How walkable is Sanhattan?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Sanhattan has a walkability score of 87 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Santiago, which scores 86 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,969 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Sanhattan. The nearest grocery is El Bosque, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and books & libraries.
- La Fête Chocolat Isidora Goyenechea6 min
- Ica6 min
- Pasta e Basta2 min
- Miguel Torres2 min
- Todo Limpio1 min
- Signature South Consulting1 min
- Café Ritual Isidora2 min
- Work/Café Santander2 min
- BancoEstado1 min
- Edwards | Citi1 min
- Plaza Jaime Guzmán Errázuriz5 min
- Bandejón Central Avenida Santa María5 min
- Colegio Life Support 215 min
- Jardin Infantil y Sala Cuna Los Conquistadores15 min
- Pictus.cl5 min
- Librería Antártica7 min
- Sala Prime Cineplanet8 min
- Cine Arte Tobalaba10 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Sanhattan at -33.4137, -70.6042. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 88 street intersections per km², and blocks average 104 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Sanhattan
- 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 Sanhattan. 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 Bellavista | 3.6 km | 96 |
| Lastarria | 4.4 km | 99 |
| Barrio Brasil | 6.5 km | 98 |
| Barrio Yungay | 7.1 km | 96 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Santiago page.
Questions about walking in Sanhattan
Is Sanhattan walkable?
Yes. Sanhattan in Santiago has a walkability score of 87 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Sanhattan more walkable than the rest of Santiago?
Sanhattan is about as walkable as Santiago as a whole: it scores 87, against 86 for the 5 km around Santiago's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Sanhattan 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 Sanhattan it is the average of 60 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.