Barcelona nearby infrastructure and amenity access
NearbyIndex scores access to mapped daily services. Walkability also depends on routes, street conditions, safety, and comfort.
Population: 1.7M
Score Range
38-92 (best: 92)
10th-90th percentile
Groceries
Restaurants & Cafes
Public Transit
Healthcare
Education
Parks & Recreation
Shopping
Entertainment
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NearbyIndex Amenity Access Profile v1.0.0
Evidence profile for Barcelona
Calculated August 25, 2026
The median sampled point scores 87. A total of 80% of analyzed points score 60 or more. The typical range is 38–92, a 54-point difference. The strongest category is Education (89). The weakest is Shopping (60).
- Median access
- 87/100
- The middle analyzed grid-point score.
- High-access coverage
- 80%
- Analyzed grid points with a score of 60 or more.
- Consistency
- 46/100
- 100 minus the 10th-to-90th percentile width.
- Category balance
- 71/100
- 100 minus the strongest-to-weakest category difference.
- Grid evidence
- 25 analyzed of 25 points
- Estimated scored area
- 86.1 km²
- Mapped place records
- 14,929(173.4/km²)
- Named-area coverage
- 92% of grid points
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Nearby infrastructure across Barcelona
80% of sampled points score 60 or more for nearby daily amenities. The model uses straight-line distance to groceries, food, transit, healthcare, education, parks, shopping, and entertainment.
What the result shows
Barcelona has strong amenity access across much of the sample. The lower points mostly describe the wider sampled area, not the compact central grid alone.
Local planning context
Barcelona reported that walking and cycling formed 57.3% of trips within the city in 2022. The city is planning further growth in sustainable travel. Barcelona in Figures 2023.
Important limit: The sample reaches Sant Cugat del Vallès. Treat the result as a Barcelona urban-area estimate and check an address before making a decision.
Strongest categories
Education (89), Healthcare (79), Entertainment (79)
Scores range from 12 to 92 across neighborhoods — location matters a lot in this city.
What's in Barcelona
Counted inside the area we score. Presence, not walking distance — the category scores above measure reachability.
How Barcelona compares
Barcelona ranks 5 of 10 reviewed cities by amenity access coverage. In this sample, 80% of points score 60 or better. The reviewed-city median is 78% across the set. By overall score it ranks 2, so it has a stronger median than its coverage rank suggests. See the full ranking.
Amenity access by sampled area in Barcelona
These labels come from source map boundaries. The table covers 23 of 25 grid points (92%). Some named areas can sit outside the city boundary because the current grid follows the inferred urban area.
| Neighborhood | Score | Points |
|---|---|---|
Top areaSanta Eulàlia | 92 | 1 |
el Gòtic | 92 | 1 |
Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta | 92 | 1 |
les Tres Torres | 91 | 1 |
el Poblenou | 91 | 1 |
Sant Martí de Provençals | 91 | 1 |
les Planes | 90 | 1 |
la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample | 89 | 1 |
la Dreta de l'Eixample | 89 | 1 |
el Guinardó | 89 | 1 |
+12 more neighborhoods not shown
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