Davao vs London - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Davao	London
🚶 Cost of living one person	$633	$3851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1527	$8597
🏠 One person rent	$282	$2689
🏘️ Family rent	$466	$4575
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.4	$400
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$4336
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	38	100
😀 Quality of life	59	99
🏙️ Population	1.78M	8.8M

The cost of living in Davao is 84% less expensive than in London. Cities ranked 7548th and 8th ($633 vs $3851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 1st in the Philippines and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the Philippines vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Davao compared to 1.1 months in London. Davao ranked 6th best city to live in the Philippines vs London ranked 1st in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5976th and 5th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Davao vs London infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/davao/london.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Davao vs London infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/davao/london" target="_blank">Davao vs London - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Davao vs London

Prices for goods and services in Davao and London are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Davao	London
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$91.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$9.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.13	$5.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$3.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$3237
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$2291
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$4710
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$298	$4163
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.4	$170
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.8	$264
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.64%	4.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1959	$21687
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$11040
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$4.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.79	$31.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.91	$5.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$9.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.16	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$22.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.67	$4.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.34	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.14	$2.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$2.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$59
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$18.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.8	$69.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.8	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.6	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$115	$2511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7793	$27583

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2960
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2512
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2449
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2514
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2435
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2367
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2352
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2337
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2326
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2633
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2299
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2374
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2456
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2200
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2197
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2273
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2655
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2091
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2515
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2224
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2205
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2785
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2206
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2164
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2559
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2275
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2223
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2469
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1780
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2118
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2122
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2132
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2160
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2419
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2000
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2245
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2416
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2165