--- title: "District IX, Budapest walkability score: 66/100" description: "District IX in Budapest scores 66/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable): what's within a walk and how it compares with Budapest." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest/district-ix updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Hungary](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary) 3. [Budapest](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest) 4. District IX # How walkable is District IX, Budapest? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 District IX has a walkability score of 66 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 17th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Budapest, with 2 others, which scores 88 as a whole. 66 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable Some errands can be accomplished on foot. * #17 of 20 tied, in Budapest * 88 Budapest overall * 40 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=47.46536&lon=19.09036&q=District%20IX%2C%20Budapest) ## What's within walking distance 240 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of District IX. The nearest grocery is about 16 minutes away on foot. It is weakest for coffee, schools and books & libraries. ### Groceries 1.1 of 3 points * Aldi, 16 min * Spar Lurdy, 17 min * SPAR szupermarket, 18 min ### Restaurants & bars 1.4 of 3 points * Elamen Zrt. Vasút Étterem, 10 min * Street Food Station, 13 min * Kebap Time, 15 min ### Shopping 1.6 of 2 points * VizBolt, 11 min * Maxxtoner, 12 min * AirsoftGuru, 12 min ### Coffee 0.5 of 2 points * Cafe Frei Lurdy, 18 min * McCafé, 18 min * Mon Crémi Lurdy, 18 min ### Banks 0.5 of 1 point * OTP Bank, 14 min * UniCredit, 16 min ### Parks 0.7 of 1 point * Madaras József tér, 16 min * Vajda László tér, 16 min * Haller park, 27 min ### Schools 0.1 of 1 point * Puskás Tivadar Távközlési Technikum, 20 min * Jaschik Álmos Művészeti Szakgimnázium, 27 min * Kerekerdő Óvoda, 28 min ### Books & libraries 0.0 of 1 point * Mozgó Könyvek - Kultúrbölcső, 30 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.4 of 1 point * Budapest Tancszinhaz Studio, 16 min * BOOOK Kitchen, 17 min * Lord Jesus History, 18 min Measured from the mapped centre of District IX, Budapest at 47.4654, 19.0904. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 31 street intersections per km², and blocks average 132 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 5%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests. ## Walkability across District IX, Budapest ![Walkability scores across the 2 km around the centre of District IX. 52% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 13, is 2 km to the south-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/hungary/budapest/district-ix.svg?v=76a4dd07fd81) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of District IX, Budapest. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Budapest | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [District VIII](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest/district-viii) | 2.8 km | 90 | | [Wekerletelep](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest/neighbourhoods#wekerletelep) | 2.9 km | 85 | | [Kelenföld](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest/neighbourhoods#kelenfold) | 3.7 km | 92 | | [District XX](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest/neighbourhoods#district-xx) | 4.2 km | 65 | | [District VII](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest/neighbourhoods#district-vii) | 4.3 km | 100 | | [Pest](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest/pest) | 4.3 km | 98 | | [District XIX](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest/neighbourhoods#district-xix) | 4.4 km | 75 | | [Tabán](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest/neighbourhoods#taban) | 4.6 km | 89 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Budapest ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/hungary/budapest/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in District IX, Budapest ### Is District IX walkable? Partly. District IX in Budapest has a walkability score of 66 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. ### Is District IX more walkable than the rest of Budapest? District IX is less walkable than Budapest as a whole: it scores 66, against 88 for the 5 km around Budapest's centre. It is the joint 17th most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Budapest, with 2 others on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Budapest? Of the 20 Budapest neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are District VII (100), the Buda Castle Quarter (99), District V (99), District VI (99) and Krisztinaváros (99). ### How is the walkability score of District IX 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 District IX it is the average of 48 points spread evenly across the 2 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 District IX, Budapest?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.