Davao vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Davao	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$614	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$274	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.9	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$426	$1496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	37	95
😀 Quality of life	60	88
🏙️ Population	1.78M	4.36M

The cost of living in Davao is 39% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7532nd and 5229th ($614 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 2nd in the Philippines and Taiwan, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Davao compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Davao ranked 7th best city to live in the Philippines vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 5395th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs New Taipei

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	Davao	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.21	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.81	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.36	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$155	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$556	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.5	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2122	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1737	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.6	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.77	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.09	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.29	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.86	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.36	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.86	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.5	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.37	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.72	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.2	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.1	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$125	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8041	$11035

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Cities near Davao

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Panabo	$542
45 km or 28 mi	Digos	$514
48 km or 30 mi	Tagum	$515
104 km or 65 mi	Koronadal	$461
109 km or 68 mi	Valencia	$535
111 km or 69 mi	Polomolok	$387
116 km or 72 mi	General Santos	$449
132 km or 82 mi	Malaybalay	$545
150 km or 93 mi	Cotabato	$399
177 km or 110 mi	Marawi	$412
189 km or 118 mi	Cagayan de Oro	$638
197 km or 123 mi	Iligan	$499
210 km or 130 mi	Butuan	$509
254 km or 158 mi	Pagadian	$493
302 km or 188 mi	Surigao	$568
315 km or 196 mi	Siargao	$562
388 km or 241 mi	Zamboanga	$440
403 km or 250 mi	Lapu-Lapu	$651
404 km or 251 mi	Talisay	$692
405 km or 252 mi	Cebu	$735
407 km or 253 mi	Mandaue	$799
427 km or 265 mi	Toledo	$749
446 km or 277 mi	Kabankalan	$603
452 km or 281 mi	Ormoc	$538
469 km or 292 mi	Tacloban	$697
491 km or 305 mi	Bago	$587
496 km or 308 mi	Bacolod	$612
500 km or 311 mi	Cadiz	$608
525 km or 326 mi	Iloilo	$531
567 km or 352 mi	Calbayog	$447
592 km or 368 mi	Roxas	$575
625 km or 389 mi	Manado	$422
626 km or 389 mi	Bitung	$431
679 km or 422 mi	Boracay	$841
679 km or 422 mi	Sorsogon	$445
705 km or 438 mi	Legazpi	$436
726 km or 451 mi	Ternate	$431
775 km or 482 mi	Naga	$486
778 km or 484 mi	Gorontalo	$429
810 km or 504 mi	Puerto Princesa	$575

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589