How walkable is Saint Petersburg?
Saint Petersburg has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 7 cities ranked in Russia.
What's within walking distance
1,789 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Saint Petersburg. The nearest grocery is Перекресток, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and culture & entertainment.
- Перекресток160 m · 2 min
- Лента700 m · 9 min
- Фруктовая лавка730 m · 9 min
- Гастробар CARRÉ160 m · 2 min
- Мейерхольд190 m · 2 min
- Pame200 m · 2 min
- Maker Design Loft130 m · 2 min
- Wildberries140 m · 2 min
- СНС ФАРМА480 m · 6 min
- Ломоносов Кофе230 m · 3 min
- Pavlova Boulangerie Russe540 m · 7 min
- Чайная на Миллионной 10540 m · 7 min
- ВТБ220 m · 3 min
- Банк Россия1.1 km · 13 min
- Альфа Банк1.1 km · 13 min
- Марсово поле180 m · 2 min
- Unnamed park250 m · 3 min
- Михайловский сад330 m · 4 min
- Детский сад №109 Центрального района770 m · 10 min
- Школа Раннего Развития1.0 km · 13 min
- Детский сад №110 «Эрмитажный»1.3 km · 16 min
- Библиотека СПбГУКИ550 m · 7 min
- РОССИЙСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ АРХИВ ВОЕННО-МОРСКОГО ФЛОТА1.1 km · 14 min
- Вита Нова1.2 km · 15 min
- PMI390 m · 5 min
- Музей камня410 m · 5 min
- Лошадиная сила430 m · 5 min
Measured from the representative point at 59.9431, 30.3297. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 47 street intersections per km², and blocks average 124 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, 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 73 to 100, and Saint Petersburg's score of 93 is their median.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 97 | Map |
| 1 km north | 73 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 93 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 97 | Map |
| 1 km south | 100 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 82 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 82 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Moscow, Russia | 636 km | 92 |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 692 km | 99 |
| Minsk, Belarus | 693 km | 76 |
| Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia | 899 km | 83 |
| Warsaw, Poland | 1,035 km | 100 |
Questions about walking in Saint Petersburg
Is Saint Petersburg a walkable city?
Yes. Central Saint Petersburg has a walkability score of 93 out of 100, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It ranks 1st of 7 cities in Russia and 110th 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. Moscow is second with 92.
How does Saint Petersburg compare with nearby cities?
Saint Petersburg sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: Saint Petersburg scores 93, against Moscow (92, 636 km away), Stockholm (99, 692 km away) and Minsk (76, 693 km away).
How is Saint Petersburg'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 Saint Petersburg 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.