How walkable is Vilnius?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Vilnius has a walkability score of 56 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It ranks joint 509th of 690 cities worldwide.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,975 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Vilnius. The nearest grocery is about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Livin, 5 min
- IKI Express - Vokiečių, 5 min
Restaurants & bars
- Trinity Restaurant and Cocktail House, 1 min
- Plus Plus Plus Gastrobaras, 2 min
Shopping
- Norré design, 1 min
- De'Zavu, 2 min
Coffee
- Cuproom Café, 2 min
- Arbatos Centras, 3 min
Banks
- Kredito Unija Neris, 9 min
- Lietuvos bankas, 10 min
Parks
- Pranciškonų g. skveras, 2 min
- Reformatų parkas, 3 min
Schools
- Patirčių klasė, 5 min
- Saltinelio Privati Mokykla, 6 min
Books & libraries
- Vilniaus apskrities Adomo Mickevičiaus viešoji biblioteka, 2 min
- UAB "Humanitas", 3 min
Culture & entertainment
- Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum, 1 min
- Labaiteatras, 1 min
Measured from the centre at 54.6814, 25.2798, the point near Vilnius'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 79 street intersections per km², and blocks average 100 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Vilnius's score of 56 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 94 within 1 km of the centre, 65 from 1 to 3 km out and 42 from 3 to 5 km out. 25 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. 33% 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 Vilnius. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 99 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 94 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 65 | 44% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 42 | 12% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Minsk, Belarus | 173 km | 62 |
| Riga, Latvia | 262 km | 71 |
| Warsaw, Poland | 394 km | 87 |
| Lublin, Poland | 424 km | 57 |
| Gdańsk, Poland | 430 km | 55 |
Questions about walking in Vilnius
Is Vilnius a walkable city?
Partly. Vilnius has a walkability score of 56 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 99. 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 509th of 690 cities worldwide on How Walkable.
How does Vilnius compare with nearby cities?
Vilnius is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 56, against Minsk (62, 173 km away), Riga (71, 262 km away) and Warsaw (87, 394 km away).
Which part of Vilnius is most walkable?
Vilnius's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 99. Walkability averages 94 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north (averaging 78) and falls most to the south-east (21).
How is Vilnius's walkability score calculated?
For Vilnius it is the average of 66 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 22 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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