--- title: "Most walkable neighbourhoods in Asunción (2026)" description: "19 neighbourhoods of Asunción ranked by walkability score, from Catedral (98) to Zeballos Cué (30), with each one's distance from the centre." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/paraguay/asuncion/neighbourhoods updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Paraguay](https://howwalkable.com/cities/paraguay) 3. [Asunción](https://howwalkable.com/cities/paraguay/asuncion) 4. Neighbourhoods # The most walkable neighbourhoods in Asunción By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 19 neighbourhoods of Asunción ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Catedral leads with 98/100, then Ycuá Satí (93) and General Díaz (91). 13 of the 19 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Zeballos Cué (30). | # | Neighbourhood | From the centre | Area scoring 70+ | Score | | -- | -------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ---------------- | ----- | | 1 | Catedral | 650 m | 100% | 98 | | 2 | Ycuá Satí | 6.5 km | 100% | 93 | | 3 | General Díaz | 900 m | 100% | 91 | | 4 | [Las Lomas](https://howwalkable.com/cities/paraguay/asuncion/las-lomas) | 6.1 km | 96% | 90 | | 4 | General Caballero | 2.3 km | 100% | 90 | | 6 | [Jara](https://howwalkable.com/cities/paraguay/asuncion/jara) | 2.8 km | 96% | 83 | | 7 | Las Mercedes | 2 km | 83% | 82 | | 8 | Ricardo Brugada | 1.2 km | 75% | 81 | | 8 | Dr. Francia | 2.3 km | 78% | 81 | | 10 | Hipódromo | 5.6 km | 92% | 80 | | 11 | San Jorge | 7.8 km | 78% | 78 | | 12 | [Bella Vista](https://howwalkable.com/cities/paraguay/asuncion/bella-vista) | 4.3 km | 53% | 74 | | 13 | [Barrio Obrero](https://howwalkable.com/cities/paraguay/asuncion/barrio-obrero) | 1.9 km | 59% | 72 | | 14 | Santa Rosa | 6.2 km | 50% | 68 | | 15 | Santa Ana | 4.2 km | 45% | 61 | | 16 | Loma Pytá | 10.2 km | 21% | 57 | | 17 | Itá Enramada | 7.1 km | 3% | 46 | | 17 | [Botánico](https://howwalkable.com/cities/paraguay/asuncion/botanico) | 7.5 km | 0% | 46 | | 19 | Zeballos Cué | 9.4 km | 0% | 30 | "From the centre" is the distance from Asunción's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot. ## The top 5 up close ### Catedral Catedral is the most central of these five, 650 m north-west of Asunción's busiest point, and scores 98/100. It has the most libraries and bookshops of the five: 30 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Librería Intercontinental, about 4 minutes away. ### Ycuá Satí Ycuá Satí lies the furthest out of these five, 6.5 km east of Asunción's busiest point, and scores 93/100. None of the others has as many cafés, with 35 in a 30 minute walk; DELICE de France is the nearest, about 5 minutes away. ### General Díaz General Díaz scores 91/100, 900 m west of Asunción's busiest point. Shops are where it leads the others, 383 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with United Colors of Benetton, about 3 minutes away. ### Las Lomas Las Lomas scores 90/100, 6.1 km east of Asunción's busiest point. It has the most parks of the five: 133 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Plaza Luis Alberto del Paraná, about 7 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is banks, with 8. 96% of its area scores 70 or more. [More on Las Lomas](https://howwalkable.com/cities/paraguay/asuncion/las-lomas). ### General Caballero General Caballero scores 90/100, 2.3 km south-east of Asunción's busiest point. 618 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 5 minutes away. It has the fewest cultural venues of the five, 12. ## Centre and outskirts The 8 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Asunción's centre average 85, and the 11 further out average 66, so walkability falls away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Catedral, 650 m away, scores 98, and the farthest, Loma Pytá, 10.2 km out, scores 57. ![Map of Asunción's 19 ranked neighbourhoods around its centre, numbered by rank and coloured by score, with rings every 2 km. The most walkable is Catedral, 650 m to the north-west; the least, Zeballos Cué, 9.4 km to the north-east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/paraguay/asuncion/neighbourhoods.svg?v=c1cee52cf3b7) Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Asunción. Asunción as a whole scores [67 out of 100](https://howwalkable.com/cities/paraguay/asuncion) across the 5 km around its centre. ## Questions about Asunción's neighbourhoods ### What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Asunción? Catedral is the most walkable of the 19 neighbourhoods we rank in Asunción, with a walkability score of 98 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Ycuá Satí (93) and General Díaz (91). ### Which neighbourhoods of Asunción are least walkable? Of the 19 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Zeballos Cué (30), Botánico (46) and Itá Enramada (46). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still. ### How are Asunción's neighbourhoods ranked? Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Asunción scores 67 across the 5 km around its centre. 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. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata. Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.