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title: "Is Denpasar walkable? Walkability score 82/100"
description: "Denpasar scores 82/100 for walkability (Very Walkable) across its central 5 km. How far walkability reaches, what's near the centre, and its rank in Indonesia."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/indonesia/denpasar
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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3.  Denpasar

# How walkable is Denpasar?

By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 

Denpasar has a walkability score of 82 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of the 22 cities ranked in Indonesia.

82 out of 100: Very Walkable

Most errands can be accomplished on foot.

*   #5 of 22 in Indonesia
*   #97 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   95 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=-8.66945&lon=115.21894&q=Denpasar%2C%20Indonesia) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,154 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Denpasar. The nearest grocery is about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.

### Groceries

2.5 of 3 points

*   Timezone Level 21 Mall 1st Floor - Arcade Games, 8 min
*   Maulana Mart, 10 min
*   Toko Lima Jaya, 14 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   Kang Zanger Pojok Sudirman, 1 min
*   trihita\_sudirman, 1 min
*   Terali Resto, 1 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   Standing stone Purnama, 1 min
*   Mcd Robinson Denpasar Sudirman, 2 min
*   Robinson Mall, 2 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   Kapital kafe, 1 min
*   Bakmi SM, 6 min
*   Starbucks, 6 min

### Banks

1.0 of 1 point

*   Bank BTN, 3 min
*   Bank UOB KCU Denpasar Bali Renon, 3 min
*   CIMB, 4 min

### Parks

0.9 of 1 point

*   halaman cave, 7 min
*   halaman perpus, 15 min
*   Lapangan Puputan Badung I Gusti Ngurah Made Agung, 21 min

### Schools

1.0 of 1 point

*   TK Santo Yoseph, 2 min
*   SMP Santo Yoseph, 4 min
*   SMAK Santo Yoseph, 5 min

### Books & libraries

1.0 of 1 point

*   Gramedia, 2 min
*   Perpustakaan Bank Indonesia, 7 min
*   Gramedia Bali Level 21, 8 min

### Culture & entertainment

0.9 of 1 point

*   The Premiere Level 21 XXI, 6 min
*   Timezone Indonesia, 8 min
*   Gedung Trisakti Renon, 9 min

Measured from the centre at -8.6694, 115.2189, the point near Denpasar's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

## Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 156 street intersections per km², and blocks average 72 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Denpasar's score of 82 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 92 within 1 km of the centre, 87 from 1 to 3 km out and 77 from 3 to 5 km out. 88% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Denpasar, one hexagon per square kilometre. 87% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 24, is 5 km to the east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/indonesia/denpasar.svg?v=9babb4a7b680)

Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Denpasar. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 95    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 92    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 87    | 100%        | 30             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 77    | 79%         | 53             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                                  | Distance | Score |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Malang](https://howwalkable.com/cities/indonesia/malang), Indonesia         | 294 km   | 72    |
| [Surabaya](https://howwalkable.com/cities/indonesia/surabaya), Indonesia     | 313 km   | 83    |
| [Surakarta](https://howwalkable.com/cities/indonesia/surakarta), Indonesia   | 498 km   | 68    |
| [Yogyakarta](https://howwalkable.com/cities/indonesia/yogyakarta), Indonesia | 543 km   | 86    |
| [Semarang](https://howwalkable.com/cities/indonesia/semarang), Indonesia     | 560 km   | 72    |

## Questions about walking in Denpasar

### Is Denpasar a walkable city?

Around its centre, yes. Denpasar has a walkability score of 82 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 95. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks 5th of 22 cities in Indonesia and joint 97th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.

### What is the most walkable city in Indonesia?

Jakarta is the most walkable of the 22 cities ranked in Indonesia, with a score of 91. Denpasar ranks 5th with 82.

### How does Denpasar compare with nearby cities?

Denpasar sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 82, against Malang (72, 294 km away), Surabaya (83, 313 km away) and Surakarta (68, 498 km away).

### Which part of Denpasar is most walkable?

Denpasar's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 95. Walkability averages 92 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north (averaging 86) and falls most to the south-east (71).

### How is Denpasar's walkability score calculated?

For Denpasar it is the average of 90 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 79 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.

This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.

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