Honolulu vs Port Moresby - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Honolulu	Port Moresby
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3039	$557
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7612	$1373
🏠 One person rent	$1950	$245
🏘️ Family rent	$3959	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$774	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$36.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4110	$421
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	62	17
😀 Quality of life	87	34
🏙️ Population	351K	317K

The cost of living in Honolulu is 446% more expensive than in Port Moresby. Cities ranked 133rd and 8211th ($3039 vs $557) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 103rd 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 1.4 months in Honolulu compared to 0.8 months in Port Moresby. Honolulu ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Port Moresby ranked 1st in Papua New Guinea, while ranked 290th and 7532nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Honolulu vs Port Moresby

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

	Honolulu	Port Moresby
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.01	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$6.53	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1975	$237
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1617	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3984	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3497	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$40
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$295	$61.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.1	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	12.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8808	$1466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8156	$872
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.4	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$6.67	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.54	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.3	$6.99
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$4.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$7.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.79	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.35	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$2.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$3.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$3.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.85	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.8	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$149	$18.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$4.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$32.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1383	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31596	$3923

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Honolulu

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	East Honolulu	$2776
16 km or 10 mi	Pearl	$2571
19 km or 12 mi	Waipahu	$2601
24 km or 15 mi	Mililani Mauka	$2554
152 km or 94 mi	Kahului	$3033
191 km or 118 mi	Kauai	$2719
267 km or 166 mi	Kailua-Kona	$3271
339 km or 211 mi	Hilo	$2372
2149 km or 1335 mi	London	$520
3662 km or 2275 mi	Djarrit	$1519
3674 km or 2283 mi	Majuro	$1523
3836 km or 2383 mi	Eureka	$2538
3840 km or 2386 mi	Ukiah	$3042
3843 km or 2388 mi	Pacifica	$3152
3847 km or 2390 mi	Daly	$3180
3848 km or 2391 mi	San Bruno	$3196
3849 km or 2392 mi	South San Francisco	$3170
3849 km or 2392 mi	Millbrae	$3224
3850 km or 2392 mi	Windsor	$2873
3852 km or 2393 mi	Rohnert Park	$2952
3852 km or 2393 mi	San Rafael	$4155
3852 km or 2394 mi	Burlingame	$3293
3853 km or 2394 mi	Petaluma	$3330
3853 km or 2394 mi	Novato	$3176
3854 km or 2395 mi	San Francisco	$3781
3855 km or 2395 mi	Santa Rosa	$2864
3855 km or 2396 mi	San Mateo	$3672
3856 km or 2396 mi	Belmont	$3804
3858 km or 2397 mi	San Carlos	$3442
3859 km or 2398 mi	South Tarawa	$521
3859 km or 2398 mi	Foster	$3473
3859 km or 2398 mi	Redwood	$3584
3860 km or 2398 mi	Monterey	$2846
3860 km or 2399 mi	Santa Cruz	$3433
3863 km or 2400 mi	Menlo Park	$3288
3864 km or 2401 mi	Seaside	$2839
3866 km or 2402 mi	Richmond	$3053
3866 km or 2402 mi	Palo Alto	$3610
3867 km or 2403 mi	San Pablo	$3048
3867 km or 2403 mi	Los Altos	$3085

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