How walkable is Pest?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Pest has a walkability score of 98 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 Budapest, which scores 88 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
5,330 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Pest. The nearest grocery is CBA, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- CMAK bolt3 min
- CBA Pilvax3 min
- Cucina the Italian Kitchen1 min
- Vendetta - Pasta E Basta1 min
- Dora Flowers Budapest Shop1 min
- Marlú Gioielli Budapest1 min
- Coffeshop Company kávézó1 min
- Budapest Váci1 min
- Raiffeisen Bank4 min
- UniCredit Bank4 min
- Városháza pop-up park4 min
- Városháza park5 min
- Deák Téri Evangélikus Gimnázium5 min
- Etyeki Óvoda5 min
- LibroShop Bookstore5 min
- Stephanus Könyvesház5 min
- Fabula Bábszínház2 min
- Behívó2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Pest at 47.4942, 19.0530. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 121 street intersections per km², and blocks average 84 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Pest
- 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 Pest. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Budapest
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Budapest District VIII | 2.6 km | 90 |
| Budapest District IX | 4.3 km | 66 |
| Óbuda | 5 km | 96 |
| Budapest District IV | 9.7 km | 72 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Budapest page.
Questions about walking in Pest
Is Pest walkable?
Yes. Pest in Budapest has a walkability score of 98 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 Pest more walkable than the rest of Budapest?
Pest is more walkable than Budapest as a whole: it scores 98, against 88 for the 5 km around Budapest's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Budapest neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Budapest?
Of the 5 Budapest neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Pest (98), Óbuda (96) and Budapest District VIII (90).
How is the walkability score of Pest 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 Pest it is the average of 58 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.