Which is cheaper, Davao City or Yogyakarta?

Yogyakarta is cheaper: about $1,000 per month versus $1,198 for one person.

Is Davao City or Yogyakarta safer?

Yogyakarta scores higher on safety (50 vs 33), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Davao City or Yogyakarta?

Davao City: a measured median of 18.2 Mbps versus 11.4 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Davao City vs Yogyakarta

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Yogyakarta edges it, 47 to 44, winning 5 of the 9 factors. Davao City is stronger on quality of life, visa ease; Yogyakarta on climate, safety. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Davao City

out of 100

Mindanao's orderly big city with durian and Mount Apo

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Yogyakarta

out of 100

Java's cultural capital on a student budget

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Davao City	Yogyakarta
Cost of living	59	67 ✓
Safety	33	50 ✓
Healthcare	51	53 ✓
Internet	47 ✓	39
Visa ease	33 ✓	22
Getting there & around	12	15 ✓
Climate	25	50 ✓
Air quality	79 ✓	78
Quality of life	57 ✓	45

Cost

Metric	Davao City	Yogyakarta
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$1,198	$1,000 ✓
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Davao City	Yogyakarta
Homicides per 100k	12.7	4.1 ✓
Political stability (0–100)	52.7	55.5 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)	69 ✓	67
Life expectancy	66.4 yrs	68.3 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Davao City	Yogyakarta
Download	18.2 Mbps ✓	11.4 Mbps
Upload	5.2 Mbps	5.7 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Davao City	Yogyakarta
Nomad visa	none listed	Visa Rumah Kedua Pekerja Jarak Jauh ✓
Minimum income for the visa	no data	$4,998/mo
Visa-free days, US passport	30 days ✓	visa or e-visa required
Visa-free days, EU passport	30 days ✓	visa or e-visa required
Visa-free days, UK passport	30 days ✓	visa or e-visa required

Getting there and around

Metric	Davao City	Yogyakarta
Non-stop airport destinations	14 ✓	3
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	2	3 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	2

Climate and air

Metric	Davao City	Yogyakarta
Comfortable months per year	3	6 ✓
Annual mean PM2.5	14.3 µg/m³ ✓	14.7 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Davao City or Yogyakarta?: Yogyakarta is cheaper: about $1,000 per month versus $1,198 for one person.
Is Davao City or Yogyakarta safer?: Yogyakarta scores higher on safety (50 vs 33), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Davao City or Yogyakarta?: Davao City: a measured median of 18.2 Mbps versus 11.4 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; 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); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); 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); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages). Dataset 2026.09.4. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.