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How walkable is Bukit Bintang?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Bukit Bintang has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kuala Lumpur, which scores 79 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
4,598 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Bukit Bintang. The nearest grocery is KD24 Supermarket, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Arabian Middle East Food Traders4 min
- DON DON DONKI Malaysia6 min
- Mongolia BBQ1 min
- The Gem KL1 min
- Audemars Piguet1 min
- PHANTACi Kuala Lumpur2 min
- Circle Cafe1 min
- আলো-ছায়া রেস্তরান2 min
- Hong leong bank bukit bintang4 min
- Hong Leong Bank4 min
- KLCC Park15 min
- TRX City Park16 min
- Mrayan, Ponorogo10 min
- Sjk C Jalan Imbi11 min
- Perbadanan Pembangunan Bandar (UDA HOLDINGS BERHAD)4 min
- Matrade Business Information Centre4 min
- Ur-Mu2 min
- Singapore (Universal Studio)5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Bukit Bintang at 3.1471, 101.7086. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 117 street intersections per km², and blocks average 88 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Bukit Bintang
- 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 Bukit Bintang. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kuala Lumpur
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kuala Lumpur City Centre | 1.2 km | 95 |
| Chow Kit | 2.3 km | 96 |
| Desa Petaling | 7 km | 80 |
| Bandar Tasik Selatan | 8.2 km | 79 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kuala Lumpur page.
Questions about walking in Bukit Bintang
Is Bukit Bintang walkable?
Yes. Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Bukit Bintang more walkable than the rest of Kuala Lumpur?
Bukit Bintang is more walkable than Kuala Lumpur as a whole: it scores 98, against 79 for the 5 km around Kuala Lumpur's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Kuala Lumpur neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Kuala Lumpur?
Of the 5 Kuala Lumpur neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Bukit Bintang (98), Chow Kit (96) and Kuala Lumpur City Centre (95).
How is the walkability score of Bukit Bintang 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 Bukit Bintang it is the average of 61 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.