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Asia
Manila
Philippines
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Manila compare to San Francisco?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Manila is 71% worse off vs in San Francisco
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Manila compared to San Francisco, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$14,870
-$151,054 (-91%) vs San Francisco
Tax Rate: 20%
Weather
How does the weather in Manila compare to San Francisco?
San Francisco has better overall weather
1.5/10(vs 8.7/10 in San Francisco)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
32°C(vs 19°C in San Francisco)
Average Low
25°C(vs 12°C in San Francisco)
Sunshine Hours
2,103h/yr-959h/yr(-31%)
Average High in hottest month
34°C(vs 22°C in San Francisco)
Average Low in coldest month
23°C(vs 8°C in San Francisco)
Rainy Days
152/yr+103/yr(+213%)
Muggy Days
364/yr+363/yr(+181650%)
Cloud Cover
74%(vs 34% in San Francisco)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Manila compare to San Francisco?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Manila compared to San Francisco?
SWE Affordability
16.1 years
11.1 years longer than San Francisco
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Manila has around 5 Luma events listed.
That's 83% fewer events than San Francisco.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Manila to maintain the same standard of living.
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