--- title: "Al Wasl, Dubai walkability score: 86/100 · How Walkable" description: "Al Wasl in Dubai scores 86/100 for walkability (Very Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Dubai." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai/al-wasl updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [United Arab Emirates](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates) 3. [Dubai](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai) 4. Al Wasl # How walkable is Al Wasl, Dubai? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 86 out of 100: Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot. * #6 of 17 tied, in Dubai * 72 Dubai overall * 73 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=25.19593&lon=55.25574&q=Al%20Wasl%2C%20Dubai) ## 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 2.2 of 3 points * New Safestway Supermarket | Sheikh Zayed Road - Al Wasl, 11 min * West Zone Fresh Supermarket | MBK Tower Business Bay, 12 min * QKO Asian Market, 13 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.2 of 3 points * RSVP Restaurant, 8 min * The Kana Cafe, 9 min * Bay Bites Restaurant and Party Hall, 9 min ### Shopping 1.6 of 2 points * Contessa, 7 min * The Galleria Malls Dubai, 8 min * Luxurious-Flowers, 8 min ### Coffee 1.5 of 2 points * Moka Cafe, 10 min * Dunkin', 10 min * Fynd, 12 min ### Banks 0.7 of 1 point * Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, 12 min * Emirates NBD ATM, 16 min * Invest Bank, 19 min ### Parks 0.8 of 1 point * Al Wasl Park 2, 9 min * Central Park (City Walk), 14 min * Bayside Park 1, 19 min ### Schools 0.8 of 1 point * JSS Private School, 9 min * Ladybird Nursery, 12 min * Horizon English School Dubai, 14 min ### Books & libraries 0.5 of 1 point * مكتبة كلمات, 13 min * Comic Stop, 15 min * RAK Library, 19 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.6 of 1 point * Vip Desert Safari Dubai, 11 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 1.2 km around the centre of Al Wasl. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 70, is 1 km to the south-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/united-arab-emirates/dubai/al-wasl.svg?v=04ad05da847f) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai/business-bay) | 2.2 km | 72 | | [Downtown Dubai](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai/downtown-dubai) | 2.3 km | 95 | | [Al Satwa](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai/neighbourhoods#al-satwa) | 3.3 km | 86 | | [Za'abeel](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai/neighbourhoods#zaabeel) | 4.5 km | 48 | | [Al Hudaiba](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai/neighbourhoods#al-hudaiba) | 5.7 km | 91 | | [Al Karama](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai/neighbourhoods#al-karama) | 7.7 km | 97 | | [Bur Dubai](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai/bur-dubai) | 8.5 km | 90 | | [Al Rigga](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai/neighbourhoods#al-rigga) | 9.8 km | 94 | See [all 17 neighbourhoods of Dubai ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/united-arab-emirates/dubai/neighbourhoods). ## 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Al Wasl, Dubai?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.