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title: "Is Mersin walkable? Walkability score 78/100 · How Walkable"
description: "Mersin scores 78/100 for walkability (Very Walkable) across its central 5 km. How far walkability reaches, what's near the centre, and its rank in Turkey."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/mersin
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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3.  Mersin

# How walkable is Mersin?

By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 

Mersin has a walkability score of 78 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 7th most walkable of the 28 cities ranked in Turkey, with 1 other.

78 out of 100: Very Walkable

Most errands can be accomplished on foot.

*   #7 of 28 tied, in Turkey
*   #152 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   87 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=36.80029&lon=34.61361&q=Mersin%2C%20Turkey) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,729 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Mersin. The nearest grocery is about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, parks and schools.

### Groceries

3.0 of 3 points

*   Panorama Akdeniz Mersin, 5 min
*   Şok, 6 min
*   Enes Gıda, 6 min

### Restaurants & bars

2.9 of 3 points

*   Birtek 33 Tantuni, 2 min
*   Dut Alti Kokoreç & Şirdan, 4 min
*   Ciğerci çavuş, 4 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   Bsr Oto Lastik, 2 min
*   Yücel Eczanesi, 3 min
*   Sedat Iletişim, 5 min

### Coffee

1.5 of 2 points

*   Eski Otogar Kahvesi, 9 min
*   Mado Cafe, 10 min
*   Çetinkaya Teras Cafe, 11 min

### Banks

0.5 of 1 point

*   Garanti Bbva, 13 min
*   Türkiye İş Bankası Adliye Şubesi, 13 min
*   Bankamatik, 13 min

### Parks

1.0 of 1 point

*   Toroslar Sait Çivi Parkı, 3 min
*   Ziyaret Parkı, 12 min
*   Ahmet Taner Kışlalı Parkı, 13 min

### Schools

1.0 of 1 point

*   Sebile. necatibey ilk ogretim okulu kuaför kursu mersin, 2 min
*   Hizmetici Egitim Enstitusu Mersin, 2 min
*   Ataturk Teknik Ve Endustri Meslek Lisesi Spor Salonu, 7 min

### Books & libraries

0.6 of 1 point

*   Akdeniz Bilgi Limanı Kütüphanesi, 12 min
*   Yenicağ, 18 min
*   Kitapsan, 19 min

### Culture & entertainment

0.6 of 1 point

*   Duy-Mersin İşitme Cihazları Merkezi, 12 min
*   Musée naval de Mersin, 14 min
*   Mersin Deniz Müzesi, 14 min

### Further than usual

*   The nearest café is 9 minutes from the centre on foot, against 3 minutes for the median city ranked.
*   The nearest bank is 13 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
*   The nearest cultural venue is 12 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.

Measured from the centre at 36.8003, 34.6136, the point near Mersin'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 330 street intersections per km², and blocks average 56 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Mersin's score of 78 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 93 within 1 km of the centre, 85 from 1 to 3 km out and 69 from 3 to 5 km out. 30 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. 75% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Mersin, one hexagon per square kilometre. 75% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 7, is 3 km to the east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/turkey/mersin.svg?v=8244fdb56285)

Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Mersin. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 87    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 93    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 85    | 91%         | 22             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 69    | 59%         | 32             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                                  | Distance | Score |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Tarsus, Mersin](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/tarsus), Turkey       | 25 km    | 40    |
| [Adana](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/adana), Turkey                 | 64 km    | 75    |
| [Antakya](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/antakya), Turkey             | 152 km   | 55    |
| [Aksaray](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/aksaray), Turkey             | 182 km   | 48    |
| [Kahramanmaraş](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/kahramanmaras), Turkey | 220 km   | 54    |

## Questions about walking in Mersin

### Is Mersin a walkable city?

Around its centre, yes. Mersin has a walkability score of 78 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 87. 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 joint 7th of 28 cities in Turkey and joint 152nd of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.

### What is the most walkable city in Turkey?

Istanbul is the most walkable of the 28 cities ranked in Turkey, with a score of 97. Mersin ranks joint 7th with 78.

### How does Mersin compare with nearby cities?

Mersin is more walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 78, against Tarsus, Mersin (40, 25 km away), Adana (75, 64 km away) and Antakya (55, 152 km away).

### Which part of Mersin is most walkable?

Mersin is most walkable beyond 2.5 km to the south-west, where walkability averages 94, more than the 93 within 1 km of its centre. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 87. It falls most to the east (35).

### How is Mersin's walkability score calculated?

For Mersin it is the average of 61 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 46 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.

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