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How walkable is Davao Chinatown, Davao City?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Davao Chinatown has a walkability score of 96 out of 100 across the 400 m around its center, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the more walkable of the 2 neighborhoods ranked in Davao City, which scores 67 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,403 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the center of Davao Chinatown. The nearest grocery is about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Abuco Bodega Supplier Davao, 9 min
- Marilao Store, 9 min
Restaurants & bars
- Goldilocks, 2 min
- Mandarin Tea Garden, 2 min
Shopping
- Damaso Suazo St. Davao City, 1 min
- SuperAA Automotive, 1 min
Coffee
- Figaro Coffee, 2 min
- BeansTalk Cafe, 2 min
Banks
- PNB - Philippine National Bank, 1 min
- Philippine National Bank, 1 min
Parks
- Millenium Park, 13 min
- Freedom Park, 14 min
Schools
- Santa Ana National High School, 4 min
- Santa Ana Elementary School Davao, 5 min
Books & libraries
- National Book Store - Gaisano Davao, 11 min
- ADDU Libraries, 11 min
Culture & entertainment
- NHQ Building, 5 min
- Holy Cross of Davao College Sedes Sapientiae Auditorium, 6 min
Measured from the mapped center of Davao Chinatown, Davao City at 7.0755, 125.6188. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the center there are about 95 street intersections per km², and blocks average 92 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Davao Chinatown, Davao City
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the center of Davao Chinatown, Davao City. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighborhoods in Davao City
| Neighborhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Poblacion | 1.6 km | 87 |
See every neighborhood ranked on the Davao City page.
Questions about walking in Davao Chinatown, Davao City
Is Davao Chinatown walkable?
Yes. Davao Chinatown in Davao City has a walkability score of 96 out of 100 across the 400 m around its center, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Davao Chinatown more walkable than the rest of Davao City?
Davao Chinatown is more walkable than Davao City as a whole: it scores 96, against 67 for the 5 km around Davao City's center. It is the more walkable of the 2 neighborhoods ranked in Davao City on How Walkable.
How is the walkability score of Davao Chinatown 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 Davao Chinatown it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 m around its mapped center, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps 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. Neighborhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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