{"id":5243,"date":"2017-09-09T08:59:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T00:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=5243"},"modified":"2021-07-13T09:39:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T01:39:44","slug":"cost-of-living-for-major-cities-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2017\/09\/09\/cost-of-living-for-major-cities-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Living in Major Cities in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

They say living in the Philippines is cheap compared to its neighboring countries. Countries in Asia like Singapore, Korea, and China are included to have the most expensive cities in the world to live in and the country is not competing with them.<\/p>\n

\"\"METRO MANILA. The most expensive metropolitan city in the Philippines to live in. Shown here is a portion of the part in the city of Manila.\/PHOTO\u00a0xiquinhosilva\u00a0<\/em>via Flickr<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"CEBU CITY. Sometimes referred to as Metro Cebu, it was once the country’s capital before the Spanish decided to move their seat of power to Manila. It’s now as bustling (if not more) than Metro Manila. Here’s a section of the city situated close to the sea.\/IMAGE Wikipedia<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"METRO DAVAO. Davao City, the home turf of President Rodrigo Duterte, is the third major city in the country. It’s the most developed in the island of Mindanao, and will soon see a surge in its development thanks to Duterte’s economic platform. Shown here is Ateneo de Davao University, one of the major institutions in the city.\/PHOTO\u00a0Bro. Jeffrey Pioquinto, SJ via Flickr<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Here is a comparison of the cost of living in the different metros in the country, according to the website expatistan.com:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nMetro Manila<\/strong><\/td>\nMetro Cebu<\/strong><\/td>\nMetro Davao<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food:
\nMeal in a fast food restaurant\/day<\/td>\n		Php 384<\/td>\nPhp 281<\/td>\nPhp 304<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Housing:
\nMonthly rent in an expensive\/busy area<\/td>\n		Php 48,461<\/td>\nPhp 36,663<\/td>\nPhp 22,330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clothes:
\nPair of Jeans<\/td>\n		Php 2,380<\/td>\nPhp 2,419<\/td>\n\n

Php 2,263<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Transportation:
\nTaxi within the city\/metro limits<\/td>\n		Php 226<\/td>\nPhp 85<\/td>\nPhp 94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Personal Care:
\nHaircut, medicine, grocery items<\/td>\n		Php 1,352<\/td>\nPhp 1,607<\/td>\nPhp 880<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entertainment:
\nMovie tickets for two<\/td>\n		Php 500<\/td>\nPhp 445<\/td>\nPhp 272<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AVERAGE PRICES. Living Metro Manila is noticeably more expensive than Metro Cebu or Metro Davao.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

According to ABS-CBN News,\u00a0Manila is still the most expensive city in the Philippines for expats. Metro Cebu and Metro Davao is not found on the list, as the country\u2019s capital raises its status each year. Released by Mercer’s 21st annual Cost of Living Survey, the city stands at 75th<\/sup>\u00a0place from last year\u2019s 125th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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Written by Gelyka Dumaraos, contributor
\n<\/em><\/span>Source:\u00a0expatistan.com<\/a>,\u00a0ABS-CBN News<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can’t decide which city to live in? Here’s our breakdown of how much it costs to live in Manila, Cebu, and Davao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1729,1726],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-life-hacks","category-procedure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5243"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9481,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5243\/revisions\/9481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}