Climate
Davao logs 2 outdoor-dinner months a year to Jolo's 12 — Jolo wins by 10. Jolo also leads on sunny days by 51.
Davao
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Jolo
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Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Davao averages $862/mo for balanced living; Jolo has no cost baseline yet.
Davao
$862monthly · balanced
Mobility
Davao scores 1.6 on mobility (0–5 scale); Jolo has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Davao's culture score of 0.6 sits well above Jolo's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Davao scores 4.2 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Jolo has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Davao scores 2.7 on safety (0–5 scale); Jolo has no safety baseline.
Career
Davao scores 2.1 on career (0–5 scale); Jolo has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Davao scores 3.2 on social & community (0–5 scale); Jolo has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Davao scores 1.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Jolo has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Davao scores 1.9 on family (0–5 scale); Jolo has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Davao scores 1.7 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Jolo has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Davao averages 20.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Jolo's 14.3 µg/m³ (moderate) — Jolo breathes ~30% cleaner air (6.1 µg/m³ lower).
Davao
Jolo
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.
Davao (1.7M) and Jolo (63K) are 26x in population — Davao is the larger metro, Jolo the smaller; on land area Davao spans roughly 17x more ground.
Davao is roughly 21x the scale of Jolo
Combined population & area comparison
City Scale Rankings
Davao
Jolo
Who Thrives Here
Davao favours the english speaker, while Jolo suits the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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