Gold Coast vs Port Moresby - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Port Moresby
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$547
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$1353
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$438
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$36
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$414
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	17
😀 Quality of life	88	51
🏙️ Population	608K	317K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 309% more expensive than in Port Moresby. Cities ranked 1278th and 8259th ($2239 vs $547) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Australia and Papua New Guinea, respectively. Check Australia vs Papua New Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.8 months in Port Moresby. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Port Moresby ranked 1st in Papua New Guinea, while ranked 223rd and 6197th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Port Moresby

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	Gold Coast	Port Moresby
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$3.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$21.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$230
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$159
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$474
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$25.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	11.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$1442
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$928
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$7.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$3.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$23.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$4.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$64.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$3751

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$531
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1335
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$420
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1667
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1411
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1401
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1478
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$500
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1617
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$505
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1683
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1748
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2016
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1677
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2067
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$507
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$1946
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$502
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1192
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1192
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$511
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$501
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1185
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$669
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$503
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$1938
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$442
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1604
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1604
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1652
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681