How walkable is Ggaba?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Ggaba has a walkability score of 31 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Kampala, which scores 45 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
57 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Ggaba. The nearest grocery is Ggaba Market, about 14 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks. It is weakest for coffee, banks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Moto Moto Wines & Spirits13 min
- Budget loaf limited15 min
- Mallos Quality Boutique14 min
- Ggaba Landing Site15 min
- Luminary Nursery and Primary School10 min
- Aspen Junior School15 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Ggaba at 0.2615, 32.6316. 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 79 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 Ggaba
- 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 Ggaba. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kampala
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Luzira | 4.6 km | 15 |
| Katwe | 7.4 km | 46 |
| Kololo | 9.1 km | 61 |
| Busega | 13.6 km | 20 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kampala page.
Questions about walking in Ggaba
Is Ggaba walkable?
Not very. Ggaba in Kampala has a walkability score of 31 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Ggaba more walkable than the rest of Kampala?
Ggaba is less walkable than Kampala as a whole: it scores 31, against 45 for the 5 km around Kampala's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Kampala neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Kampala?
Of the 5 Kampala neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Kololo (61), Katwe (46) and Ggaba (31).
How is the walkability score of Ggaba 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 Ggaba it is the average of 55 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.