The most walkable neighbourhoods in Mumbai
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
16 neighbourhoods of Mumbai ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Matunga leads with 95/100, then Kalbadevi (94) and Kandivali (93). 14 of the 16 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Wadala (51).
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matunga | 95 |
| 2 | Kalbadevi | 94 |
| 3 | Kandivali | 93 |
| 4 | Breach Candy | 92 |
| 4 | Chembur | 92 |
| 4 | Juhu | 92 |
| 4 | Kamathipura | 92 |
| 8 | Powai | 90 |
| 9 | Tilak Nagar | 89 |
| 10 | Byculla | 88 |
| 10 | Borivali | 88 |
| 12 | Bangur Nagar | 84 |
| 13 | Mazagaon | 78 |
| 14 | Asalfa | 74 |
| 15 | Lallubhai Compound | 66 |
| 16 | Wadala | 51 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Mumbai's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
Matunga
Matunga scores 95/100, 7.3 km south-west of Mumbai's busiest point. 894 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 3 minutes away.
Kalbadevi
Kalbadevi lies the furthest out of these five, 15.8 km south-west of Mumbai's busiest point, and scores 94/100. None of the others has as many shops, with 764 in a 30 minute walk; Saree Palace is the nearest, about a minute away. Its thinnest category against the others is parks, with 35.
Kandivali
Kandivali scores 93/100, 15.4 km north of Mumbai's busiest point. Parks are where it leads the others, 234 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with Vijay Park, about 6 minutes away.
Breach Candy
Breach Candy scores 92/100, 15 km south-west of Mumbai's busiest point. 597 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 10 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is groceries, with 7.
Chembur
Chembur is the most central of these five, 2.5 km south of Mumbai's busiest point, and scores 92/100. 748 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about a minute away. It has the fewest libraries and bookshops of the five, 4. More on Chembur.
Centre and outskirts
The 3 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Mumbai's centre average 85, and the 13 further out average 85, so walkability holds up away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Tilak Nagar, 900 m away, scores 89, and the farthest, Borivali, 17 km out, scores 88.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Mumbai.
Mumbai as a whole scores 76 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in India with ranked neighbourhoods: Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Delhi, Visakhapatnam.
Questions about Mumbai's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Mumbai?
Matunga is the most walkable of the 16 neighbourhoods we rank in Mumbai, with a walkability score of 95 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Kalbadevi (94) and Kandivali (93).
Which neighbourhoods of Mumbai are least walkable?
Of the 16 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Wadala (51) and Lallubhai Compound (66). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still.
How are Mumbai's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Mumbai scores 76 across the 5 km around its centre.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.