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Benise Balaoing

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<p>MANILA -- Davao City has beat Manila as the most traffic-congested city in the Philippines, according to the TomTom Traffic Index. </p><p>In the latest index, Davao emerged as the 8th most congested city worldwide, where residents take almost 33 minutes (32 minutes and 59 seconds, to be exact) to travel 10 kilometers.</p><p>TomTom said 136 hours are lost at rush hours yearly in Davao.</p><p>In the Philippines, ranking behind Davao is Manila, which in turn placed 14th worldwide. TomTom said drivers drive for 32 minutes and 10 seconds in the city to travel 10 kilometers. It added that 127 hours are lost at rush hours yearly because of traffic.</p><p>Placing third in the Philippines--and 26th globally--is Caloocan, where people travel 30 minutes and 44 seconds to cover 10 kilometers. Some 111 hours are lost at rush hours annually in Caloocan.</p><p>The TomTom 2024 Traffic Index assessed 500 cities across 62 countries globally. They were evaluated based on their average travel time, as well as congestion.</p><p>Topping the list is the city of Barranquilla in Colombia, where people take 36 minutes and 6 seconds to travel 10 kilometers.</p><p>In 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place, respectively, are the cities of Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Pune in India.</p><p>In 5th place is London in the United Kingdom, followed by Kyoto, Japan and Lima, Peru.</p><p>Rounding out the top 10 are the cities of Trujillo in Peru and Dublin in Ireland.</p><p>In 2023, the list named Manila as the city with the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/01/19/24/metro-manila-tops-list-of-metro-areas-with-worst-traffic-study" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">worst traffic</a> in the Philippines.</p><div><strong>RELATED STORY:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gngEn9SrXJs?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Davao City has beat Manila as the most traffic-congested city in the Philippines, according to the TomTom Traffic Index.</p>

Davao City has beat Manila as the most traffic-congested city in the Philippines, according to the TomTom Traffic Index.

Davao is most traffic-congested city in Philippines, worse than Manila: TomTom Traffic Index

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Davao is most traffic-congested city in Philippines, worse than Manila: TomTom Traffic Index

Benise Balaoing,

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Published January 15, 2025 03:24 PM PHT

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