--- title: "Tucuruvi, São Paulo walkability score: 88/100 · How Walkable" description: "Tucuruvi in São Paulo scores 88/100 for walkability (Very Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of São Paulo." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/tucuruvi 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. Tucuruvi # How walkable is Tucuruvi, São Paulo? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 88 out of 100: Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot. * #15 of 20 tied, in São Paulo * 95 São Paulo overall * 99 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-23.48062&lon=-46.60526&q=Tucuruvi%2C%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo) ## 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 3.0 of 3 points * Express Tucuruvi, 1 min * Dia Supermercado, 3 min * Carrefour Express, 5 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Casa de Carnes Damar, 1 min * Restaurante Pódio do Tucuruvi, 1 min * Cacau Show, 2 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * QuiroConfort Colchões, 1 min * Papelaria Diversali, 1 min * Adega Videira, 2 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Café Donuts, 4 min * Rei do Mate, 5 min * Mr. Cheney Cookies, 5 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * Santander, 1 min * Banco Itaú, 2 min * Banco Bradesco, 3 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Praça Mariano de Lima, 13 min * Praça Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres, 15 min * Praça Maria Elisa Grepan Renzo, 16 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Escola Estadual Silva Jardim, 1 min * DRE JT, 3 min * Escola Técnica Santa Maria, 5 min ### Books & libraries 0.8 of 1 point * Sebolândia, 8 min * Bazar e Papelaria Katy, 22 min * Garagem do Amauri Comics e Cultura nerd, 22 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Cinemark Shopping Metrô Tucuruvi, 4 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 1.7 km around the centre of Tucuruvi. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 70, is 2 km to the north.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/brazil/sao-paulo/tucuruvi.svg?v=1932b7e969b2) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#jacana) | 3 km | 78 | | [Bom Retiro](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#bom-retiro) | 6 km | 91 | | [República](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/republica) | 7.9 km | 99 | | [Sé](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#se) | 8.1 km | 99 | | [Barra Funda](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#barra-funda) | 8.3 km | 94 | | [Mooca](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#mooca) | 9 km | 92 | | [Cambuci](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods#cambuci) | 9.7 km | 92 | | [Liberdade](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/liberdade) | 9.9 km | 96 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of São Paulo ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods). ## 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](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 Tucuruvi, 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.