--- title: "Pinheiros, São Paulo walkability score: 98/100" description: "Pinheiros in São Paulo scores 98/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise): what's within a walk and how it compares with São Paulo." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/pinheiros 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. [São Paulo](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo) 4. Pinheiros # How walkable is Pinheiros, São Paulo? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 98 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #3 of 20 in São Paulo * 95 São Paulo overall * 98 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-23.56357&lon=-46.68570&q=Pinheiros%2C%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo) ## 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 3.0 of 3 points * DIA Supermercado, 3 min * Pão de Açúcar, 3 min * Cobasi Pão de Açúcar Teodoro, 3 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Barouche Pipoca, 1 min * LIDO Amici di Amici, 1 min * Restaurante Meaípe, 1 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Sofa Vestido, 1 min * Empório Don Grano, 1 min * Únicos - Desmo, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Ripito, 1 min * Sterna Cafe, 2 min * Téo Café, 2 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * Itaú, 2 min * Banco do Brasil, 4 min * Banco Santander, 8 min ### Parks 0.7 of 1 point * Praça dos Omaguás, 11 min * Praça Benedito Calixto, 12 min * Largo da Batata, 13 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Colégio Creare Mundi, 5 min * Lumiar School, 5 min * Colégio Indac, 7 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * Desculpe a Poeira, 3 min * Red Star Bookstore Sebo, 4 min * Livraria da Travessa, 6 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Cinesala, 1 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 1.6 km around the centre of Pinheiros. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 82, is 1 km to the south-east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/brazil/sao-paulo/pinheiros.svg?v=b06fcf822f29) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#itaim-bibi) | 2.4 km | 95 | | [Alto de Pinheiros](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#alto-de-pinheiros) | 2.7 km | 89 | | [Morumbi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/morumbi) | 4.3 km | 87 | | [Moema](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#moema) | 4.4 km | 94 | | [Barra Funda](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#barra-funda) | 4.9 km | 94 | | [República](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/republica) | 5.1 km | 99 | | [Liberdade](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/liberdade) | 5.6 km | 96 | | [Sé](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#se) | 5.7 km | 99 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of São Paulo ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods). ## 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](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 Pinheiros, São Paulo?" 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.