How walkable is Kluang?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Kluang has a walkability score of 44 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the least walkable of the 18 cities ranked in Malaysia.
What's within walking distance of the centre
767 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Kluang. The nearest grocery is about 13 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars and schools. It is weakest for books & libraries.
Groceries
- Aeon Big Kluang, 16 min
- Zenxin Food Jalan Ismail, 18 min
Restaurants & bars
- 一心美食中心 ＃居銮中华中学对面, 5 min
- Come Home Cafe, 5 min
Shopping
- Twins Hardware Sdn. Bhd., 9 min
- Hup Aik Hardware Enterprise, 9 min
Coffee
- Kluang Coffee Powder Factory, 10 min
- The KōHii, 11 min
Banks
- OCBC Bank | Kluang, 16 min
- RHB Bank, 16 min
Parks
- Taman Merdeka, 18 min
- Kluang Lake Park, 18 min
Schools
- 銮中, 5 min
- taska ummi izan, 14 min
Books & libraries
- Kedai Buku and Agensi Maju, 17 min
- Pakar Book Centre Sdn Bhd, 17 min
Culture & entertainment
- Little Trumpet Family KTV, 24 min
- 友情歌唱中心, 24 min
Further than usual
- The nearest restaurant is 5 minutes from the centre on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest shop is 7 minutes from the centre on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest bank is 16 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
- The nearest park is 16 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
- The nearest cultural venue is 12 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the centre at 2.0266, 103.3281, the point near Kluang'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 96 street intersections per km², and blocks average 94 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Kluang's score of 44 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 74 within 1 km of the centre, 56 from 1 to 3 km out and 28 from 3 to 5 km out. 28 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 22% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Kluang. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 71 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 74 | 57% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 56 | 35% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 28 | 6% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Johor Bahru, Malaysia | 80 km | 64 |
| Muar, Malaysia | 83 km | 47 |
| Singapore, Singapore | 102 km | 81 |
| Malacca, Malaysia | 121 km | 66 |
| Batam, Indonesia | 126 km | 61 |
Questions about walking in Kluang
Is Kluang a walkable city?
Not very. Kluang has a walkability score of 44 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. Its centre scores 71. 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 18th of 18 cities in Malaysia and joint 640th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Malaysia?
Petaling Jaya is the most walkable of the 18 cities ranked in Malaysia, with a score of 80. Kluang ranks 18th with 44.
How does Kluang compare with nearby cities?
Kluang is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 44, against Johor Bahru (64, 80 km away), Muar (47, 83 km away) and Singapore (81, 102 km away).
Which part of Kluang is most walkable?
The streets just around Kluang's centre are its most walkable, averaging 74 within 1 km. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 71. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the west (averaging 51) and falls most to the north-west (15).
How is Kluang's walkability score calculated?
For Kluang it is the average of 63 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 14 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.
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