How walkable is Mandalay?
Mandalay has a walkability score of 78 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 2nd most walkable of 2 cities ranked in Myanmar.
What's within walking distance
389 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Mandalay. The nearest grocery is GG Food & Drink, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee and banks. It is weakest for parks.
- GG Food & Drink690 m · 9 min
- Reliance Trading Company1.1 km · 14 min
- HONEY Wisdom Mandalay1.3 km · 16 min
- အရီးဝင္း စားဖြယ္စံု170 m · 2 min
- Jet Hotpot & BBQ Steamboat330 m · 4 min
- The Savour Korean BBQ & Restaurant420 m · 5 min
- ဂ်ပန္ နာရီစတိုး ၃၅ လမ္း ၈၄ လမ္းႏွင့္ ၈၅ လမ္းၾကား မႏၲေလးၿမိဳ႕80 m · 1 min
- I Mobile အာမခံဖုန်းSecondရောင်းဝယ်ရေး140 m · 2 min
- Empire ဆိုင်ကယ်အပိုပစ္စည်း240 m · 3 min
- စိန္၀င္း၀င္း Tea House190 m · 2 min
- စိန္ဝင္းဝင္း Tea Shop210 m · 3 min
- LOCAL Food & Tea House220 m · 3 min
- MAB Bank390 m · 5 min
- CB Bank390 m · 5 min
- Kbz Bank 38760 m · 10 min
- Project Site2.1 km · 27 min
- Super Shining Stars Pre School750 m · 9 min
- ELC Private High School870 m · 11 min
- Pyii Zone Private High School930 m · 12 min
- Aung Gyi Book And Stationery1.3 km · 16 min
- Khit Mee Books and Stationery 11.3 km · 16 min
- Brahmaso Library Mandalay1.3 km · 17 min
- J'Funland 78 Playground1.3 km · 16 min
Measured from the representative point at 21.9702, 96.0752. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 202 street intersections per km², and blocks average 66 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability around the centre
Scores at seven points within 1 km of the centre range from 67 to 93, and Mandalay's score of 78 is their median.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 93 | Map |
| 1 km north | 83 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 72 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 67 | Map |
| 1 km south | 75 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 78 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 81 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chattogram, Bangladesh | 440 km | 80 |
| Yangon, Myanmar | 576 km | 79 |
| Dhaka, Bangladesh | 614 km | 91 |
| Kolkata, India | 798 km | 95 |
| Howrah, India | 803 km | 82 |
Questions about walking in Mandalay
Is Mandalay a walkable city?
Yes. Central Mandalay has a walkability score of 78 out of 100, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It ranks 2nd of 2 cities in Myanmar and 214th of 252 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Myanmar?
Yangon is the most walkable of the 2 cities ranked in Myanmar, with a score of 79. Mandalay ranks 2nd with 78.
How does Mandalay compare with nearby cities?
Mandalay is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: Mandalay scores 78, against Chattogram (80, 440 km away), Yangon (79, 576 km away) and Dhaka (91, 614 km away).
How is Mandalay's walkability score 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 Mandalay it is the median of seven points within 1 km of the city centre, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. City position and population from GeoNames.