Davao vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Davao	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$623	$443
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$1153
🏠 One person rent	$285	$147
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$283
🍽️ Food expenses	$228	$188
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$62.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$443	$231
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	37	28
😀 Quality of life	59	45
🏙️ Population	1.78M	846K

The cost of living in Davao is 41% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 7538th and 8885th ($623 vs $443) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 1st in the Philippines and Nepal, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Davao compared to 0.5 months in Kathmandu. Davao ranked 6th best city to live in the Philippines vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 5326th and 6524th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs Kathmandu

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	Davao	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.25	$1.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.3	$6.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$1.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$97.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$595	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.1	$22.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$34.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.66%	12.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2351	$2306
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1582	$1201
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$8.86
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.71	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.28	$5.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$5.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.4	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.84	$1.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$2.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.05	$0.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.8	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$3.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.05	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$2.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$53.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$120	$87.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8048	$4063

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Cities near Davao

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Panabo	$570
45 km or 28 mi	Digos	$527
48 km or 30 mi	Tagum	$564
104 km or 65 mi	Koronadal	$403
109 km or 68 mi	Valencia	$545
111 km or 69 mi	Polomolok	$386
116 km or 72 mi	General Santos	$463
132 km or 82 mi	Malaybalay	$552
150 km or 93 mi	Cotabato	$391
177 km or 110 mi	Marawi	$387
189 km or 118 mi	Cagayan de Oro	$636
197 km or 123 mi	Iligan	$532
210 km or 130 mi	Butuan	$504
254 km or 158 mi	Pagadian	$465
302 km or 188 mi	Surigao	$625
315 km or 196 mi	Siargao	$582
388 km or 241 mi	Zamboanga	$501
403 km or 250 mi	Lapu-Lapu	$630
404 km or 251 mi	Talisay	$727
405 km or 252 mi	Cebu	$730
407 km or 253 mi	Mandaue	$791
427 km or 265 mi	Toledo	$683
446 km or 277 mi	Kabankalan	$590
452 km or 281 mi	Ormoc	$595
469 km or 292 mi	Tacloban	$656
491 km or 305 mi	Bago	$552
496 km or 308 mi	Bacolod	$542
500 km or 311 mi	Cadiz	$550
525 km or 326 mi	Iloilo	$534
567 km or 352 mi	Calbayog	$457
592 km or 368 mi	Roxas	$522
625 km or 389 mi	Manado	$463
626 km or 389 mi	Bitung	$467
679 km or 422 mi	Boracay	$839
679 km or 422 mi	Sorsogon	$443
705 km or 438 mi	Legazpi	$443
726 km or 451 mi	Ternate	$466
775 km or 482 mi	Naga	$488
778 km or 484 mi	Gorontalo	$465
810 km or 504 mi	Puerto Princesa	$611

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$350
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$311
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$335
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$321
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$377
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$306
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$339
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$356
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$297
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$331
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$303
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$268
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$314
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$337
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$331
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$316
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$312
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$930
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$365
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$293
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$387
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$461
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$311
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$298
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$393
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$285
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$284
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$273
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$396
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$396
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$279
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$309
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$288
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$379
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$282
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$329
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$330