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How walkable is Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh has a walkability score of 48 out of 100 across the 1.4 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Riyadh, which scores 70 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
174 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh. The nearest grocery is LuLu Hypermarket - Diplomatic Quarter, about 11 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, coffee and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for banks, schools and books & libraries.
- Tamimi Markets20 min
- Eggs & Flour3 min
- Fishface3 min
- Public12 min
- BATLAH15 min
- Bateel International1 min
- كاريبو كوفي - Caribou Coffee1 min
- Unnamed park8 min
- Al Ghata Garden13 min
- VOX Cinema28 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh at 24.6806, 46.6240. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 68 street intersections per km², and blocks average 108 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.4 km around the centre of Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh. Rings mark 700 m and 1.4 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Riyadh
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| King Abdullah Financial District | 9.6 km | 68 |
| Al Dubiyah | 11 km | 56 |
| Al Rabwah | 13.7 km | 67 |
| Al Khaldiyeh neighborhood | 14.7 km | 38 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Riyadh page.
Questions about walking in Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh
Is Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh walkable?
Not very. Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh has a walkability score of 48 out of 100 across the 1.4 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh more walkable than the rest of Riyadh?
Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh is less walkable than Riyadh as a whole: it scores 48, against 70 for the 5 km around Riyadh's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Riyadh neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Riyadh?
Of the 5 Riyadh neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are King Abdullah Financial District (68), Al Rabwah (67) and Al Dubiyah (56).
How is the walkability score of Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh 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 Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 1.4 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.