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How walkable is Centro, Guadalajara?

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Centro 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 only neighbourhood ranked in Guadalajara, which scores 89 as a whole.

98 out of 100: Walker's Paradise
Daily errands do not require a car.
100%
of its area scores 70+
89
Guadalajara overall
100
at the centre
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What's within walking distance

2,901 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Centro. The nearest grocery is about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.

Groceries

KIOSKO
2min3.0 of 3 points
  • Papa'l gusto4 min
  • La esquina de las especias4 min

Restaurants & bars

Restaurante
1min3.0 of 3 points
  • Subway1 min
  • Las Sombrillas Restaurant1 min

Shopping

Galitt01
1min2.0 of 2 points
  • Pasaje Morelos1 min
  • Pilas el centenario1 min

Coffee

Café San Pedro
1min2.0 of 2 points
  • La Flor de Cordoba1 min
  • Café Moka Centro2 min

Banks

Banorte
2min1.0 of 1 point
  • Atm/Cajero BBVA3 min
  • BBVA4 min

Parks

Plaza Guadalajara
1min1.0 of 1 point
  • Plaza de Armas1 min
  • Plaza Universidad1 min

Schools

CEP Prepa BIS
4min1.0 of 1 point
  • TrasciendeCoaching4 min
  • Prepa CEI Intensive Studies Center6 min

Books & libraries

Biblioteca Iberoamericana Octavio Paz
2min1.0 of 1 point
  • Mangas Fregoso2 min
  • Comics Universe3 min

Culture & entertainment

Museo del Tequila y el Mariachi
1min1.0 of 1 point
  • Palacio de Gobierno3 min
  • Museo Regional de Guadalajara3 min

Measured from the mapped centre of Centro, Guadalajara at 20.6764, -103.3479. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 172 street intersections per km², and blocks average 78 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

Walkability across Centro, Guadalajara

Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Centro. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 92, is 900 m to the south.
  • 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 Centro, Guadalajara. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

Questions about walking in Centro, Guadalajara

Is Centro walkable?

Yes. Centro in Guadalajara 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 Centro more walkable than the rest of Guadalajara?

Centro is more walkable than Guadalajara as a whole: it scores 98, against 89 for the 5 km around Guadalajara's centre. It is the only neighbourhood ranked in Guadalajara on How Walkable.

How is the walkability score of Centro 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 Centro it is the average of 61 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. 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. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.

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