Alto de Pinheiros | 2.7 km | 89 |
| Morumbi | 4.3 km | 87 |
| Moema | 4.4 km | 94 |
| Barra Funda | 4.9 km | 94 |
| República | 5.1 km | 99 |
| Liberdade | 5.6 km | 96 |
| Sé | 5.7 km | 99 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of São Paulo ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Pinheiros, São Paulo
Is Pinheiros walkable?
Yes. Pinheiros in São Paulo has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Pinheiros more walkable than the rest of São Paulo?
Pinheiros is more walkable than São Paulo as a whole: it scores 98, against 95 for the 5 km around São Paulo's centre. It is the 3rd most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in São Paulo on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in São Paulo?
Of the 20 São Paulo neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are República (99), Sé (99) and Pinheiros (98).
How is the walkability score of Pinheiros 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 Pinheiros it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.6 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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