Davao vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Davao	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$633	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1527	$1354
🏠 One person rent	$282	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$466	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$183
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.4	$66.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$608
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	38	70
😀 Quality of life	59	65
🏙️ Population	1.78M	10.6M

The cost of living in Davao is 25% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 7548th and 8645th ($633 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 22nd and 489th in the Philippines and China, respectively. Check the Philippines vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Davao compared to 1.2 months in Shijiazhuang. Davao ranked 6th best city to live in the Philippines vs Shijiazhuang ranked 42nd in China, while ranked 5976th and 5294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs Shijiazhuang

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	Davao	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$1.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.1	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.31	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.13	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$361
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$298	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.4	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.8	$84.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$6.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.64%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1959	$2373
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1524	$1658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.79	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.91	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.16	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.67	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.34	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.14	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$5.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.8	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.7	$4.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.8	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.6	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$115	$389
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7793	$4870

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$527
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$535
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$527
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$523
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$574
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$533
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$548
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$505
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$550
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$572
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$499
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$454
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$456
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$544
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$543
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$565
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$552
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$553
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$538
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$480
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$495
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$546
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$564
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$634
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$502
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$638
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$516
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$534
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$654
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$580
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$689
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$619
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$748
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$707