--- title: "Davao Chinatown, Davao City walkability score: 96/100" description: "Davao Chinatown in Davao City scores 96/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise): what's within a walk and how it compares with Davao City." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/davao-city/davao-chinatown updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Philippines](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines) 3. [Davao City](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/davao-city) 4. Davao Chinatown # How walkable is Davao Chinatown, Davao City? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 96 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #1 of 2 in Davao City * 67 Davao City overall * 94 at the center [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=7.07549&lon=125.61884&q=Davao%20Chinatown%2C%20Davao%20City) ## 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 2.5 of 3 points * CCTV Amax Security Systems, 8 min * Abuco Bodega Supplier Davao, 9 min * Marilao Store, 9 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Suazo Bar, 1 min * Goldilocks, 2 min * Mandarin Tea Garden, 2 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Davao JM Pyesa Diesel & Auto Parts, 1 min * Damaso Suazo St. Davao City, 1 min * SuperAA Automotive, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * The Crazy Bite Co. Sky Cafe, 2 min * Figaro Coffee, 2 min * BeansTalk Cafe, 2 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * UnionBank of the Philippines, 1 min * PNB - Philippine National Bank, 1 min * Philippine National Bank, 1 min ### Parks 0.7 of 1 point * Magsaysay Park, 11 min * Millenium Park, 13 min * Freedom Park, 14 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Santa Ana Central Elementary School, 3 min * Santa Ana National High School, 4 min * Santa Ana Elementary School Davao, 5 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * SPC Learning Resource Center, 8 min * National Book Store - Gaisano Davao, 11 min * ADDU Libraries, 11 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Sa'Less Diner and Moozika, 1 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 400 m around the center of Davao Chinatown. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 91, is 350 m to the north.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/philippines/davao-city/davao-chinatown.svg?v=19811e901b8e) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/davao-city/poblacion) | 1.6 km | 87 | See every neighborhood ranked on the [Davao City page](https://howwalkable.com/cities/philippines/davao-city#neighbourhoods). ## 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighborhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. 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