How walkable is Miri?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Miri has a walkability score of 50 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 16th most walkable of the 18 cities ranked in Malaysia.
What's within walking distance of the centre
764 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Miri. The nearest grocery is about 10 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- 港式街食 Hong Kong Street Food, 12 min
- Everrise Bintang Megamall, 13 min
Restaurants & bars
- Aburi Yakitori Miri, 1 min
- 海外天, 1 min
Shopping
- Starz Team Art and Craft, 2 min
- Alliance Bearings, 2 min
Coffee
- Inver Cafe, 2 min
- Inthemood Cafe, 3 min
Banks
- Maybank, 3 min
- UOB Branch, 4 min
Parks
- Taman Herba, 9 min
- Miri City Fan Recreational Park, 11 min
Schools
- 美里中华公学, 12 min
- Sjk - c Chung Hua Miri, 13 min
Books & libraries
- Christian Book Centre, 7 min
- Popular, 12 min
Culture & entertainment
- KTunes Your Family Karaoke, 7 min
- TGV Cinemas - Permaisuri Imperial City Mall, 7 min
Further than usual
- The nearest school is 12 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the centre at 4.3993, 113.9871, the point near Miri'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 87 street intersections per km², and blocks average 60 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Miri's score of 50 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 81 within 1 km of the centre, 40 from 1 to 3 km out and 49 from 3 to 5 km out. 53 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. 37% 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 Miri. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 91 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 81 | 80% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 40 | 19% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 49 | 41% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | 290 km | 70 |
| Kuching, Malaysia | 516 km | 67 |
| Samarinda, Indonesia | 648 km | 57 |
| Pontianak, Indonesia | 716 km | 55 |
Questions about walking in Miri
Is Miri a walkable city?
Partly. Miri has a walkability score of 50 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 91. 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 16th of 18 cities in Malaysia and joint 595th 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. Miri ranks 16th with 50.
How does Miri compare with nearby cities?
Miri is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 50, against Kota Kinabalu (70, 290 km away), Kuching (67, 516 km away) and Samarinda (57, 648 km away).
Which part of Miri is most walkable?
Miri's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 91. Walkability averages 81 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north-east (averaging 84) and falls most to the south-east (7).
How is Miri's walkability score calculated?
For Miri it is the average of 38 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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