Davao vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Davao	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$626	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$294	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$226	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.6	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$492	$971
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	38	29
😀 Quality of life	60	44
🏙️ Population	1.78M	6.17M

The cost of living in Davao is 17% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 7397th and 6647th ($626 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 39th in the Philippines and China, respectively. Check the Philippines vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Davao compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Davao ranked 7th best city to live in the Philippines vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 5168th and 6657th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs Maoming

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	Davao	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.1	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.78	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$629	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$324	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.62%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1984	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1513	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.98	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.69	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.01	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.99	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.6	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$117	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7817	$17434

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936