Climate
Dagupan logs 4 outdoor-dinner months a year to Davao's 2 — Dagupan wins by 2. Dagupan also leads on sunny days by 77.
Dagupan
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Davao
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Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Davao averages $862/mo for balanced living; Dagupan has no cost baseline yet.
Davao
$862monthly · balanced
Mobility
Davao scores 1.6 on mobility (0–5 scale); Dagupan has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Davao's culture score of 0.6 sits well above Dagupan's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Davao scores 4.2 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Dagupan has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Davao scores 2.7 on safety (0–5 scale); Dagupan has no safety baseline.
Career
Davao scores 2.1 on career (0–5 scale); Dagupan has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Davao scores 3.2 on social & community (0–5 scale); Dagupan has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Davao scores 1.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Dagupan has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Davao scores 1.9 on family (0–5 scale); Dagupan has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Davao scores 1.7 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Dagupan has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Dagupan averages 19.9 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Davao's 20.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) — Dagupan breathes ~2% cleaner air (0.4 µg/m³ lower).
Dagupan
Davao
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Dagupan (973K) and Davao (1.7M) are 1.7x in population — Davao is the larger metro, Dagupan the smaller; on land area Dagupan spans roughly 1.6x more ground.
These cities are similar in overall scale
Combined population & area comparison
DavaoDagupanCity Scale Rankings
Davao1.7M1.7xDagupan973K1xDagupan359 km²1.6xDavao227 km²1xDagupan
Davao
Who Thrives Here
Dagupan favours the sunshine lover, while Davao suits the english speaker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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