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How walkable is Chow Kit?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Chow Kit has a walkability score of 96 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 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kuala Lumpur, which scores 79 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,222 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Chow Kit. The nearest grocery is Batu Road Supermarket, about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Bb Bistro Busana Mara Kl at Mara Digital3 min
- Mydin Chow Kit Emporium3 min
- Taste Legendary Chow Kit Nasi Lemak2 min
- Nyonya Delight2 min
- Optimum Nutrition1 min
- SOGO Malaysia1 min
- Laman Putra6 min
- 陶香肉骨茶鱼头米粉6 min
- Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) Jalan Haji Hussin3 min
- Maybank3 min
- Unnamed park17 min
- Taman Tasik Titiwangsa22 min
- Sksridelima8 min
- Iputtra Science And Management College9 min
- Borders10 min
- Syarikat Arena Ilmu10 min
- Musuem Chow Kit4 min
- Batu Frengie, Penang6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Chow Kit at 3.1652, 101.6988. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 93 street intersections per km², and blocks average 96 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Chow Kit
- 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 Chow Kit. 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 | 2 km | 95 |
| Bukit Bintang | 2.3 km | 98 |
| Desa Petaling | 9 km | 80 |
| Bandar Tasik Selatan | 10.4 km | 79 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kuala Lumpur page.
Questions about walking in Chow Kit
Is Chow Kit walkable?
Yes. Chow Kit in Kuala Lumpur has a walkability score of 96 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 Chow Kit more walkable than the rest of Kuala Lumpur?
Chow Kit is more walkable than Kuala Lumpur as a whole: it scores 96, against 79 for the 5 km around Kuala Lumpur's centre. It ranks 2nd 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 Chow Kit 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 Chow Kit 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.