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How walkable is Polanco?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Polanco 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 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Mexico City, which scores 95 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,372 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Polanco. The nearest grocery is Dumas Market, about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Sumesa Polanco6 min
- La Selecta Kosher Style6 min
- Chateau Piano Bar2 min
- Casa Heineken Polanco2 min
- MAC Cosmetics2 min
- Clarins2 min
- Costa Coffee4 min
- Baxter4 min
- Santander Select4 min
- Sucursal Banamex C.F. Polanco, CDMX.4 min
- Unnamed park2 min
- Parque Lincoln8 min
- Colegio Ingles Durkheim4 min
- IPM Montessori Polanco5 min
- Cafebrería El Péndulo Polanco7 min
- Editorial Jerusalem De México7 min
- Charanga Films3 min
- Cinemex4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Polanco at 19.4340, -99.1966. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 140 street intersections per km², and blocks average 85 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Polanco
- 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 Polanco. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Mexico City
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Condesa | 3 km | 98 |
| Zona Rosa | 3.5 km | 100 |
| Tacubaya | 3.8 km | 97 |
| Colonia Del Valle | 5.4 km | 98 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Mexico City page.
Questions about walking in Polanco
Is Polanco walkable?
Yes. Polanco in Mexico City 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 Polanco more walkable than the rest of Mexico City?
Polanco is more walkable than Mexico City as a whole: it scores 98, against 95 for the 5 km around Mexico City's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Mexico City neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Mexico City?
Of the 5 Mexico City neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Zona Rosa (100), Colonia Del Valle (98) and Polanco (98).
How is the walkability score of Polanco 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 Polanco 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.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.