Every street in Leipzig
Leipzig has 1,708 km of streets and paths. That is how much CLAYM knows for the city, and every street you walk, run or ride for the first time turns green on your map and earns points.
What kind of streets does Leipzig have?
This is how the 1,708 km split into kinds of street. A named street in Leipzig is 538 m long on average.
- Main roads524 km · 31 %
- Residential and side streets975 km · 57 %
- Traffic-calmed streets36 km · 2 %
- Pedestrian zones and squares8.2 km · 0.5 %
- Footpaths, cycle paths and tracks164 km · 10 %
What makes Leipzig different
- Lots of through traffic: 31 % of the network are main roads, more than in 270 of 280 cities on claym.me.
- Only 10 % of the network are separate footpaths, cycle paths and tracks, less than in 193 of 280 cities on claym.me. Most routes follow streets.
The districts of Leipzig
CLAYM assigns every street to the nearest district or locality. Möckern has the most, with 58 km, which is 3 % of the city.
- Möckern58 km
- Wiederitzsch52 km
- Südvorstadt41 km
- Gohlis36 km
- Wahren35 km
- Liebertwolkwitz35 km
- Eutritzsch34 km
- Probstheida34 km
- Meusdorf34 km
- Leutzsch33 km
- Neu-Paunsdorf32 km
- Böhlitz-Ehrenberg32 km
and 80 more districts and localities with 1,250 km together
How long would it take to walk every street in Leipzig?
At 5 km/h, 1,708 km are about 342 hours of pure walking, without detours, traffic lights or ways back. Walking one hour a day, you would have been everywhere after about 342 days, that is about 11 months. By bike at 15 km/h it would be about 114 hours.
Nobody has to do it all: in CLAYM every new street counts, and the map shows you which ones near you are still missing.
Leipzig compared
With 1,708 km, Leipzig ranks 11 of 185 cities in Germany on claym.me, and 2 of 5 in Saxony. Halle (Saale) (32 km away) has 905 km fewer streets and paths than Leipzig.
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Questions about Leipzig
How many kilometres of streets does Leipzig have?
According to the OpenStreetMap data CLAYM uses, Leipzig has 1,708 km of streets and paths, 3,174 of them with their own name. Pedestrian zones, footpaths and cycle paths are included, motorways are not.
Can you walk every street in Leipzig?
Yes, with patience: all 1,708 km take about 342 hours of pure walking. Walking one hour a day, you are done after about 342 days. CLAYM shows you which streets you are still missing.
Which district of Leipzig has the most streets?
Möckern with 58 km, ahead of Wiederitzsch (52 km) and Südvorstadt (41 km).
Is CLAYM available in Leipzig?
Yes, the streets of Leipzig are already in CLAYM. The app launches soon for iPhone and Android. Join the waiting list now to reserve your player name.
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Data as of 31 October 2026. Streets, city limits and districts from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), without motorways. Every street that earns points in CLAYM is counted. Rankings compare the 281 cities on claym.me.