--- title: "Is Kuching walkable? Walkability score 67/100 · How Walkable" description: "Kuching scores 67/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable) across its central 5 km: how far it reaches and what's near the centre." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/malaysia/kuching updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Malaysia](https://howwalkable.com/cities/malaysia) 3. Kuching # How walkable is Kuching? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Kuching has a walkability score of 67 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 6th most walkable of the 18 cities ranked in Malaysia, with 1 other. 67 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable Some errands can be accomplished on foot. * #6 of 18 tied, in Malaysia * #341 of 690 tied, worldwide * 75 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=1.54611&lon=110.34906&q=Kuching%2C%20Malaysia) ## What's within walking distance of the centre 1,281 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Kuching. The nearest grocery is about 17 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee and parks. It is weakest for groceries. ### Groceries 0.9 of 3 points * Goceli, 17 min * 老李咖啡店, 17 min * Everrise Departmental Store, 21 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.8 of 3 points * Kong Tung Cafe, 5 min * Moto Moto Cafe Formerly The Chop Shop, 6 min * Fish Buddy Aquarium and Cafe, 6 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Pretty Petals Kuching, 3 min * BROWN Furniture, 4 min * Maxtrack Curtain Blinds, 4 min ### Coffee 1.9 of 2 points * Central Point Cafe, 6 min * 668 Cafe Tabuan Jaya, 7 min * Fifty8 Café, 8 min ### Banks 0.4 of 1 point * Hong Leong Bank, 16 min * OCBC Bank, 18 min * Maybank, 19 min ### Parks 0.9 of 1 point * Taman Perpaduan, 6 min * Le'Park, 9 min * Panggung Udara Kuching, 9 min ### Schools 0.9 of 1 point * Taska SeDidik Kuching, 7 min * Chung Hua Primary School No. 1, 11 min * Smart Reader Kids Jalan Datuk Mohd Musa, 11 min ### Books & libraries 0.7 of 1 point * My Bookstore Sdn Bhd, 11 min * Pusat Sumber SMK Tinggi Kuching, 15 min * Popular Bookstore, 22 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.8 of 1 point * Atelier | Kuching, 8 min * Planetarium Sultan Iskandar (PSI), 9 min * Petrosains Playsmart Kuching, 9 min ### Further than usual * The nearest grocery is 17 minutes from the centre on foot, against 5 minutes for the median city ranked. * The nearest restaurant is 5 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. Measured from the centre at 1.5461, 110.3491, the point near Kuching'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 91 street intersections per km², and blocks average 78 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## How far walkability reaches Kuching's score of 67 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 82 within 1 km of the centre, 79 from 1 to 3 km out and 58 from 3 to 5 km out. 55% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. ![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Kuching, one hexagon per square kilometre. 55% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 0, is 5 km to the west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/malaysia/kuching.svg?v=7c2c9d61cc6a) Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Kuching. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. | Area | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled | | ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- | | Centre | 75 | 100% | 1 | | Within 1 km | 82 | 86% | 7 | | 1 to 3 km out | 79 | 79% | 29 | | 3 to 5 km out | 58 | 37% | 49 | ## Nearby cities | City | Distance | Score | | ----------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Pontianak](https://howwalkable.com/cities/indonesia/pontianak), Indonesia | 209 km | 55 | | [Miri](https://howwalkable.com/cities/malaysia/miri), Malaysia | 516 km | 50 | | [Batam](https://howwalkable.com/cities/indonesia/batam), Indonesia | 703 km | 61 | | [Singapore](https://howwalkable.com/cities/singapore/singapore), Singapore | 722 km | 81 | | [Johor Bahru](https://howwalkable.com/cities/malaysia/johor-bahru), Malaysia | 732 km | 64 | ## Questions about walking in Kuching ### Is Kuching a walkable city? Partly. Kuching has a walkability score of 67 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 75. 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 joint 6th of 18 cities in Malaysia and joint 341st 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. Kuching ranks joint 6th with 67. ### How does Kuching compare with nearby cities? Kuching is more walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 67, against Pontianak (55, 209 km away), Miri (50, 516 km away) and Batam (61, 703 km away). ### Which part of Kuching is most walkable? Kuching is most walkable beyond 2.5 km to the south, where walkability averages 85, more than the 82 within 1 km of its centre. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 75. It falls most to the north (37). ### How is Kuching's walkability score calculated? For Kuching it is the average of 85 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 47 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. 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