Gold Coast vs Port Moresby - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Port Moresby
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$557
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$1373
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$245
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$36.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$421
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	17
😀 Quality of life	88	34
🏙️ Population	608K	317K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 313% more expensive than in Port Moresby. Cities ranked 1120th and 8211th ($2300 vs $557) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 1.5 months in Gold Coast compared to 0.8 months in Port Moresby. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Port Moresby ranked 1st in Papua New Guinea, while ranked 209th and 7532nd 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	$13.9	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$237
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$40
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$61.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	12.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$1466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$872
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$6.99
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$4.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$7.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$3.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$3.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$18.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$4.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$32.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$3923

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$541
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1442
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$459
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1303
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1459
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1464
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1615
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$522
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1756
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$532
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1754
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1925
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2491
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1877
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2141
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$535
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$3054
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$511
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1168
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1169
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$521
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$512
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1289
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$629
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$511
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$2349
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$466
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1693
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1700
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1755
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661