How walkable is Kampala?
Kampala has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It ranks 161st of 252 cities worldwide.
What's within walking distance
672 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Kampala. The nearest grocery is Active supermarket-K’la, about 11 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, schools and books & libraries.
- Active supermarket-K’la860 m · 11 min
- Quality super market920 m · 11 min
- Fabulous Freeman Hypermarket1.1 km · 13 min
- Hilton Hotel Kampala130 m · 2 min
- Twins' PUB Nakawuka150 m · 2 min
- D"mellos Food Magic280 m · 4 min
- Nazart hardwares ltd130 m · 2 min
- Gibbs Wines & Liquor Store150 m · 2 min
- Miracle Motors Company Ltd.240 m · 3 min
- Volcano Coffee Limited530 m · 7 min
- 1000Cups Coffee580 m · 7 min
- Meharino Cafe590 m · 7 min
- Finance Trust Bank320 m · 4 min
- Housing Finance Bank610 m · 8 min
- UBA Bank William Street1.1 km · 14 min
- Constitution Square1.0 km · 13 min
- City Square1.0 km · 13 min
- Unnamed park1.1 km · 14 min
- Kololo High School280 m · 3 min
- Buganda Road Primary School570 m · 7 min
- Nansana Blessed HILL Schools650 m · 8 min
- Sanold Bookshop & Bible Center140 m · 2 min
- Freshvine Christian Book Store470 m · 6 min
- Kampala book shop520 m · 7 min
- Bat Valley Theatre580 m · 7 min
- Virgin Africa Safaris670 m · 8 min
- EMT Cinemas1.3 km · 16 min
Measured from the representative point at 0.3208, 32.5744. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 70 street intersections per km², and blocks average 116 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability around the centre
Scores at seven points within 1 km of the centre range from 80 to 96, and Kampala's score of 86 is their median.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 96 | Map |
| 1 km north | 81 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 80 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 88 | Map |
| 1 km south | 85 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 93 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 86 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Nairobi, Kenya | 504 km | 86 |
| Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 1,088 km | 53 |
| Harare, Zimbabwe | 2,027 km | 75 |
| Maputo, Mozambique | 2,926 km | 86 |
| Pretoria, South Africa | 2,940 km | 85 |
Questions about walking in Kampala
Is Kampala a walkable city?
Yes. Central Kampala has a walkability score of 86 out of 100, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It ranks 161st of 252 cities worldwide on How Walkable.
How does Kampala compare with nearby cities?
Kampala is at least as walkable as its nearest ranked neighbours: Kampala scores 86, against Nairobi (86, 504 km away), Dar es Salaam (53, 1088 km away) and Harare (75, 2027 km away).
How is Kampala's walkability score 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 Kampala it is the median of seven points within 1 km of the city centre, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. City position and population from GeoNames.