How walkable is Harare?
Harare has a walkability score of 75 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It ranks 224th of 252 cities worldwide.
What's within walking distance
323 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Harare. The nearest grocery is Athienitis Spar Five Avenue, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars and shopping. It is weakest for coffee and culture & entertainment.
- Athienitis Spar Five Avenue140 m · 2 min
- OK Fife Avenue280 m · 4 min
- FFA Butchery760 m · 9 min
- Springroll Centre80 m · 1 min
- Nando's Fife Avenue150 m · 2 min
- Creamy Inn Zimbabwe180 m · 2 min
- Athienitis Liquor140 m · 2 min
- Montana Zim160 m · 2 min
- Fife Avenue230 m · 3 min
- ArtiSana Gallery Café1.3 km · 16 min
- ZimCafe Reloaded1.3 km · 16 min
- The Gallery Cafe1.7 km · 21 min
- POSB Zimbabwe930 m · 12 min
- Metbank1.2 km · 15 min
- Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe1.4 km · 17 min
- Greenwood Park670 m · 8 min
- Unnamed park690 m · 9 min
- Africa Unity Square1.7 km · 21 min
- Dominican Convent Harare640 m · 8 min
- Highlands Primary School, Harare940 m · 12 min
- Westway College1.1 km · 14 min
- University of Zimbabwe Library940 m · 12 min
- National Archive of Zimbabwe940 m · 12 min
- Queen Victoria Museum Library940 m · 12 min
- Harare Gardens1.5 km · 18 min
- Theatre In The Park1.5 km · 19 min
- Jasen Mphepo Little Theatre -JMLT1.8 km · 22 min
Measured from the representative point at -17.8187, 31.0534. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 56 street intersections per km², and blocks average 124 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, 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 30 to 95, and Harare's score of 75 is their median. Walkability changes a lot across the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 95 | Map |
| 1 km north | 75 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 71 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 30 | Map |
| 1 km south | 42 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 95 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 76 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Maputo, Mozambique | 920 km | 86 |
| Pretoria, South Africa | 930 km | 85 |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | 983 km | 96 |
| Durban, South Africa | 1,339 km | 99 |
| Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 1,516 km | 53 |
Questions about walking in Harare
Is Harare a walkable city?
Yes. Central Harare has a walkability score of 75 out of 100, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It ranks 224th of 252 cities worldwide on How Walkable.
How does Harare compare with nearby cities?
Harare is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: Harare scores 75, against Maputo (86, 920 km away), Pretoria (85, 930 km away) and Johannesburg (96, 983 km away).
How is Harare'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 Harare 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.