How walkable is Botánico?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Botánico has a walkability score of 46 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Asunción, which scores 67 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
46 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Botánico. The nearest grocery is Don Artur Market, about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries and parks. It is weakest for coffee, banks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- CityMarket27 min
- Comedor Los Amigos6 min
- Puerto Botánico Villa I.P.V.U.8 min
- Carpintería Sosa7 min
- Despensa Figueredo17 min
- Unnamed park12 min
- Centro Educativo Nueva Esperanza19 min
- Complejo Presidente19 min
- Zoológico Jardín Botánico21 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Botánico at -25.2420, -57.5777. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 52 street intersections per km², and blocks average 82 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Botánico
- 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 Botánico. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Asunción
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Las Lomas | 4 km | 90 |
| Bella Vista | 4.3 km | 74 |
| Jara | 4.9 km | 83 |
| Barrio Obrero | 9.4 km | 72 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Asunción page.
Questions about walking in Botánico
Is Botánico walkable?
Not very. Botánico in Asunción has a walkability score of 46 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Botánico more walkable than the rest of Asunción?
Botánico is less walkable than Asunción as a whole: it scores 46, against 67 for the 5 km around Asunción's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Asunción neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Asunción?
Of the 5 Asunción neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Las Lomas (90), Jara (83) and Bella Vista (74).
How is the walkability score of Botánico 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 Botánico it is the average of 32 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.