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Cost of living in Manila, Philippines

Costs of living in Manila are in the least expensive 20 percent of all 245 Teleport cities. Moving to Manila will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.

Housing prices in Manila

Large apartment

$510$1,300
$890
Median rent in city center
-34%
Compared to average rent of all cities

Medium apartment

$390$900
$640
Median rent in city center
-41%
Compared to average rent of all cities

Small apartment

$270$520
$400
Median rent in city center
-51%
Compared to average rent of all cities

Prices for items of daily living

PricePrice compared to the average price of all citiesPrice ranking compared to all cities
Food & drink
A kilogram of Apples$2.80+2%153/265
Bread$0.49-47%58/263
A Cappuccino$2.80-16%82/265
A beer$0.90-54%23/263
Lunch$4-65%17/265
Transportation
Monthly public transport$17-70%24/265
5km taxi ride$1.60-80%18/265
Other
Movie ticket$5.10-48%38/265
Monthly fitness club membership$43-12%130/265
Broadband internet connection$62+68%242/250