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Most walkable cities in Israel
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Tel Aviv is the most walkable city in Israel, with a score of 81 out of 100. Across the 2 cities ranked, the average is 68, and it is the only one to score 70 or more, meaning most errands can be done on foot across much of the city.
| # | City | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tel Aviv | 81 |
| 2 | Jerusalem | 55 |
Rankings include cities of at least 300,000 people where open map data is complete enough to score fairly. Each score is the average across the 5 km around the city's busiest point, so it measures how far walkability reaches beyond downtown. See the methodology, or compare cities worldwide.
How Israel compares
Israel's 2 ranked cities average 68, against 66 across all 690 cities ranked worldwide.
From the centre of a typical city here, cultural venues are nearer than is usual: the nearest is 3 minutes away on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked. Banks are further, at 9 minutes, against 4 minutes.
Questions about walkable cities in Israel
What is the most walkable city in Israel?
Tel Aviv is the most walkable of the 2 cities ranked in Israel, with a score of 81 out of 100, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Next come Jerusalem (55).
How walkable are cities in Israel?
The 2 cities ranked in Israel average 68 out of 100: 1 scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and 1 scores 50 to 69.
Why are some cities in Israel not listed?
Only cities of at least 300,000 people are ranked so far, and only where open map data lists at least 500 places near the centre, so smaller cities are left out even when they are very walkable. Any address can still be scored on the map.
How are the city scores calculated?
Each city's score is the average of points spaced 1 km apart across the 5 km around its busiest point, so it measures how far walkability reaches beyond downtown. At each point, the score counts the 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.
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