How walkable is Augsburg?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Augsburg has a walkability score of 66 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 14th most walkable of the 22 cities ranked in Germany, with 2 others.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,795 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Augsburg. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- Go Asia, 3 min
- rutaNatur - Unverpackt Augsburg, 3 min
Restaurants & bars
- Max und Moritz, 3 min
- SelmanS Imbiss, 3 min
Shopping
- DrKRAUS pharmacy at diako, 3 min
- Rs Juwelier, 3 min
Coffee
- Eiscafé Santin Augsburg Bahnhof Straße, 3 min
- Meyerbeer Coffee, 3 min
Banks
- Stadtsparkasse Augsburg SB-Center Hauptbahnhof, 3 min
- VR Bank Augsburg-Ostallgäu, Geldautomat, 4 min
Parks
- Stadtpflegeranger, 5 min
- Hofgarten, 10 min
Schools
- Maria-Theresia-Gymnasium, 4 min
- MPU-Keinath Beratung und Vorbereitung, 4 min
Books & libraries
- Bertelsmann der Club Buchhandel, 5 min
- Schlosser'sche Buchhandlung, 8 min
Culture & entertainment
- Mozart@Augsburg, 6 min
- Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia, 6 min
Measured from the centre at 48.3677, 10.8884, the point near Augsburg'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 129 street intersections per km², and blocks average 68 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Augsburg's score of 66 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 95 within 1 km of the centre, 77 from 1 to 3 km out and 53 from 3 to 5 km out. 20 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 51% 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.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Augsburg. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 100 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 95 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 77 | 70% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 53 | 27% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Munich, Germany | 57 km | 87 |
| Nuremberg, Germany | 121 km | 72 |
| Stuttgart, Germany | 135 km | 66 |
| Zurich, Switzerland | 208 km | 76 |
| Mannheim, Germany | 217 km | 67 |
Questions about walking in Augsburg
Is Augsburg a walkable city?
Partly. Augsburg has a walkability score of 66 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. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks joint 14th of 22 cities in Germany and joint 354th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Germany?
Berlin is the most walkable of the 22 cities ranked in Germany, with a score of 90. Augsburg ranks joint 14th with 66.
How does Augsburg compare with nearby cities?
Augsburg is at most as walkable as its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 66, against Munich (87, 57 km away), Nuremberg (72, 121 km away) and Stuttgart (66, 135 km away).
Which part of Augsburg is most walkable?
Augsburg's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 100. Walkability averages 95 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north-west (averaging 70) and falls most to the north (43).
How is Augsburg's walkability score calculated?
For Augsburg it is the average of 71 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 36 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.
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