Davao vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Davao	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$626	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$294	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$226	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.6	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$492	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	38	96
😀 Quality of life	60	74
🏙️ Population	1.78M	13.1M

The cost of living in Davao is 50% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7397th and 4359th ($626 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1st in the Philippines and Russia, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Davao compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Davao ranked 7th best city to live in the Philippines vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 5168th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs Moscow

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	Davao	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.1	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.78	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$629	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$324	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.62%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1984	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1513	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.98	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.69	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.01	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.99	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.6	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$117	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7817	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592