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How walkable is Honolulu?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Honolulu has a walkability score of 66 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 25th most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with 2 others.
What's within walking distance of the center
2,547 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Honolulu. The nearest grocery is about 10 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Safeway, 15 min
- Whole Foods Market, 15 min
Restaurants & bars
- Evelyn's Deli Snack Shop, 2 min
- Bo's Kitchen, 3 min
Shopping
- BedMart Mattress Superstores, 2 min
- Robyn Buntin of Honolulu Gallery, 3 min
Coffee
- Coral Cafe, 5 min
- Artizen by MW, 7 min
Banks
- Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union, 1 min
- Hawaii Law Enforcement FCU, 2 min
Parks
- Dole Park, 9 min
- ʻIolani Palace Grounds, 12 min
Schools
- Kamehameha Schools, 9 min
- McKinley High School Auditorium, 9 min
Books & libraries
- Robert C Allerton Library, 5 min
- Bookoff Kaka’ako, 10 min
Culture & entertainment
- The Honolulu Museum of Contemporary Pop, 3 min
- Jim Brickman Concert on Oahu, 4 min
Measured from the center at 21.3031, -157.8511, the point near Honolulu's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the center there are about 94 street intersections per km², and blocks average 79 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Honolulu's score of 66 is the average across the 5 km around its center, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 93 within 1 km of the center, 73 from 1 to 3 km out and 56 from 3 to 5 km out. 37 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 59% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the center, so check a specific address on the map.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Honolulu. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the center. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Center | 96 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 93 | 86% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 73 | 67% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 56 | 48% |
Questions about walking in Honolulu
Is Honolulu a walkable city?
Partly. Honolulu has a walkability score of 66 out of 100 across the 5 km around its center, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its center scores 96. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks joint 25th of 58 cities in the United States and joint 354th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in the United States?
New York City is the most walkable of the 58 cities ranked in the United States, with a score of 93. Honolulu ranks joint 25th with 66.
Which part of Honolulu is most walkable?
Honolulu's most walkable area is its center, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 96. Walkability averages 93 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south-east (averaging 90) and falls most to the north-east (10).
Why is Honolulu's score different from its Walk Score?
Walk Score's city scores average every neighborhood within the city limits, weighted by where people live, so they count outer suburbs that the 5 km around Honolulu's center leaves out, and they are usually lower. Address by address the two agree closely: across 46 addresses in the United States and Canada, How Walkable's scores were 5.9 points from Walk Score's on average, as the accuracy study at howwalkable.com/accuracy shows.
How is Honolulu's walkability score calculated?
For Honolulu it is the average of 54 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 32 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) 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. City position and population from GeoNames.
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