Davao vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Davao	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$626	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$294	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$226	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.6	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$492	$1772
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	38	43
😀 Quality of life	60	70
🏙️ Population	1.78M	1.42M

The cost of living in Davao is 43% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 7397th and 4892nd ($626 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1st in the Philippines and Oman, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Davao compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Davao ranked 7th best city to live in the Philippines vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 5168th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs Muscat

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	Davao	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.1	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.78	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$629	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$324	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.62%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1984	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1513	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.98	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.69	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.01	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.99	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.6	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$117	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7817	$10296

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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 Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$967
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$780
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$585
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1239
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1844
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2240
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1494
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$605
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$518
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$515
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$829
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$514
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1779
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$547
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1709
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$464
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$548
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1223
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1280
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1243
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$442
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$809
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$589
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$1068
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$563
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1056
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$897
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$557
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$546
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$901
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$551