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How walkable is San Miguel?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
San Miguel has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Manila, which scores 89 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,719 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of San Miguel. The nearest grocery is Puregold, about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Puregold Jr. - Bustillos10 min
- SM Savemore13 min
- Chowking1 min
- LOMI KING Batangas3 min
- 7-Eleven4 min
- Pet Butler Manila4 min
- High Tea3 min
- Starbucks3 min
- Landbank3 min
- RCBC Mendiola3 min
- Tan Yan Kee Garden12 min
- Freedom Park17 min
- Alabang Elementary School5 min
- Little Presidents Learning Palace5 min
- SSC-R College of Law Library11 min
- UE Filipiniana Library11 min
- Malacañang Museum3 min
- Club Malago, the President Course, Malacanang Park6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of San Miguel at 14.5965, 120.9939. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 98 street intersections per km², and blocks average 88 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across San Miguel
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of San Miguel. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Manila
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz | 1.5 km | 99 |
| Paco | 1.9 km | 96 |
| Binondo | 2.2 km | 98 |
| Tondo | 3.9 km | 88 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Manila page.
Questions about walking in San Miguel
Is San Miguel walkable?
Yes. San Miguel in Manila has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is San Miguel more walkable than the rest of Manila?
San Miguel is more walkable than Manila as a whole: it scores 94, against 89 for the 5 km around Manila's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Manila neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Manila?
Of the 5 Manila neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Santa Cruz (99), Binondo (98) and Paco (96).
How is the walkability score of San Miguel 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 San Miguel it is the average of 57 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.