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How walkable is Iloilo City?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Iloilo City (Iloilo) has a walkability score of 55 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 16th most walkable of the 19 cities ranked in the Philippines.
What's within walking distance of the center
1,155 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Iloilo City. The nearest grocery is about 14 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- SM Supermarket, 15 min
- S&R Membership Shopping, 15 min
Restaurants & bars
- Bull and Barrel, 6 min
- Mau's Trap, 6 min
Shopping
- ILLCity Clothing Iloilo, 7 min
- Frontrow City Time Square - Iloilo, 7 min
Coffee
- Monkey Grounds Coffee, 11 min
- Panay Grind and Sip, 11 min
Banks
- BDO Unibank, 10 min
- EastWest Bank, 10 min
Parks
- Vera Park, 5 min
- Iloilo River Esplanade, 9 min
Schools
- PAREF Preschool Ridgefield Iloilo, 9 min
- St. Joseph School, 11 min
Books & libraries
- Palabasalibro Bookstore, 15 min
- Book Sale, 15 min
Culture & entertainment
- Diversion 21 Disco, 9 min
- Annex Videoke - Smallville, Iloilo City, 13 min
Further than usual
- The nearest restaurant is 6 minutes from the center on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest shop is 7 minutes from the center on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest café is 9 minutes from the center on foot, against 3 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the center at 10.7086, 122.5576, the point near Iloilo City'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 center there are about 97 street intersections per km², and blocks average 101 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Iloilo City's score of 55 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 90 within 1 km of the center, 65 from 1 to 3 km out and 37 from 3 to 5 km out. 29 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 center, 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 Iloilo City. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 78 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 90 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 65 | 52% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 37 | 7% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bacolod, Philippines | 42 km | 58 |
| Cebu City, Philippines | 151 km | 73 |
| Cagayan de Oro, Philippines | 336 km | 51 |
| Zamboanga City, Philippines | 425 km | 45 |
| San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines | 440 km | 65 |
Questions about walking in Iloilo City
Is Iloilo City a walkable city?
Partly. Iloilo City has a walkability score of 55 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its center scores 78. 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 19 cities in the Philippines and joint 520th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in the Philippines?
Makati is the most walkable of the 19 cities ranked in the Philippines, with a score of 92. Iloilo City ranks 16th with 55.
How does Iloilo City compare with nearby cities?
Iloilo City sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 55, against Bacolod (58, 42 km away), Cebu City (73, 151 km away) and Cagayan de Oro (51, 336 km away).
Which part of Iloilo City is most walkable?
The streets just around Iloilo City's center are its most walkable, averaging 90 within 1 km. The center itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 78. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north (averaging 66) and falls most to the west (25).
How is Iloilo City's walkability score calculated?
For Iloilo City it is the average of 62 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 23 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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