Davao vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Davao	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$633	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1527	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$282	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$466	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.4	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	38	42
😀 Quality of life	59	68
🏙️ Population	1.78M	1.08M

The cost of living in Davao is 13% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7548th and 6947th ($633 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 4th in the Philippines and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Davao compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Davao ranked 6th best city to live in the Philippines vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5976th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs Nur-Sultan

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	Davao	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.13	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$298	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.4	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.8	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.64%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1959	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.79	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.91	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.16	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.67	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.34	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.14	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.8	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.8	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.6	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$115	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7793	$5235

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Cities near Davao

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Panabo	$564
45 km or 28 mi	Digos	$552
48 km or 30 mi	Tagum	$546
104 km or 65 mi	Koronadal	$406
109 km or 68 mi	Valencia	$550
111 km or 69 mi	Polomolok	$374
116 km or 72 mi	General Santos	$514
132 km or 82 mi	Malaybalay	$555
150 km or 93 mi	Cotabato	$540
177 km or 110 mi	Marawi	$436
189 km or 118 mi	Cagayan de Oro	$595
197 km or 123 mi	Iligan	$485
210 km or 130 mi	Butuan	$499
254 km or 158 mi	Pagadian	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Surigao	$658
315 km or 196 mi	Siargao	$597
388 km or 241 mi	Zamboanga	$514
403 km or 250 mi	Lapu-Lapu	$720
404 km or 251 mi	Talisay	$698
405 km or 252 mi	Cebu	$795
407 km or 253 mi	Mandaue	$724
427 km or 265 mi	Toledo	$676
446 km or 277 mi	Kabankalan	$608
452 km or 281 mi	Ormoc	$600
469 km or 292 mi	Tacloban	$627
491 km or 305 mi	Bago	$599
496 km or 308 mi	Bacolod	$576
500 km or 311 mi	Cadiz	$620
525 km or 326 mi	Iloilo	$532
567 km or 352 mi	Calbayog	$449
592 km or 368 mi	Roxas	$521
625 km or 389 mi	Manado	$445
626 km or 389 mi	Bitung	$447
679 km or 422 mi	Boracay	$825
679 km or 422 mi	Sorsogon	$563
705 km or 438 mi	Legazpi	$575
726 km or 451 mi	Ternate	$447
775 km or 482 mi	Naga	$518
778 km or 484 mi	Gorontalo	$445
810 km or 504 mi	Puerto Princesa	$636

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525