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How walkable is Al Wasl, Dubai?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Al Wasl has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 6th most walkable of the 17 neighbourhoods ranked in Dubai, with 1 other, which scores 72 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
919 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Al Wasl. The nearest grocery is about 11 minutes away on foot.
Groceries
- West Zone Fresh Supermarket | MBK Tower Business Bay, 12 min
- QKO Asian Market, 13 min
Restaurants & bars
- The Kana Cafe, 9 min
- Bay Bites Restaurant and Party Hall, 9 min
Shopping
- The Galleria Malls Dubai, 8 min
- Luxurious-Flowers, 8 min
Coffee
- Dunkin', 10 min
- Fynd, 12 min
Banks
- Emirates NBD ATM, 16 min
- Invest Bank, 19 min
Parks
- Central Park (City Walk), 14 min
- Bayside Park 1, 19 min
Schools
- Ladybird Nursery, 12 min
- Horizon English School Dubai, 14 min
Books & libraries
- Comic Stop, 15 min
- RAK Library, 19 min
Culture & entertainment
- Roxy Cinemas (روكسي سينما), 13 min
- Dubai Mall Aquarium And Underwater Zoo, 18 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Al Wasl, Dubai at 25.1959, 55.2557. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 107 street intersections per km², and blocks average 83 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Al Wasl, Dubai
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.2 km around the centre of Al Wasl, Dubai. Rings mark 600 m and 1.2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Dubai
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Business Bay | 2.2 km | 72 |
| Downtown Dubai | 2.3 km | 95 |
| Al Satwa | 3.3 km | 86 |
| Za'abeel | 4.5 km | 48 |
| Al Hudaiba | 5.7 km | 91 |
| Al Karama | 7.7 km | 97 |
| Bur Dubai | 8.5 km | 90 |
| Al Rigga | 9.8 km | 94 |
See all 17 neighbourhoods of Dubai ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Al Wasl, Dubai
Is Al Wasl walkable?
Yes. Al Wasl in Dubai has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Al Wasl more walkable than the rest of Dubai?
Al Wasl is more walkable than Dubai as a whole: it scores 86, against 72 for the 5 km around Dubai's centre. It is the joint 6th most walkable of the 17 neighbourhoods ranked in Dubai, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Dubai?
Of the 17 Dubai neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Al Karama (97), Downtown Dubai (95) and Al Rigga (94).
How is the walkability score of Al Wasl 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 Al Wasl it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 1.2 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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