How walkable is Montmartre?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Montmartre 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 the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Paris, which scores 99 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
7,783 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Montmartre. The nearest grocery is magasin, about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Au Marché de la Butte4 min
- Monop'Daily5 min
- Le Ceni's1 min
- La Bohème Montmartre1 min
- Ogeti Groupe Saint Michel1 min
- Yam Galerie1 min
- Le Déli's1 min
- Carette1 min
- Crédit Agricole5 min
- CCF Paris Montmartre5 min
- Jardin sauvage Saint-Vincent2 min
- Square Louise Michel2 min
- Ecole élémentaire Foyatier4 min
- Collège Yvonne Le Tac5 min
- Librairie des Abbesses5 min
- Editions Baleine5 min
- Arènes de Montmartre2 min
- Dali Museum2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Montmartre at 48.8867, 2.3416. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 173 street intersections per km², and blocks average 74 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Montmartre
- 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 Montmartre. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Paris
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd arrondissement of Paris | 2 km | 100 |
| 1st arrondissement of Paris | 2.5 km | 99 |
| 7th arrondissement of Paris | 4 km | 99 |
| La Défense | 7.4 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Paris page.
Questions about walking in Montmartre
Is Montmartre walkable?
Yes. Montmartre 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 Montmartre more walkable than the rest of Paris?
Montmartre is about as walkable as Paris as a whole: it scores 100, against 99 for the 5 km around Paris's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Paris neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Paris?
Of the 5 Paris neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Montmartre (100), 2nd arrondissement of Paris (100) and 1st arrondissement of Paris (99).
How is the walkability score of Montmartre 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 Montmartre 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.