Dallas vs Port Moresby - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dallas	Port Moresby
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2497	$537
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5860	$1336
🏠 One person rent	$1542	$232
🏘️ Family rent	$2880	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$613	$212
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$36.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5411	$402
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	92	17
😀 Quality of life	91	53
🏙️ Population	1.3M	317K

The cost of living in Dallas is 365% more expensive than in Port Moresby. Cities ranked 689th and 8225th ($2497 vs $537) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 620th and 1st in the United States and Papua New Guinea, respectively. Check the United States vs Papua New Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dallas compared to 0.7 months in Port Moresby. Dallas ranked 17th best city to live in the United States vs Port Moresby ranked 1st in Papua New Guinea, while ranked 116th and 6125th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dallas vs Port Moresby infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dallas/port-moresby.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dallas vs Port Moresby infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dallas/port-moresby" target="_blank">Dallas vs Port Moresby - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dallas vs Port Moresby

Prices for goods and services in Dallas and Port Moresby are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dallas	Port Moresby
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.6	$3.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.3	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.05	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.64	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1586	$228
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1268	$150
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3290	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2418	$309
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$40.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	11.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4883	$1374
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2272	$820
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.01	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.3	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$6.97
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$4.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$6.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.84	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$7.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.59	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$2.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.86	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.7	$22.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$4.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.4	$19.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.3	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.8	$33
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$131
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13468	$3799

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dallas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8 km or 5 mi	University Park	$2267
14 km or 8.5 mi	Irving	$1987
18 km or 11 mi	Duncanville	$2162
18 km or 11 mi	Farmers Branch	$2155
19 km or 12 mi	Mesquite	$2242
19 km or 12 mi	Balch Springs	$2223
20 km or 12 mi	Lancaster	$2206
21 km or 13 mi	DeSoto	$2193
21 km or 13 mi	Grand Prairie	$2043
22 km or 13 mi	Garland	$2301
22 km or 14 mi	Richardson	$2323
25 km or 15 mi	Carrollton	$2157
25 km or 15 mi	Cedar Hill	$2176
27 km or 17 mi	Coppell	$1992
28 km or 17 mi	Euless	$2021
28 km or 18 mi	Rowlett	$2241
30 km or 19 mi	Sachse	$2283
30 km or 19 mi	Arlington	$1807
31 km or 19 mi	Plano	$2516
31 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$1872
32 km or 20 mi	Bedford	$2039
32 km or 20 mi	Forney	$2210
34 km or 21 mi	Colleyville	$2053
34 km or 21 mi	Lewisville	$1804
35 km or 22 mi	Hurst	$2059
35 km or 22 mi	The Colony	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Rockwall	$2204
37 km or 23 mi	Southlake	$2017
37 km or 23 mi	Mansfield	$2338
37 km or 23 mi	Midlothian	$2306
37 km or 23 mi	Wylie	$2275
38 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Allen	$2467
39 km or 24 mi	North Richland Hills	$2107
40 km or 25 mi	Frisco	$2384
42 km or 26 mi	Waxahachie	$2199
42 km or 26 mi	Watauga	$2139
43 km or 27 mi	Keller	$2236
43 km or 27 mi	Haltom	$2084
44 km or 28 mi	Little Elm	$2200

Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$522
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1397
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$446
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1249
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1425
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1422
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1545
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$495
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1859
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$504
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1816
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1881
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2356
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1785
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2011
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$508
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$2943
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$506
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1160
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1164
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$514
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$506
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1354
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$744
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$505
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$1841
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$431
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1597
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1597
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1648
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688