Davao vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Davao	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$626	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$294	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$226	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.6	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$492	$1264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	38	80
😀 Quality of life	60	83
🏙️ Population	1.78M	2.73M

The cost of living in Davao is 35% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 7397th and 5750th ($626 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 4th in the Philippines and Taiwan, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Davao compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Davao ranked 7th best city to live in the Philippines vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 5168th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs Kaohsiung

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	Davao	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.1	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.78	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$629	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$324	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.62%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1984	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1513	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.98	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.69	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.01	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.99	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.6	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$117	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7817	$10905

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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

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601