A honeycomb filter , comprising: a plurality of porous partition portions each forming a cell that is open at one end and closed at the other end and serves as a flow path of a fluid, at least part of each of the partition portions being loaded with a catalyst; and a trapping layer for trapping and removing solid components contained in the fluid, the trapping layer being disposed on each of the partition portions , at least part of the trapping layer being loaded with a catalyst, characterized in that a catalyst amount A at a partition-intersecting portion of the plurality of partition portions and a catalyst amount B at a partition central portion including a midsection of the partition portions satisfy the relationship of 0.30 ≤ A/B ≤ 0.90, wherein the amounts of catalyst A and B are determined by: elementary analysis with an electron microscope to determine the % by mass of the catalyst; and then determining the amount of catalyst per apparent unit volume by multiplying the % by mass of catalyst by the total weight of the honeycomb filter and dividing the product by the volume of the honeycomb filter, wherein, in a cross section perpendicular to the fluid flow path direction, a center line is drawn between two centers of inlet cells, and a center line is drawn between two centers of outlet cells, adjacent intersections between the center lines and corners of cells in a region in which partition portions intersect are connected with a line to form a tetragon, a circle inscribed in the tetragon being referred to as the partition-intersecting portion , the partition central portion being outside the tetragon. a plurality of porous partition portions each forming a cell that is open at one end and closed at the other end and serves as a flow path of a fluid, at least part of each of the partition portions being loaded with a catalyst; and a trapping layer for trapping and removing solid components contained in the fluid, the trapping layer being disposed on each of the partition portions , at least part of the trapping layer being loaded with a catalyst, characterized in that a catalyst amount A at a partition-intersecting portion of the plurality of partition portions and a catalyst amount B at a partition central portion including a midsection of the partition portions satisfy the relationship of 0.30 ≤ A/B ≤ 0.90, wherein the amounts of catalyst A and B are determined by: elementary analysis with an electron microscope to determine the % by mass of the catalyst; and then determining the amount of catalyst per apparent unit volume by multiplying the % by mass of catalyst by the total weight of the honeycomb filter and dividing the product by the volume of the honeycomb filter, wherein, in a cross section perpendicular to the fluid flow path direction, a center line is drawn between two centers of inlet cells, and a center line is drawn between two centers of outlet cells, adjacent intersections between the center lines and corners of cells in a region in which partition portions intersect are connected with a line to form a tetragon, a circle inscribed in the tetragon being referred to as the partition-intersecting portion , the partition central portion being outside the tetragon. <EOS>