--- title: "Latin Quarter, Paris walkability score: 100/100" description: "The Latin Quarter in Paris scores 100/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise): what's within a walk and how it compares with Paris." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/latin-quarter updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [France](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france) 3. [Paris](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris) 4. Latin Quarter # How walkable is the Latin Quarter, Paris? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 The Latin Quarter has a walkability score of 100 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 one of 13 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 20 ranked in Paris, which scores 99 as a whole. 100 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #1 of 20 tied, in Paris * 99 Paris overall * 100 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=48.84860&lon=2.34252&q=the%20Latin%20Quarter%2C%20Paris) ## What's within walking distance 8,847 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of the Latin Quarter. The nearest grocery is about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * Express Paris St Michel 55, 2 min * Monop', 2 min * City Paris Soufflot 18, 2 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Les Patios, 1 min * Tabac de la Sorbonne, 1 min * Chungchun Ricedog, 1 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Delaveine, 1 min * Luxembourg Optique, 1 min * Kilo Shop Kawaii, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Pret A Manger, 1 min * The Coffee, 2 min * Tea & Waffle, 2 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * Crédit Mutuel, 1 min * Agence BNP Paribas, 1 min * Banque Populaire, 2 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Square Samuel Paty, 3 min * Jardin du Luxembourg, 4 min * Jardin médiéval du musée de Cluny, 4 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Jacques Monod Technology High School, 2 min * Lycee Saint-Louis, 2 min * Lycée Louis-le-Grand, 2 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * L'Ecritoire, 1 min * Editions Maisonneuve, 1 min * Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 1 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * ENS Paris Ulm, 1 min * Accatone, 1 min * Kidology Restaurant & Comedy-Club, 1 min Measured from the mapped centre of the Latin Quarter, Paris at 48.8486, 2.3425. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 144 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 the Latin Quarter, Paris ![Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of the Latin Quarter. Every point scores 100.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/france/paris/latin-quarter.svg?v=22537db7d900) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of the Latin Quarter, Paris. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Paris | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | ----- | | [Saint-Germain-des-Prés](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/saint-germain-des-pres) | 900 m | 100 | | [Montparnasse](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/montparnasse) | 1.2 km | 100 | | [Quartier des Halles](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods#quartier-des-halles) | 1.5 km | 100 | | [Le Marais](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/le-marais) | 1.9 km | 100 | | [Quartier de la Place-Vendôme](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods#quartier-de-la-place-vendome) | 2.3 km | 99 | | [Butte-aux-Cailles](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods#butte-aux-cailles) | 2.4 km | 99 | | [11th arrondissement](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods#11th-arrondissement) | 2.9 km | 100 | | [9th arrondissement](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods#9th-arrondissement) | 3.1 km | 100 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Paris ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in the Latin Quarter, Paris ### Is the Latin Quarter walkable? Yes. The Latin Quarter in Paris has a walkability score of 100 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 the Latin Quarter more walkable than the rest of Paris? The Latin Quarter is about as walkable as Paris as a whole: it scores 100, against 99 for the 5 km around Paris's centre. It is one of 13 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 20 ranked in Paris on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Paris? Of the 20 Paris neighbourhoods on How Walkable, 13 tie as the most walkable, each scoring 100: the Latin Quarter, Quartier des Halles, Le Marais and 10 others. ### How is the walkability score of the Latin Quarter 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 the Latin Quarter 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. 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 the Latin Quarter, Paris?" 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