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Bacolod vs Batangas City

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Under balanced weights the two cities tie at 51. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 7.5 of 51 points (scores 67/100)Safety: 5.3 of 51 points (scores 47/100)Healthcare: 6.9 of 51 points (scores 63/100)Internet: 5.1 of 51 points (scores 46/100)Visa ease: 6.5 of 51 points (scores 58/100)Getting there & around: 1.7 of 51 points (scores 15/100)Climate: 2.8 of 51 points (scores 25/100)Air quality: 8.2 of 51 points (scores 74/100)Quality of life: 6.8 of 51 points (scores 61/100)51
Bacolod
out of 100

Easy-going sugar city with the MassKara festival and the best chicken inasal

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Cost of living: 7.5 of 51 points (scores 67/100)Safety: 5.3 of 51 points (scores 47/100)Healthcare: 6.9 of 51 points (scores 63/100)Internet: 5.2 of 51 points (scores 46/100)Visa ease: 6.5 of 51 points (scores 58/100)Getting there & around: 2.5 of 51 points (scores 23/100)Climate: 1.9 of 51 points (scores 17/100)Air quality: 8.4 of 51 points (scores 76/100)Quality of life: 6.8 of 51 points (scores 61/100)51
Batangas City
out of 100

Port city south of Manila, the jumping-off point for Mindoro and dive coasts

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Where they differ

  • Climate. Bacolod leads on climate, 25 to 17, against Batangas City. Comfortable months: 3 vs 2.
  • Getting there & around. Batangas City leads on getting there & around, 23 to 15, against Bacolod. Non-stop airport destinations: 3 vs 88.

Where they are close. Within five points on air quality, internet, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, quality of life.

Pick Bacolod if you want

  • no clear edge over Batangas City in the data

Pick Batangas City if you want

  • no clear edge over Bacolod in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricBacolodBatangas City
Cost of living6767
Safety4747
Healthcare6363
Internet4646 ✓
Visa ease5858
Getting there & around1523 ✓
Climate25 ✓17
Air quality7476 ✓
Quality of life6161

Cost

MetricBacolodBatangas City
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$1,150$1,150
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricBacolodBatangas City
Homicides per 100k4.314.31
Political stability (0–100)5151
UHC service coverage (0–100)6969
Life expectancy70.4 yrs70.4 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricBacolodBatangas City
Download11.6 Mbps11.8 Mbps ✓
Upload2.7 Mbps3.2 Mbps ✓

Visa

MetricBacolodBatangas City
Nomad visaDigital nomad visa (DNV)Digital nomad visa (DNV)
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport30 days30 days
Entry, EU passport30 days30 days
Entry, UK passport30 days30 days

Getting there and around

MetricBacolodBatangas City
Non-stop airport destinations388 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)3 ✓2
Transit (1–5, editorial)22

Climate and air

MetricBacolodBatangas City
Comfortable months per year3 ✓2
Annual mean PM2.516.7 µg/m³16 µg/m³ ✓

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Bacolod or Batangas City?
Bacolod and Batangas City cost about the same: roughly $1,150 per month for one person.
Is Bacolod or Batangas City safer?
Bacolod and Batangas City score the same on safety (47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Bacolod or Batangas City?
Batangas City: a measured median of 11.8 Mbps versus 11.6 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.