Which is cheaper, Calamba or Moalboal?

Calamba and Moalboal cost about the same: roughly $1,150 per month for one person.

Is Calamba or Moalboal safer?

Calamba and Moalboal score the same on safety (47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Calamba or Moalboal?

Calamba: a measured median of 24 Mbps versus 22.4 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Calamba vs Moalboal

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Moalboal edges it, 53 to 52, winning 2 of the 9 factors. Calamba is stronger on nothing outright; Moalboal on air quality. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Calamba

out of 100

Laguna hot-spring town and Rizal's birthplace south of Manila

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Moalboal

out of 100

Dive town on Cebu's west coast famous for its sardine run

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Where they differ

Air quality. Moalboal leads on air quality, 77 to 67, against Calamba. PM2.5: 20 µg/m³ vs 15.5 µg/m³.
Climate. Moalboal leads on climate, 25 to 17, against Calamba. Comfortable months: 2 vs 3.
Getting there & around. Calamba leads on getting there & around, 23 to 16, against Moalboal. Non-stop airport destinations: 88 vs 44.

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

Pick Calamba if you want

no clear edge over Moalboal in the data

Pick Moalboal if you want

no clear edge over Calamba in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Calamba	Moalboal
Cost of living	67	67
Safety	47	47
Healthcare	63	63
Internet	62 ✓	59
Visa ease	58	58
Getting there & around	23 ✓	16
Climate	17	25 ✓
Air quality	67	77 ✓
Quality of life	61	61

Cost

Metric	Calamba	Moalboal
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$1,150	$1,150
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Calamba	Moalboal
Homicides per 100k	4.31	4.31
Political stability (0–100)	51	51
UHC service coverage (0–100)	69	69
Life expectancy	70.4 yrs	70.4 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Calamba	Moalboal
Download	24 Mbps ✓	22.4 Mbps
Upload	13.3 Mbps ✓	7.3 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Calamba	Moalboal
Nomad visa	Digital nomad visa (DNV)	Digital nomad visa (DNV)
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	30 days	30 days
Entry, EU passport	30 days	30 days
Entry, UK passport	30 days	30 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Calamba	Moalboal
Non-stop airport destinations	88 ✓	44
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	2	3 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2 ✓	1

Climate and air

Metric	Calamba	Moalboal
Comfortable months per year	2	3 ✓
Annual mean PM2.5	20 µg/m³	15.5 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Calamba or Moalboal?: Calamba and Moalboal cost about the same: roughly $1,150 per month for one person.
Is Calamba or Moalboal safer?: Calamba and Moalboal score the same on safety (47), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Calamba or Moalboal?: Calamba: a measured median of 24 Mbps versus 22.4 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

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.