Adelaide vs Davao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Davao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$626
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$1528
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$294
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$43.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$492
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	38
😀 Quality of life	94	60
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.78M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 216% more expensive than in Davao. Cities ranked 1894th and 7397th ($1978 vs $626) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 19th in Australia and the Philippines, respectively. Check Australia vs the Philippines comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 0.8 months in Davao. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Davao ranked 7th in the Philippines, while ranked 46th and 5168th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Davao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$4.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$3.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$313
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$629
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$324
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$34
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	9.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$1984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1513
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$2.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$7.06
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$2.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$7.99
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$75.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$7817

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Davao

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Panabo	$572
45 km or 28 mi	Digos	$553
48 km or 30 mi	Tagum	$562
104 km or 65 mi	Koronadal	$417
109 km or 68 mi	Valencia	$541
111 km or 69 mi	Polomolok	$377
116 km or 72 mi	General Santos	$440
132 km or 82 mi	Malaybalay	$553
150 km or 93 mi	Cotabato	$407
177 km or 110 mi	Marawi	$431
189 km or 118 mi	Cagayan de Oro	$597
197 km or 123 mi	Iligan	$518
210 km or 130 mi	Butuan	$504
254 km or 158 mi	Pagadian	$492
302 km or 188 mi	Surigao	$650
315 km or 196 mi	Siargao	$589
388 km or 241 mi	Zamboanga	$516
403 km or 250 mi	Lapu-Lapu	$667
404 km or 251 mi	Talisay	$707
405 km or 252 mi	Cebu	$709
407 km or 253 mi	Mandaue	$735
427 km or 265 mi	Toledo	$727
446 km or 277 mi	Kabankalan	$595
452 km or 281 mi	Ormoc	$587
469 km or 292 mi	Tacloban	$610
491 km or 305 mi	Bago	$562
496 km or 308 mi	Bacolod	$567
500 km or 311 mi	Cadiz	$598
525 km or 326 mi	Iloilo	$524
567 km or 352 mi	Calbayog	$450
592 km or 368 mi	Roxas	$566
625 km or 389 mi	Manado	$439
626 km or 389 mi	Bitung	$442
679 km or 422 mi	Boracay	$820
679 km or 422 mi	Sorsogon	$520
705 km or 438 mi	Legazpi	$580
726 km or 451 mi	Ternate	$442
775 km or 482 mi	Naga	$498
778 km or 484 mi	Gorontalo	$441
810 km or 504 mi	Puerto Princesa	$593