Climate
Davao logs 2 outdoor-dinner months a year to Santa Maria's 1 — Davao wins by 1. Santa Maria also leads on sunny days by 36.
Davao
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Dinner outside
Santa Maria
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Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Davao averages $862/mo for balanced living; Santa Maria has no cost baseline yet.
Davao
$862monthly · balanced
Mobility
Davao scores 1.6 on mobility (0–5 scale); Santa Maria has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Davao's culture score of 0.6 sits well above Santa Maria's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Davao scores 4.2 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Santa Maria has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Davao scores 2.7 on safety (0–5 scale); Santa Maria has no safety baseline.
Career
Davao scores 2.1 on career (0–5 scale); Santa Maria has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Davao scores 3.2 on social & community (0–5 scale); Santa Maria has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Davao scores 1.6 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Santa Maria has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Davao scores 1.9 on family (0–5 scale); Santa Maria has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Davao scores 1.7 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Santa Maria has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Davao averages 20.3 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Santa Maria's 13.4 µg/m³ (moderate) — Santa Maria breathes ~34% cleaner air (6.9 µg/m³ lower).
Davao
Santa Maria
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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 Santa Maria (17K) are 99x in population — Davao is the larger metro, Santa Maria the smaller.
Davao is roughly 99x the scale of Santa Maria
Based on population (area data unavailable for some cities)
DavaoSanta MariaCity Scale Rankings
Davao1.7M99xSanta Maria17K1xWho Thrives Here
Davao favours the english speaker, while Santa Maria suits the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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