--- title: "Most walkable neighbourhoods in Madrid (2026) · How Walkable" description: "20 neighbourhoods of Madrid ranked by walkability score, from Universidad (100) to Aravaca (72), with each one's distance from the centre. From open map data." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain/madrid/neighbourhoods updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Spain](https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain) 3. [Madrid](https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain/madrid) 4. Neighbourhoods # The most walkable neighbourhoods in Madrid By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 20 neighbourhoods of Madrid ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Five tie for the top score of 100/100, among them Universidad, Argüelles and Chamberí. All 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Aravaca (72). 12 of them score 98 or more, so the order among those turns on small differences. | # | Neighbourhood | From the centre | Area scoring 70+ | Score | | -- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ---------------- | ----- | | 1 | Universidad | 800 m | 100% | 100 | | 1 | Argüelles | 1.8 km | 100% | 100 | | 1 | [Chamberí](https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain/madrid/chamberi) | 1.8 km | 100% | 100 | | 1 | Chueca | 300 m | 100% | 100 | | 1 | Lavapiés | 1.8 km | 100% | 100 | | 6 | [Salamanca](https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain/madrid/salamanca) | 1.4 km | 100% | 99 | | 6 | El Viso | 2.5 km | 100% | 99 | | 6 | Atocha | 2.9 km | 100% | 99 | | 6 | Hispanoamérica | 3.8 km | 100% | 99 | | 10 | [Arganzuela](https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain/madrid/arganzuela) | 3 km | 100% | 98 | | 10 | [Retiro](https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain/madrid/retiro) | 2.3 km | 100% | 98 | | 10 | Tetuán | 4 km | 100% | 98 | | 13 | Canillejas | 7.6 km | 98% | 94 | | 13 | Usera | 4.6 km | 100% | 94 | | 15 | Ciudad Lineal | 4.7 km | 95% | 93 | | 16 | Costillares | 6.2 km | 100% | 91 | | 16 | Puente de Vallecas | 5.2 km | 92% | 91 | | 18 | [Carabanchel](https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain/madrid/carabanchel) | 6.9 km | 94% | 90 | | 19 | Moratalaz | 4.8 km | 91% | 87 | | 20 | Aravaca | 8.2 km | 60% | 72 | "From the centre" is the distance from Madrid'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 ### Universidad Universidad scores 100/100, 800 m west of Madrid's busiest point. 8,523 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 2 minutes away. ### Argüelles Argüelles lies the furthest out of these five, 1.8 km west of Madrid's busiest point, and scores 100/100. 5,418 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about a minute away. Its thinnest category against the others is banks, with 105. ### Chamberí Chamberí scores 100/100, 1.8 km north-west of Madrid's busiest point. 5,235 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 4 minutes away. It has the fewest cultural venues of the five, 141. [More on Chamberí](https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain/madrid/chamberi). ### Chueca Chueca is the most central of these five, at the centre of Madrid, and scores 100/100. It has the most shops of the five: 3,041 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Lamparas Ovalamp, about a minute away. ### Lavapiés Lavapiés scores 100/100, 1.8 km south of Madrid's busiest point. None of the others has as many parks, with 478 in a 30 minute walk; Casino de la Reina is the nearest, about 5 minutes away. ## Centre and outskirts The 9 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Madrid's centre average 99, and the 11 further out average 91, so walkability falls away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Chueca, 300 m away, scores 100, and the farthest, Aravaca, 8.2 km out, scores 72. ![Map of Madrid's 20 ranked neighbourhoods around its centre, numbered by rank and coloured by score, with rings every 2 km. The most walkable is Universidad, 800 m to the west; the least, Aravaca, 8.2 km to the north-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/spain/madrid/neighbourhoods.svg?v=716002c516a3) Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Madrid. Madrid as a whole scores [92 out of 100](https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain/madrid) across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in Spain with ranked neighbourhoods: [Barcelona](https://howwalkable.com/cities/spain/barcelona/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about Madrid's neighbourhoods ### What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Madrid? 5 of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Madrid tie as the most walkable, each with a walkability score of 100 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise): Universidad, Argüelles, Chamberí, Chueca and Lavapiés. ### How are Madrid'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. Madrid scores 92 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.