How walkable is Łódź?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Łódź has a walkability score of 66 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 6th most walkable of the 9 cities ranked in Poland.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,603 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Łódź. The nearest grocery is about 13 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Carrefour Express, 13 min
- ATP-FED Ośrodek leczenia skoliozy, skrzywień kręgosłupa i fizjoterapii, 14 min
Restaurants & bars
- T-Pizza, 2 min
- Quale Restaurant, 2 min
Shopping
- Musnet s.c. Szot J., Florczak A., 3 min
- Apteka Melissa, 3 min
Coffee
- Coffee to Go, 4 min
- Clakier caffe, 5 min
Banks
- Bank Pocztowy S.A. w Bydgoszczy. Oddział, 11 min
- Millennium Bank, 12 min
Parks
- Skwer Aliny Margolis-Edelman, 6 min
- Skwer Studentów 1981 roku, 8 min
Schools
- Międzynarodowe Przedszkole Edukacji Innowacyjnej w Łodzi, 7 min
- Przedszkole Miejskie nr 220, 9 min
Books & libraries
- Empik, 2 min
- Kiermasz Ksiazek A-Z, 4 min
Culture & entertainment
- Kino Szpulka, 6 min
- Teatr Wielki, 6 min
Measured from the centre at 51.7706, 19.4667, the point near Łódź'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 72 street intersections per km², and blocks average 99 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
How far walkability reaches
Łódź's score of 66 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 90 within 1 km of the centre, 71 from 1 to 3 km out and 58 from 3 to 5 km out. 16 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. 53% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
- 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 Łódź. 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 | 90 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 71 | 63% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 58 | 39% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Warsaw, Poland | 117 km | 87 |
| Bydgoszcz, Poland | 181 km | 67 |
| Wrocław, Poland | 185 km | 71 |
| Poznań, Poland | 188 km | 74 |
| Kraków, Poland | 193 km | 76 |
Questions about walking in Łódź
Is Łódź a walkable city?
Partly. Łódź has a walkability score of 66 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some 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 6th of 9 cities in Poland and joint 354th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Poland?
Warsaw is the most walkable of the 9 cities ranked in Poland, with a score of 87. Łódź ranks 6th with 66.
How does Łódź compare with nearby cities?
Łódź is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 66, against Warsaw (87, 117 km away), Bydgoszcz (67, 181 km away) and Wrocław (71, 185 km away).
Which part of Łódź is most walkable?
The streets just around Łódź's centre are its most walkable, averaging 90 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 north-west (averaging 75) and falls most to the north-east (34).
How is Łódź's walkability score calculated?
For Łódź it is the average of 75 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 40 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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