The visualization above shows Seoul and Edinburgh as the most walkable cities, both scoring 93% when residents were asked how walkable they consider their cities. 

This is according to Time Out’s 2026 walkability survey.

New York City ranks third at 91%, three percentage points ahead of Paris, which sits seventh at 88%. Four Nordic cities—Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, and Helsinki—also feature prominently, occupying four of the top nine spots.

Elsewhere, Kraków scores 83%, two points ahead of Amsterdam at 81%. Across the full ranking of 20 cities, scores span just 18 percentage points, from 93% in Seoul and Edinburgh to 75% in Munich, which ranks last.

Even at the bottom of the list, Munich scores above three-quarters, suggesting generally positive perceptions of walkability across all 20 cities.

Importantly, these figures reflect residents’ perceptions of walkability rather than independently measured infrastructure or pedestrian access scores.

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Walkability Score of Major Cities Around The World

Source: 

Time Out Survey, 2026.