How walkable is Tucuruvi, São Paulo?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Tucuruvi has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 across the 1.7 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 15th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in São Paulo, with 2 others, which scores 95 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,279 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Tucuruvi. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Dia Supermercado, 3 min
- Carrefour Express, 5 min
Restaurants & bars
- Restaurante Pódio do Tucuruvi, 1 min
- Cacau Show, 2 min
Shopping
- Papelaria Diversali, 1 min
- Adega Videira, 2 min
Coffee
- Rei do Mate, 5 min
- Mr. Cheney Cookies, 5 min
Banks
- Banco Itaú, 2 min
- Banco Bradesco, 3 min
Parks
- Praça Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres, 15 min
- Praça Maria Elisa Grepan Renzo, 16 min
Schools
- DRE JT, 3 min
- Escola Técnica Santa Maria, 5 min
Books & libraries
- Bazar e Papelaria Katy, 22 min
- Garagem do Amauri Comics e Cultura nerd, 22 min
Culture & entertainment
- Office Station Tucuruvi - Salas Comerciais, 5 min
- E.R Festas Salão de Festas, 6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Tucuruvi, São Paulo at -23.4806, -46.6053. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 167 street intersections per km², and blocks average 75 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Tucuruvi, São Paulo
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.7 km around the centre of Tucuruvi, São Paulo. Rings mark 850 m and 1.7 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in São Paulo
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jaçanã | 3 km | 78 |
| Bom Retiro | 6 km | 91 |
| República | 7.9 km | 99 |
| Sé | 8.1 km | 99 |
| Barra Funda | 8.3 km | 94 |
| Mooca | 9 km | 92 |
| Cambuci | 9.7 km | 92 |
| Liberdade | 9.9 km | 96 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of São Paulo ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Tucuruvi, São Paulo
Is Tucuruvi walkable?
Yes. Tucuruvi in São Paulo has a walkability score of 88 out of 100 across the 1.7 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Tucuruvi more walkable than the rest of São Paulo?
Tucuruvi is less walkable than São Paulo as a whole: it scores 88, against 95 for the 5 km around São Paulo's centre. It is the joint 15th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in São Paulo, with 2 others 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 Tucuruvi 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 Tucuruvi it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.7 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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