Brisbane vs Davao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Davao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$633
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1527
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$282
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$466
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$43.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$238
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	66	38
😀 Quality of life	98	59
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.78M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 226% more expensive than in Davao. Cities ranked 1813th and 7548th ($2065 vs $633) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 22nd in Australia and the Philippines, respectively. Check Australia vs the Philippines comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.4 months in Davao. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Davao ranked 6th in the Philippines, while ranked 9th and 5976th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Davao

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	Brisbane	Davao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$62.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$95.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	9.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$1959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$1524
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$2.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$5.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$4.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$3.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$2.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$2.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$64.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$75.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$115
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$7793

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Davao

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Panabo	$564
45 km or 28 mi	Digos	$552
48 km or 30 mi	Tagum	$546
104 km or 65 mi	Koronadal	$406
109 km or 68 mi	Valencia	$550
111 km or 69 mi	Polomolok	$374
116 km or 72 mi	General Santos	$514
132 km or 82 mi	Malaybalay	$555
150 km or 93 mi	Cotabato	$540
177 km or 110 mi	Marawi	$436
189 km or 118 mi	Cagayan de Oro	$595
197 km or 123 mi	Iligan	$485
210 km or 130 mi	Butuan	$499
254 km or 158 mi	Pagadian	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Surigao	$658
315 km or 196 mi	Siargao	$597
388 km or 241 mi	Zamboanga	$514
403 km or 250 mi	Lapu-Lapu	$720
404 km or 251 mi	Talisay	$698
405 km or 252 mi	Cebu	$795
407 km or 253 mi	Mandaue	$724
427 km or 265 mi	Toledo	$676
446 km or 277 mi	Kabankalan	$608
452 km or 281 mi	Ormoc	$600
469 km or 292 mi	Tacloban	$627
491 km or 305 mi	Bago	$599
496 km or 308 mi	Bacolod	$576
500 km or 311 mi	Cadiz	$620
525 km or 326 mi	Iloilo	$532
567 km or 352 mi	Calbayog	$449
592 km or 368 mi	Roxas	$521
625 km or 389 mi	Manado	$445
626 km or 389 mi	Bitung	$447
679 km or 422 mi	Boracay	$825
679 km or 422 mi	Sorsogon	$563
705 km or 438 mi	Legazpi	$575
726 km or 451 mi	Ternate	$447
775 km or 482 mi	Naga	$518
778 km or 484 mi	Gorontalo	$445
810 km or 504 mi	Puerto Princesa	$636