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title: "Centro, Guadalajara walkability score: 98/100 · How Walkable"
description: "Centro in Guadalajara scores 98/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise): what's within a walk and how it compares with Guadalajara."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/mexico/guadalajara/centro
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
---

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3.  [Guadalajara](https://howwalkable.com/cities/mexico/guadalajara)
4.  Centro

# How walkable is Centro, Guadalajara?

By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 

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

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=20.67640&lon=-103.34791&q=Centro%2C%20Guadalajara) 

## 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

3.0 of 3 points

*   KIOSKO, 2 min
*   Papa'l gusto, 4 min
*   La esquina de las especias, 4 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   Restaurante, 1 min
*   Subway, 1 min
*   Las Sombrillas Restaurant, 1 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   Galitt01, 1 min
*   Pasaje Morelos, 1 min
*   Pilas el centenario, 1 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   Café San Pedro, 1 min
*   La Flor de Cordoba, 1 min
*   Café Moka Centro, 2 min

### Banks

1.0 of 1 point

*   Banorte, 2 min
*   Atm/Cajero BBVA, 3 min
*   BBVA, 4 min

### Parks

1.0 of 1 point

*   Plaza Guadalajara, 1 min
*   Plaza de Armas, 1 min
*   Plaza Universidad, 1 min

### Schools

1.0 of 1 point

*   CEP Prepa BIS, 4 min
*   TrasciendeCoaching, 4 min
*   Prepa CEI Intensive Studies Center, 6 min

### Books & libraries

1.0 of 1 point

*   Biblioteca Iberoamericana Octavio Paz, 2 min
*   Mangas Fregoso, 2 min
*   Comics Universe, 3 min

### Culture & entertainment

1.0 of 1 point

*   Museo del Tequila y el Mariachi, 1 min
*   Palacio de Gobierno, 3 min
*   Museo Regional de Guadalajara, 3 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.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/mexico/guadalajara/centro.svg?v=6e3e2111e576)

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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.

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