Davao vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Davao	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$623	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$285	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$228	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.6	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$443	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	37	95
😀 Quality of life	59	87
🏙️ Population	1.78M	4.04M

The cost of living in Davao is 41% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7538th and 5212th ($623 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th 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 1.6 months in New Taipei. Davao ranked 6th best city to live in the Philippines vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 5326th and 279th 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	$4.25	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.3	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.84	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$595	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.1	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.1	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.7	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.66%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2351	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1582	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.71	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.28	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.4	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.84	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.05	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.8	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.29	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.05	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$120	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8048	$13786

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Cities near Davao

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Panabo	$570
45 km or 28 mi	Digos	$527
48 km or 30 mi	Tagum	$564
104 km or 65 mi	Koronadal	$403
109 km or 68 mi	Valencia	$545
111 km or 69 mi	Polomolok	$386
116 km or 72 mi	General Santos	$463
132 km or 82 mi	Malaybalay	$552
150 km or 93 mi	Cotabato	$391
177 km or 110 mi	Marawi	$387
189 km or 118 mi	Cagayan de Oro	$636
197 km or 123 mi	Iligan	$532
210 km or 130 mi	Butuan	$504
254 km or 158 mi	Pagadian	$465
302 km or 188 mi	Surigao	$625
315 km or 196 mi	Siargao	$582
388 km or 241 mi	Zamboanga	$501
403 km or 250 mi	Lapu-Lapu	$630
404 km or 251 mi	Talisay	$727
405 km or 252 mi	Cebu	$730
407 km or 253 mi	Mandaue	$791
427 km or 265 mi	Toledo	$683
446 km or 277 mi	Kabankalan	$590
452 km or 281 mi	Ormoc	$595
469 km or 292 mi	Tacloban	$656
491 km or 305 mi	Bago	$552
496 km or 308 mi	Bacolod	$542
500 km or 311 mi	Cadiz	$550
525 km or 326 mi	Iloilo	$534
567 km or 352 mi	Calbayog	$457
592 km or 368 mi	Roxas	$522
625 km or 389 mi	Manado	$463
626 km or 389 mi	Bitung	$467
679 km or 422 mi	Boracay	$839
679 km or 422 mi	Sorsogon	$443
705 km or 438 mi	Legazpi	$443
726 km or 451 mi	Ternate	$466
775 km or 482 mi	Naga	$488
778 km or 484 mi	Gorontalo	$465
810 km or 504 mi	Puerto Princesa	$611

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605