--- title: "Is Doha walkable? Walkability score 65/100 · How Walkable" description: "Doha scores 65/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable) across its central 5 km. How far walkability reaches, what's near the centre, and its rank in Qatar." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/qatar/doha updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Qatar](https://howwalkable.com/cities/qatar) 3. Doha # How walkable is Doha? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Doha has a walkability score of 65 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It ranks joint 378th of 690 cities worldwide. 65 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable Some errands can be accomplished on foot. * 344,939 people * #378 of 690 tied, worldwide * 82 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=25.28156&lon=51.52351&q=Doha%2C%20Qatar) ## What's within walking distance of the centre 788 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Doha. The nearest grocery is about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for books & libraries. ### Groceries 2.4 of 3 points * Q-Mart, 8 min * Majlis Shopping Centre Salwa Road, 10 min * Creative Display Qatar, 10 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.9 of 3 points * Nobu Doha, 1 min * Green Rabwa Restaurant, 2 min * Kopi Kade Qatar Restaurant, 2 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Electronyat - إلكترونيات (Online Electronics Store), 3 min * Home Centre, 3 min * Fashion Optics, Doha-Qatar, 3 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Costa Coffee, 2 min * EARTH ORGANIC COFFEE, 6 min * McCafé, 6 min ### Banks 0.6 of 1 point * QIB المصرف, 11 min * Doha Bank, Musherib Branch, 14 min * Qatar International Islamic Bank, 19 min ### Parks 0.5 of 1 point * حديقة البدع, 14 min * Barahat Al Jufairi, 19 min * حديقة سوق واقف, 20 min ### Schools 0.7 of 1 point * Alashbal Primary International School, 10 min * Lotus kindergarten, 12 min * Christ King College Pannipitiya, 19 min ### Books & libraries 0.1 of 1 point * Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, 24 min * Hamid Medical Library In Qatar, 24 min * Jarir Bookstore Qatar مكتبة جرير قطر, 25 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Qatar Museum, 1 min * Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), 9 min * Doha Quest, 9 min ### Further than usual * The nearest park is 14 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked. * The nearest library or bookshop is 24 minutes from the centre on foot, against 6 minutes for the median city ranked. Measured from the centre at 25.2816, 51.5235, the point near Doha'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 centre there are about 255 street intersections per km², and blocks average 60 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## How far walkability reaches Doha's score of 65 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 84 within 1 km of the centre, 76 from 1 to 3 km out and 55 from 3 to 5 km out. 18 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. 49% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map. ![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Doha, one hexagon per square kilometre. 49% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 8, is 5 km to the west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/qatar/doha.svg?v=f0d1b942d6e9) Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Doha. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. | Area | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled | | ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- | | Centre | 82 | 100% | 1 | | Within 1 km | 84 | 100% | 7 | | 1 to 3 km out | 76 | 72% | 25 | | 3 to 5 km out | 55 | 27% | 41 | ## Nearby cities | City | Distance | Score | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Abu Dhabi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi), United Arab Emirates | 304 km | 62 | | [Dubai](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai), United Arab Emirates | 381 km | 72 | | [Sharjah](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/sharjah), United Arab Emirates | 391 km | 61 | | [Riyadh](https://howwalkable.com/cities/saudi-arabia/riyadh), Saudi Arabia | 490 km | 70 | ## Questions about walking in Doha ### Is Doha a walkable city? Partly. Doha has a walkability score of 65 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 82. 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 joint 378th of 690 cities worldwide on How Walkable. ### How does Doha compare with nearby cities? Doha sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 65, against Abu Dhabi (62, 304 km away), Dubai (72, 381 km away) and Sharjah (61, 391 km away). ### Which part of Doha is most walkable? The streets just around Doha's centre are its most walkable, averaging 84 within 1 km. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 82. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south-east (averaging 72) and falls most to the west (48). ### How is Doha's walkability score calculated? For Doha it is the average of 73 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 36 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames. 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