How walkable is Kazan?
Kazan has a walkability score of 80 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 6th most walkable of 7 cities ranked in Russia.
What's within walking distance
583 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Kazan. The nearest grocery is Пятерочка, about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for books & libraries.
- Пятерочка660 m · 8 min
- Чижик1.6 km · 20 min
- Супермаркеты «Эдельвейс»1.9 km · 24 min
- Ресторан La Casa30 m · 1 min
- Артель Бистро260 m · 3 min
- Smorodina cakes280 m · 3 min
- Post Scriptum280 m · 3 min
- Outpac400 m · 5 min
- AuRoom420 m · 5 min
- Breadly220 m · 3 min
- Аполло кафе290 m · 4 min
- Chainayaguru350 m · 4 min
- Корпоративно-инвестиционный центр Сбербанка770 m · 10 min
- Сбербанк России840 m · 10 min
- ВТБ960 m · 12 min
- Лядской сад140 m · 2 min
- Сквер имени Л. Н. Толстого480 m · 6 min
- сквер Котельникова610 m · 8 min
- школа 18 Казань | school 18 Kazan920 m · 11 min
- Гимназия №961.8 km · 22 min
- Монтессори-центр детского развития "Индивид.ум"2.2 km · 27 min
- Научная библиотека им. Лобачевского КГУ1.5 km · 19 min
- Национальная библиотека Республики Татарстан1.7 km · 21 min
- Республика1.9 km · 24 min
- Музей Боратынского180 m · 2 min
- Государственный Музей Изобразительных Искусств Республики Татарстан380 m · 5 min
- ТАТАРСКАЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ФИЛАРМОНИЯ им. ГАБДУЛЛЫ ТУКАЯ410 m · 5 min
Measured from the representative point at 55.7932, 49.1360. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 31 street intersections per km², and blocks average 178 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 7%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability around the centre
Scores at seven points within 1 km of the centre range from 68 to 91, and Kazan's score of 80 is their median.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 91 | Map |
| 1 km north | 79 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 80 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 68 | Map |
| 1 km south | 78 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 84 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 90 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia | 324 km | 83 |
| Moscow, Russia | 720 km | 92 |
| Voronezh, Russia | 799 km | 92 |
| Rostov-on-Don, Russia | 1,156 km | 87 |
| Saint Petersburg, Russia | 1,206 km | 93 |
Questions about walking in Kazan
Is Kazan a walkable city?
Yes. Central Kazan has a walkability score of 80 out of 100, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It ranks 6th of 7 cities in Russia and 203rd of 252 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Russia?
Saint Petersburg is the most walkable of the 7 cities ranked in Russia, with a score of 93. Kazan ranks 6th with 80.
How does Kazan compare with nearby cities?
Kazan is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: Kazan scores 80, against Nizhniy Novgorod (83, 324 km away), Moscow (92, 720 km away) and Voronezh (92, 799 km away).
How is Kazan's walkability score 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 Kazan it is the median of seven points within 1 km of the city centre, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. City position and population from GeoNames.