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How walkable is Downtown San Diego?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Downtown San Diego has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in San Diego, which scores 65 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,011 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Downtown San Diego. The nearest grocery is Ralphs, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and culture & entertainment.
- 6th And Market9 min
- 21 Teas & Goods11 min
- Tiki Bar2 min
- Island Prime3 min
- Spicy Closet3 min
- Marina District Farmers' Market3 min
- Starbucks2 min
- Bean Sprouts3 min
- Bank of America Financial Center6 min
- Bank of America Mortgage6 min
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Promenade Park1 min
- Unnamed park2 min
- E3 Civic High15 min
- King-chavez Community High18 min
- San Diego Law Library14 min
- Central IDEA Lab15 min
- Children's Museum Park3 min
- San Diego Chinese Historical Museum3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Downtown San Diego at 32.7089, -117.1643. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 89 street intersections per km², and blocks average 89 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Downtown San Diego
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Downtown San Diego. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in San Diego
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Gaslamp Quarter | 500 m | 98 |
| Little Italy | 1.6 km | 94 |
| Hillcrest | 4.4 km | 86 |
| Point Loma | 7.8 km | 52 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the San Diego page.
Questions about walking in Downtown San Diego
Is Downtown San Diego walkable?
Yes. Downtown San Diego has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Downtown San Diego more walkable than the rest of San Diego?
Downtown San Diego is more walkable than San Diego as a whole: it scores 92, against 65 for the 5 km around San Diego's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 San Diego neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in San Diego?
Of the 5 San Diego neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Gaslamp Quarter (98), Little Italy (94) and Downtown San Diego (92).
How is the walkability score of Downtown San Diego 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 Downtown San Diego it is the average of 49 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.