Davao vs Kolkata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Davao	Kolkata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$623	$408
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$1026
🏠 One person rent	$285	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$257
🍽️ Food expenses	$228	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$51.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$443	$468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	37	75
😀 Quality of life	59	58
🏙️ Population	1.78M	4.5M

The cost of living in Davao is 53% more expensive than in Kolkata. Cities ranked 7538th and 8957th ($623 vs $408) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 26th in the Philippines and India, respectively. Check the Philippines vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Davao compared to 1.1 months in Kolkata. Davao ranked 6th best city to live in the Philippines vs Kolkata ranked 12th in India, while ranked 5326th and 5494th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs Kolkata

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	Davao	Kolkata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.25	$3.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$15.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.3	$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$88.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$595	$336
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$184
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.1	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$36.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.7	$6.67
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.66%	8.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2351	$1116
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1582	$562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$5.98
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.71	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$0.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$5.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.28	$6.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.4	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.84	$1.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.05	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.8	$17.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.05	$9.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$3.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$26.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$45.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$120	$51.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8048	$1751

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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 Kolkata

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Howrah	$338
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Bidhannagar	$360
10 km or 6.2 mi	South Dumdum	$351
11 km or 7.1 mi	Baranagar	$340
12 km or 7.5 mi	Bally	$338
14 km or 8.9 mi	Uttarpara	$334
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kamarhati	$343
15 km or 9.3 mi	North Dumdum	$343
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$360
17 km or 10 mi	Panihati	$344
20 km or 13 mi	Rajarhat	$353
21 km or 13 mi	Madhyamgram	$341
23 km or 14 mi	Serampore	$336
23 km or 15 mi	Barrackpore	$336
25 km or 15 mi	Uluberia	$346
36 km or 22 mi	Barasat	$356
36 km or 23 mi	Maheshtala	$366
37 km or 23 mi	Chandannagar	$335
37 km or 23 mi	Bhatpara	$342
40 km or 25 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$332
41 km or 25 mi	Naihati	$335
64 km or 40 mi	Haldia	$399
79 km or 49 mi	Shantipur	$307
93 km or 58 mi	Bardhaman	$317
97 km or 60 mi	Krishnanagar	$294
104 km or 65 mi	Midnapore	$304
107 km or 66 mi	Kharagpur	$296
114 km or 71 mi	Jessore	$290
128 km or 80 mi	Khulna	$339
153 km or 95 mi	Durgapur	$288
174 km or 108 mi	Berhampore	$309
189 km or 118 mi	Asansol	$273
202 km or 125 mi	Kulti	$284
205 km or 127 mi	Rajshahi	$279
209 km or 130 mi	Barisal	$295
223 km or 139 mi	Jamshedpur	$330
239 km or 149 mi	Dhanbad	$285
248 km or 154 mi	Dhaka	$428
251 km or 156 mi	Narayanganj	$301
274 km or 170 mi	Malda	$311