How walkable is Pumwani?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Pumwani has a walkability score of 67 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Nairobi, which scores 56 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
183 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Pumwani. The nearest grocery is East Cafe, about 16 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping, coffee and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for books & libraries.
- Safamart Supermarket16 min
- Bashir's Cereals Store23 min
- ATIS SUITES AND RESTAURANT6 min
- Mpambe Foods California7 min
- Goodlife Pharmacy5 min
- Top Class Modern Furniture5 min
- Idevelop Hub Cyber Cafe5 min
- Nanzekho Cyber Cafe16 min
- Lompasago Sacco Society22 min
- New Eastleigh Primary School13 min
- Emusire14 min
- Kids Station Kahawa Sukari25 min
- awjama cultural centre18 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Pumwani at -1.2818, 36.8454. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 60 street intersections per km², and blocks average 105 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Pumwani
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Pumwani. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Nairobi
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh | 900 m | 67 |
| Korogocho | 6 km | 26 |
| Gigiri | 6.9 km | 52 |
| Kibera | 7.1 km | 25 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Nairobi page.
Questions about walking in Pumwani
Is Pumwani walkable?
Partly. Pumwani in Nairobi has a walkability score of 67 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Pumwani more walkable than the rest of Nairobi?
Pumwani is more walkable than Nairobi as a whole: it scores 67, against 56 for the 5 km around Nairobi's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Nairobi neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Nairobi?
Of the 5 Nairobi neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Eastleigh (67), Pumwani (67) and Gigiri (52).
How is the walkability score of Pumwani calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Pumwani it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.