How walkable is Barrio Yungay?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Barrio Yungay has a walkability score of 96 out of 100 across the 1 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 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Santiago, which scores 86 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,721 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Barrio Yungay. The nearest grocery is Almacén Emperatriz, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Memo's6 min
- Compañía7 min
- Restobar La Trova2 min
- Pollería Marjorie2 min
- Feria Libre Parque Portales2 min
- Aire Acondicionado Proyet3 min
- Cafe Copenhague6 min
- Mingus Coffee6 min
- Banco Santander11 min
- Itaú Sucursal República11 min
- Plaza Brasil8 min
- Plaza Yungay9 min
- Kinder Miguel Cervantes3 min
- Jardín Infantil Sotomayor4 min
- Instituto de Ciencias Alejandro Lipschutz6 min
- Editorial Edebe7 min
- Centro Cultural y Artistico China Chile3 min
- La Estufa5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Barrio Yungay at -33.4429, -70.6717. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 116 street intersections per km², and blocks average 88 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Barrio Yungay
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Barrio Yungay. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Santiago
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Barrio Brasil | 600 m | 98 |
| Lastarria | 2.9 km | 99 |
| Barrio Bellavista | 3.5 km | 96 |
| Sanhattan | 7.1 km | 87 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Santiago page.
Questions about walking in Barrio Yungay
Is Barrio Yungay walkable?
Yes. Barrio Yungay in Santiago has a walkability score of 96 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Barrio Yungay more walkable than the rest of Santiago?
Barrio Yungay is more walkable than Santiago as a whole: it scores 96, against 86 for the 5 km around Santiago's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Santiago neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Santiago?
Of the 5 Santiago neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Lastarria (99), Barrio Brasil (98) and Barrio Yungay (96).
How is the walkability score of Barrio Yungay 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 Barrio Yungay it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.