Green also means cooler
Street trees measurably cool their surroundings in summer. If you care about heat, green and cool go together, the cool-living page maps the heat load next to the green.
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Where is St. Pölten greenest to live?
St. Pölten is greenest in Unterradlberg, Viehofen and Harland.
“Green” is easy to claim. wohnwahn measures it: the proximity to real green spaces, parks, woods and meadows, for every inhabited 250 m cell.
And the district average deceives, here in both directions: the centre has the highest share of green space in the city and its homes still only reach mid-table, while out in the countryside the houses sit at the edge of the woods although the municipal area is almost all farmland. wohnwahn measures the green at your home, not at the district’s rim.
St. Pölten’s greenest districts
Ranked by the median green-space proximity of inhabited residential cells, so the green that people actually live next to. Linked: the full district profile in the atlas.
- 1Unterradlberg85green score
- 2Viehofen73green score
- 3Harland63green score
Green-space proximity (parks, woods, meadows) per 250 m cell, from OpenStreetMap · as of: October 2026
- 459green score
- 545green score
- 644green score
- 740green score
- 838green score
- 933green score
- 1030green score
- 1124green score
- 1223green score
- 130green score
Method: proximity to real green spaces (parks, woods, meadows from OpenStreetMap) per inhabited 250 m cell, bigger and closer green weighs more, clipped to the real district boundary. Deliberately NOT the district green-area percentage that the usual rankings use: that figure is inflated by woods, fields and floodplain at the unbuilt edge and says nothing about where people live. The number next to each district is the median street-tree count as extra context.
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The green map of St. Pölten
Dark green means a lot of park, woodland or meadow nearby. Every square is an inhabited 250 m cell with its green-space proximity score (bigger and closer green counts more).
Only inhabited cells are coloured. This measures proximity to green spaces per home. Tap the map for the green score at that exact spot.
Green and still central
Green usually means the edge of town. These districts prove you can have both: a high green score AND within 25 minutes of Rathausplatz by transit.
How to find a genuinely green flat
Frequently asked questions
Which is the greenest district in St. Pölten?
By green-space proximity it is Unterradlberg: the typical home there scores 85/100 for nearby parks, woods and meadows, ahead of Viehofen and Harland. Source: OpenStreetMap green spaces, evaluated per 250 m cell.
Does a lot of green space make a district green to live in?
In St. Pölten the green-area percentage misleads in both directions: the centre has the highest share of green space in the city and its homes still only reach mid-table, while the surrounding municipalities are almost all farmland on paper and offer the greenest homes in the market, because the houses there sit at the edge of the woods. That number says nothing about the green next to your home. wohnwahn instead measures the green space within walking distance of each inhabited spot, so a densely built block in a “green” district shows up honestly as what it is.
Do parks and woods count, or only street trees?
The ranking is built on real green spaces, parks, woods and meadows within walking distance, which is what most people mean by “living green”.
Where do you live green AND close to the centre?
Harland for example: a high green score and still ≈ 15 minutes from Rathausplatz by transit. Green and central is rarer than green-and-far, but the data shows where the combination exists.
Do street trees really make a difference?
Yes, measurably: trees provide shade and evaporative cooling and improve air and well-being. That’s why wohnwahn shows the trees around every address and why green overlaps with the cool-living ranking.
How current is the green data?
Green spaces from OpenStreetMap, evaluated per inhabited 250 m cell, refreshed monthly (as of October 2026).
Related topics
More honest data on where to live well in St. Pölten and the surrounding area.
Cool living →Where the summer heat bites less, measured per residential spot.Living by the water →Right by the water in St. Pölten: rivers, lakes and ponds per residential spot.Quiet living →St. Pölten’s quietest areas, backed by the official noise map.
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How wohnwahn rates locations →Green keeps it cooler: cool living in St. Pölten →Quiet living →Commuting to St. Pölten →Living by the water →Family-friendly →Sunny living →
Sources: green spaces: OpenStreetMap · transit: own routing on the LUP St. Pölten and ÖBB timetables. Refreshed monthly.