How walkable is Tampico?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Tampico has a walkability score of 75 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 18th most walkable of the 51 cities ranked in Mexico, with 4 others.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,171 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Tampico. The nearest grocery is about 10 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- De la Huasteca Comercializadora, 11 min
- Arteli Mas, 11 min
Restaurants & bars
- Helados Minerva, 3 min
- La Novena Hit and Drink, 3 min
Shopping
- XpertCenter, 5 min
- AT&T Mx, 5 min
Coffee
- Cafe Monet, 9 min
- Bing's, 12 min
Banks
- Scotiabank Inverlat, 3 min
- Banco BBVA, 7 min
Parks
- Parque Sierra Morena, 28 min
Schools
- Icest, A. C., 7 min
- Instituto Cultural Tampico, 7 min
Books & libraries
- Editorial Trillas, 5 min
- Libreria New Covenant, 13 min
Culture & entertainment
- Cinemex, 15 min
- Multimedios Cinemas, 16 min
Further than usual
- The nearest shop is 5 minutes from the centre on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest park is 12 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the centre at 22.2619, -97.8632, the point near Tampico'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 137 street intersections per km², and blocks average 75 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Tampico's score of 75 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 91 within 1 km of the centre, 78 from 1 to 3 km out and 69 from 3 to 5 km out. 23 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. 72% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.
- 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 Tampico. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 89 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 91 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 78 | 88% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 69 | 54% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ciudad Victoria, Mexico | 208 km | 59 |
| San Luis Potosí, Mexico | 319 km | 78 |
| Querétaro, Mexico | 321 km | 78 |
| Xalapa, Mexico | 322 km | 58 |
| Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico | 323 km | 71 |
Questions about walking in Tampico
Is Tampico a walkable city?
Around its centre, yes. Tampico has a walkability score of 75 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 89. 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 18th of 51 cities in Mexico and joint 201st of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Mexico?
Mexico City is the most walkable of the 51 cities ranked in Mexico, with a score of 95. Tampico ranks joint 18th with 75.
How does Tampico compare with nearby cities?
Tampico sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 75, against Ciudad Victoria (59, 208 km away), San Luis Potosí (78, 319 km away) and Querétaro (78, 321 km away).
Which part of Tampico is most walkable?
The streets just around Tampico's centre are its most walkable, averaging 91 within 1 km. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 89. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south (averaging 83) and falls most to the south-west (36).
How is Tampico's walkability score calculated?
For Tampico it is the average of 68 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 49 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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