How walkable is New Taipei City?
New Taipei City has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 cities ranked in Taiwan.
What's within walking distance
616 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central New Taipei City. The nearest grocery is 不二弄咖啡✖️聚惠廚房, about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, shopping, coffee, banks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- 不二弄咖啡✖️聚惠廚房330 m · 4 min
- 德麥食品590 m · 7 min
- 迷你市集 Minishops1.7 km · 21 min
- 樂市樂活340 m · 4 min
- No.6 Corner370 m · 5 min
- 玖旺食品有限公司 Sunnysyrup Food Co., LTD. Taiwan Bubble Tea Supplier390 m · 5 min
- 德林股份有限公司140 m · 2 min
- 7-Eleven240 m · 3 min
- 熊把拔手創樂園260 m · 3 min
- 丹堤咖啡360 m · 5 min
- High Tea480 m · 6 min
- Reveno Cafe1.1 km · 14 min
- 玉山銀行360 m · 5 min
- 五股工業區分行770 m · 10 min
- 彰化商業銀行1.3 km · 17 min
- Unnamed park650 m · 8 min
- 福智公園1.1 km · 13 min
- 福智2號廣場1.2 km · 16 min
- 新北市五股五權公共托育中心180 m · 2 min
- 新北市立中信國民小學 New Taipei Municipal ZhongXin Elementary School1.8 km · 22 min
- 中信國小課後弦樂團1.8 km · 23 min
- 高點書香世界1.3 km · 16 min
- 抱抱兔童話館1.6 km · 20 min
- 中信國小圖書館1.8 km · 23 min
- 新北市工商展覽中心340 m · 4 min
- Zepp New Taipei1.2 km · 15 min
- 美麗新影城1.3 km · 16 min
Measured from the representative point at 25.0665, 121.4484. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 49 street intersections per km², and blocks average 142 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 62 to 100, and New Taipei City's score of 89 is their median. Walkability changes a lot across the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 93 | Map |
| 1 km north | 69 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 62 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 85 | Map |
| 1 km south | 100 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 98 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 89 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Taipei, Taiwan | 7 km | 100 |
| Taichung, Taiwan | 128 km | 99 |
| Tainan, Taiwan | 263 km | 97 |
| Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 296 km | 98 |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 805 km | 96 |
Questions about walking in New Taipei City
Is New Taipei City a walkable city?
Yes. Central New Taipei City has a walkability score of 89 out of 100, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It ranks 5th of 5 cities in Taiwan and 138th of 252 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Taiwan?
Taipei is the most walkable of the 5 cities ranked in Taiwan, with a score of 100. New Taipei City ranks 5th with 89.
How does New Taipei City compare with nearby cities?
New Taipei City is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: New Taipei City scores 89, against Taipei (100, 7 km away), Taichung (99, 128 km away) and Tainan (97, 263 km away).
How is New Taipei City'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 New Taipei City 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.