How walkable is Tbilisi?
Tbilisi has a walkability score of 58 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It ranks 177th of 224 cities worldwide.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,435 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Tbilisi. The nearest grocery is Carrefour Market, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Carrefour Market210 m · 3 min
- Siri Thai Market680 m · 8 min
- Collection Grocery Store920 m · 11 min
- Join20 m · 1 min
- Patara Bari90 m · 1 min
- Secret Place90 m · 1 min
- Santino120 m · 1 min
- პირიმზე პლაზა| Pirimze Plaza220 m · 3 min
- Flowers Market | ყვავილების ბაზარი220 m · 3 min
- Cafe Museum Tbilisi70 m · 1 min
- BNKR Specialty roasters120 m · 1 min
- Study in Georgia by G7130 m · 2 min
- საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკი • National Bank of Georgia220 m · 3 min
- ლიბერთი300 m · 4 min
- National Bank of Georgia310 m · 4 min
- დედაენის ბაღი120 m · 2 min
- გიორგი ლეონიძის ბაღი170 m · 2 min
- ორბელიანის ბაღი230 m · 3 min
- Total Charm School20 m · 1 min
- N155 საბავშვო ბაგა-ბაღი660 m · 8 min
- Tbilisis Klasikuri Gimnazia670 m · 8 min
- Parsek 150 m · 1 min
- National Parliamentary Library of Georgia460 m · 6 min
- Itaka Books520 m · 6 min
- ორბელიანების სასახლე / Orbeliani Palace110 m · 1 min
- Cinemaholics Tbilisi140 m · 2 min
- თეატრალური სტუდია ,,მედეა-მერლინის თეატრი’’180 m · 2 min
Measured from the centre at 41.6992, 44.8040, the point near Tbilisi's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 193 street intersections per km², and blocks average 69 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Tbilisi's score of 58 is the average across the 5 km around its centre. Walkability averages 95 within 1 km of the centre, 62 from 1 to 3 km out and 48 from 3 to 5 km out. 47% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 100 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 95 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 62 | 55% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 48 | 31% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Yerevan, Armenia | 171 km | 52 |
| Baku, Azerbaijan | 449 km | 70 |
| Diyarbakır, Turkey | 577 km | 63 |
| Gaziantep, Turkey | 823 km | 77 |
| Kayseri, Turkey | 860 km | 71 |
Questions about walking in Tbilisi
Is Tbilisi a walkable city?
Partly. Tbilisi has a walkability score of 58 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 100. It ranks 177th of 224 cities worldwide on How Walkable.
How does Tbilisi compare with nearby cities?
Tbilisi sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: Tbilisi scores 58, against Yerevan (52, 171 km away), Baku (70, 449 km away) and Diyarbakır (63, 577 km away).
How is Tbilisi's walkability score 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 Tbilisi it is the average of 59 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, 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. City position and population from GeoNames.